South Africa v West Indies

At Centurion, February 1, 2004. West Indies won by seven wickets. Toss: South Africa.

Challenged to score their highest one-day total against South Africa, West Indies did it with five overs to spare to complete their first international victory since leaving Zimbabwe two months earlier. Batsmen revelled in the first favourable conditions of the series, exploiting hot sunshine and a true pitch in the one daytime match of the five. Between them, the teams hit eight sixes and 53 fours, and amassed 597 runs from 95 overs. Kallis, with two sixes and seven fours, ended five short of yet another hundred. But Chanderpaul trumped him with 92 off 75 balls, and ran up 108 in 19 overs with Sarwan. They paved the way for Lara, who smashed 59 in 37 balls, a fitting finale to a welcome win.

Man of the Match: S. Chanderpaul. Attendance: 16,759.