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Sir Vivian Richards Trophy - 4th Test

West Indies v South Africa

Match drawn

Test no. 1750 | 2005 season
Played at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
29,30 April, 1,2,3 May 2005 (5-day match)


South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c †Browne b Best	114	251	173	13	1	65.89
56.5 caught †Browne 245/1
GC Smith*	c Washington b Powell	126	256	173	19	0	72.83
57.2 caught Washington 245/2
HH Dippenaar	run out (Deonarine/Best/†Browne)	5	19	4	0	0	125.00
60.1 from Best, run out (Deonarine/Best/†Browne) 251/3
JH Kallis	c Washington b Powell	147	394	287	14	1	51.21
155.4 caught Washington 562/5
HH Gibbs	c Deonarine b Gayle	23	58	52	3	0	44.23
76.3 caught Deonarine 295/4
AG Prince	c †Browne b Bravo	131	321	254	13	1	51.57
156.1 caught †Browne 563/6
MV Boucher†	not out	11	31	24	0	0	45.83

SM Pollock	not out	13	27	18	1	0	72.22

Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 8)	18

Total	(6 wickets dec; 163 overs; 680 mins)	588	(3.60 runs per over)

Did not bat M Zondeki, M Ntini, N Boje

Fall of wickets 1-245 (de Villiers, 56.5 ov), 2-245 (Smith, 57.2 ov), 3-251 (Dippenaar, 60.1 ov), 4-295 (Gibbs, 76.3 ov), 5-562 (Kallis, 155.4 ov), 6-563 (Prince, 156.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	32	3	137	2	4.28	(1nb, 3w)
57.2 to Smith, caught Washington 245/2 155.4 to Kallis, caught Washington 562/5
TL Best	26	4	116	1	4.46	(5nb)
56.5 to de Villiers, caught †Browne 245/1
DM Washington	22	3	73	0	3.31

DJ Bravo	27	4	97	1	3.59	(2nb, 2w)
156.1 to Prince, caught †Browne 563/6
CH Gayle	31	11	65	1	2.09
76.3 to Gibbs, caught Deonarine 295/4
WW Hinds	6	0	24	0	4.00

N Deonarine	18	1	69	0	3.83

RR Sarwan	1	0	2	0	2.00


West Indies 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c Smith b Zondeki	317	630	483	37	3	65.63
152.2 caught Smith 512/4
WW Hinds	c & b Ntini	0	6	1	0	0	0.00
1.1 caught & 14/1
RR Sarwan	c Prince b Zondeki	127	388	279	14	2	45.51
94.1 caught Prince 345/2
BC Lara	c †Boucher b Zondeki	4	38	29	1	0	13.79
102.2 caught †Boucher 363/3
S Chanderpaul*	run out (Pollock)	127	403	287	13	0	44.25
205.3 from de Villiers, run out (Pollock) 665/6
N Deonarine	c †Boucher b Smith	4	43	44	0	0	9.09
164.4 caught †Boucher 535/5
DJ Bravo	c Prince b Boucher	107	272	235	13	0	45.53
235.2 caught Prince 747/10
CO Browne†	lbw b Smith	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
206.6 lbw 665/7
DBL Powell	b de Villiers	12	30	39	1	0	30.76
219.6 bowled 700/8
TL Best	c Gibbs b de Villiers	5	12	7	1	0	71.42
223.2 caught Gibbs 712/9
DM Washington	not out	7	48	25	1	0	28.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 9, w 3, nb 23)	37

Total	(all out; 235.2 overs; 939 mins)	747	(3.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-14 (Hinds, 1.1 ov), 2-345 (Sarwan, 94.1 ov), 3-363 (Lara, 102.2 ov), 4-512 (Gayle, 152.2 ov), 5-535 (Deonarine, 164.4 ov), 6-665 (Chanderpaul, 205.3 ov), 7-665 (Browne, 206.6 ov), 8-700 (Powell, 219.6 ov), 9-712 (Best, 223.2 ov), 10-747 (Bravo, 235.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	34	5	111	0	3.26	(13nb)

M Ntini	33	3	106	1	3.21	(2nb, 1w)
1.1 to Hinds, caught & 14/1
M Zondeki	25	4	120	3	4.80	(5nb, 1w)
94.1 to Sarwan, caught Prince 345/2 102.2 to Lara, caught †Boucher 363/3 152.2 to Gayle, caught Smith 512/4
JH Kallis	36	6	96	0	2.66

N Boje	30	6	76	0	2.53

GC Smith	43	3	145	2	3.37	(2nb, 1w)
164.4 to Deonarine, caught †Boucher 535/5 206.6 to Browne, lbw 665/7
AB de Villiers	21	6	49	2	2.33
219.6 to Powell, bowled 700/8 223.2 to Best, caught Gibbs 712/9
AG Prince	9	1	22	0	2.44

HH Dippenaar	2	1	1	0	0.50

MV Boucher	1.2	0	6	1	4.50	(1nb)
235.2 to Bravo, caught Prince 747/10
HH Gibbs	1	0	4	0	4.00


South Africa 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	not out	50	137	87	7	0	57.47

AB de Villiers	c Washington b Best	12	5	4	3	0	300.00
0.4 caught Washington 14/1
HH Dippenaar	not out	56	132	101	7	2	55.44

Extras	(w 3, nb 6)	9

Total	(1 wicket; 31 overs; 137 mins)	127	(4.09 runs per over)

Did not bat JH Kallis, HH Gibbs, AG Prince, MV Boucher†, N Boje, M Zondeki, M Ntini, SM Pollock

Fall of wickets 1-14 (de Villiers, 0.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TL Best	5	0	32	1	6.40	(3nb, 1w)
0.4 to de Villiers, caught Washington 14/1
DBL Powell	6	2	15	0	2.50

DM Washington	7	1	20	0	2.85	(2nb)

DJ Bravo	5	0	24	0	4.80

WW Hinds	3	1	10	0	3.33	(1nb)

N Deonarine	3	1	20	0	6.66

RR Sarwan	1	0	3	0	3.00

CH Gayle	1	0	3	0	3.00

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series South Africa won the 4-match series 2-0

Test debut DM Washington (West Indies)
Player of the match CH Gayle (West Indies)
Player of the series GC Smith (South Africa)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire BEW Morgan
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Close of play
Fri, 29 Apr	- day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 214/0 (AB de Villiers 103, GC Smith 106, 48.5 ov)
Sat, 30 Apr	- day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 525/4 (JH Kallis 127, AG Prince 114, 147 ov)
Sun, 1 May	- day 3 - West Indies 1st innings 299/1 (CH Gayle 184, RR Sarwan 103, 80 ov)
Mon, 2 May	- day 4 - West Indies 1st innings 565/5 (S Chanderpaul 82, DJ Bravo 10, 178 ov)
Tue, 3 May	- day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 127/1 (31 ov) - end of match

Match notes

General
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

New ball taken after 178 overs, West Indies 565/5
S Chanderpaul 100 in 349 minutes off 242 balls, 10x4
8 100's in the same test a new record for Test cricket
de Villiers takes the wicket keeping duties from Boucher with West Indies 737/9 after 232 overs
DJJ Bravo 100 in 243 minutes off 209 minutes, 12x4
News from the RSA camp is that Boje has been released from the One-Day squad to return home for treatment to his breathing problems
HH Dippenaar 50 in 138 minutes off 94 balls, 6x4, 2x6
GC Smith 50 in 154 minutes off 87 minutes, 7x4