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South Africa vs West Indies, 3rd ODI at East London, , Jan 21 2015 - Match Result

RESULT
3rd ODI (D/N), East London, January 21, 2015, West Indies tour of South Africa
(24.4/50 ov, T:123) 124/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 152 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/27
vernon-philander
Match centre 
Comms: Alex Winter
Scorecard summary
West Indies 122/10(33.4 overs)
4/28 (7.4)
South Africa 124/1(24.4 overs)
61* (63)
1/14 (5)
0/15 (5)

That wraps it up from East London. The series is wrapped up already but still two matches to come, the next on Sunday in Port Elizabeth, a day game so 10am start local time, see you then...



Good job we got the chase done when we did because the rain has really arrived now and we would definitely be unable to play in this - a perfectly timed chase you could call it!



Presentation, which has nipped indoors, will be interesting. Who's today's Man of the Match? Vernon Philander perhaps for his very smart bowling and three wickets. We shall see...indeed it is Philander.



AB de Villiers: "I'm very very happy with the performance today. We've said in the knockout stages of the world cup you've got to win three in a row and we've done that here. There were a couple of soft wickets. Anything over 200 would have been a good score today. For them, it's just about learning and moving on from this experience. They are a world class team with world class players so to prove to ourselves we can win three in a row is very important. If you looked at the deck you would say it wouldn't suit Vernon Philander but the way he bowled was fantastic. It's important to have a look at everyone and we want to get all the guys in good form so we'll definitely give everyone a go in the last two games."



Poor Jason Holder has go to put some words to another miserable display: "We batted poorly no other way to sum it up. We just kept losing wickets. Very disappointed. We didn't make amends here for Sunday. We need to show pride in the last two games now. Our seniors players haven't stepped up here but I still back them because they've done it for a numbers of years. The wicket was a little slow but there was nothing wrong with it. I can promise some improvement for Port Elizabeth."



James: "On this showing (admittedly against a very good SA team) WI could easily get turned over by Zimbabwe or Ireland in the World Cup."



The wicket was a little slow but there was no obvious help for the bowlers. West Indies, having elected to bat first, never got to grips with the surface and a series of impatient strokes saw them whittled away in the face of some decent, but far from destructive, bowling. 122 was an embarrassing score and South Africa have had no troubles knocking off the runs in less than half their allocation. Just 59.2 overs bowled in this 100-over match today.



Complete dominance from South Africa today, they have romped to a nine-wicket victory and wrap up the series 3-0 still with two rubbers to come. The sweep is on and on this showing you can't see anything other than a 5-0. South Africa on a different level here with West Indies playing dreadful cricket and deservedly smashed.



24.4
4
Gayle to Amla, FOUR runs

whoops, dragged down, pulled for four backward of square, miserable end to a miserable performance from the West Indies

24.3
Gayle to Amla, no run

few inches outside off, skids on a little, cut straight to extra-cover

24.2
1
Gayle to du Plessis, 1 run

tossed right up on the stumps, tucked with the angle through square leg

24.1
Gayle to du Plessis, no run

length on off stump, flicked straight to short midwicket

Four to win, final over here surely. Chris Gayle going to bowl it...

end of over 247 runs
SA: 119/1CRR: 4.95 RRR: 0.15
Faf du Plessis50 (69b 5x4)
Hashim Amla57 (61b 8x4)
Carlos Brathwaite 5-0-31-0
Sulieman Benn 3-0-23-0
23.6
1
Brathwaite to du Plessis, 1 run

fuller and driven wide enough of mid-off for a quick single and du Plessis now goes to fifty from 69 balls, he's got much better as this innings has gone on

23.5
Brathwaite to du Plessis, no run

good length on the stumps, calmly blocked back to the bowler

23.4
1
Brathwaite to Amla, 1 run

length just outside off, careful angled to third man

23.3
1
Brathwaite to du Plessis, 1 run

slides into the pads, this is touched down to long leg

23.2
4
Brathwaite to du Plessis, FOUR runs

back of a length, slower ball, picked and pulled through midwicket, well timed, four more

23.1
Brathwaite to du Plessis, no run

full on the off stump, driven to mid-on

end of over 234 runs
SA: 112/1CRR: 4.86 RRR: 0.40
Hashim Amla56 (60b 8x4)
Faf du Plessis44 (64b 4x4)
Sulieman Benn 3-0-23-0
Carlos Brathwaite 4-0-24-0

Couple of blows takes us to the bar now...

22.6
Benn to Amla, no run

better length and just defended back up the wicket

22.5
Benn to Amla, no run

more air, flicked to mid-on who's a touch deep but still able to save one here

22.4
2
Benn to Amla, 2 runs

drops the length shorter, Amla cuts wide of the sweeper and they can get back for the second as Russell runs to his left

22.3
Benn to Amla, no run

more middle and off now, forward block back up the wicket

22.2
1
Benn to du Plessis, 1 run

fuller on the leg stump, clipped out to deep midwicket

22.1
1
Benn to Amla, 1 run

tad short outside off, cut straight to deep cover

end of over 224 runs
SA: 108/1CRR: 4.90 RRR: 0.53
Faf du Plessis43 (63b 4x4)
Hashim Amla53 (55b 8x4)
Carlos Brathwaite 4-0-24-0
Sulieman Benn 2-0-19-0
21.6
Brathwaite to du Plessis, no run

slower ball, low full toss, driven straight to mid-off

21.5
Brathwaite to du Plessis, no run

length just outside off, dropped into the gully

21.4
4
Brathwaite to du Plessis, FOUR runs

short ball, pulled off a big top edge, flies down towards Taylor at long leg, he comes around to his left and drops the chance! Another misjudgement, reaching, diving in the end to his left with two hands and the ball went straight through them and bobbled into the rope

21.3
Brathwaite to du Plessis, no run

cutter, waited for and nudged up to mid-off this time

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
HM Amla
61 runs (63)
9 fours0 six
Productive shot
flick
22 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
89%
F du Plessis
51 runs (71)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
flick
13 runs
0 four0 six
Control
88%
Best performances - bowlers
Imran Tahir
O
7.4
M
0
R
28
W
4
ECO
3.65
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
VD Philander
O
8
M
2
R
27
W
3
ECO
3.37
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Buffalo Park, East London
TossWest Indies, elected to bat first
Series
Season2014/15
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 5-match series 3-0
Match numberODI no. 3587
Hours of play (local time)13.30 start, First Session 13.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.45, Second Session 17.45-21.15
Match days21 January 2015 - daynight (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee