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Test no. 1750

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy - 4th Test
West Indies v South Africa

2004/05 season

Played at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua, on 29,30 April, 1,2,3 May 2005 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AB de Villiers	c Browne b Best	114	251	173	13	1	65.89
	GC Smith	c Washington b Powell	126	256	173	19	0	72.83
	HH Dippenaar	run out (Deonarine/Best/Browne)	5	19	4	0	0	125.00
	JH Kallis	c Washington b Powell	147	394	287	14	1	51.21
	HH Gibbs	c Deonarine b Gayle	23	58	52	3	0	44.23
	AG Prince	c Browne b Bravo	131	321	254	13	1	51.57
	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 wickets1-245 (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)
TL Best	26	4	116	1	4.46	(5nb)
DM Washington	22	3	73	0	3.31
DJ Bravo	27	4	97	1	3.59	(2nb, 2w)
CH Gayle	31	11	65	1	2.09
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
	WW Hinds	c & b Ntini	0	6	1	0	0	0.00
	RR Sarwan	c Prince b Zondeki	127	388	279	14	2	45.51
	BC Lara	c Boucher b Zondeki	4	38	29	1	0	13.79
	S Chanderpaul	run out (Pollock)	127	403	287	13	0	44.25
	N Deonarine	c Boucher b Smith	4	43	44	0	0	9.09
	DJ Bravo	c Prince b Boucher	107	272	235	13	0	45.53
	CO Browne	lbw b Smith	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
	DBL Powell	b de Villiers	12	30	39	1	0	30.76
	TL Best	c Gibbs b de Villiers	5	12	7	1	0	71.42
	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 wickets1-14 (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)
M Zondeki	25	4	120	3	4.80	(5nb, 1w)
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)
AB de Villiers	21	6	49	2	2.33
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)
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
	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 wickets1-14 (de Villiers, 0.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TL Best	5	0	32	1	6.40	(3nb, 1w)
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

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

Match notes

4th Umpire - CE Mack

Day 1
South Africa 1st innings
South Africa 50 in 48 minutes off 61 balls, 8x4
AB de Villiers 50 in 91 minutes off 51 balls, 8x4
South Africa 100 in 97 minutes off 127 balls, 16x4
100 run partnership (de Villiers 52, Smith 47)
Players leave the field at 11:50 for rain, 22.1 overs, South Africa 114/0
Early lunch taken during the rain starting at 11:50
10 minutes lost to rain after lunch
Players off the field again at 12:46, 23.1 overs, South Africa 119/0
11 minutes lost for the second rain break
GC Smith 50 in 112 minutes off 79 balls, 9x4
Rain takes the players off for a third time at 13:08
South Africa 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (23rd over bowled by Best,called by Taufel)
2 hours 17 minutes lost to the rain break
South Africa 150 in 147 minutes off 197 balls, 22x4
150 partnership (de Villiers 76, Smith 70)
South Africa 200 in 198 minutes off 275 balls, 27x4, 1x6
200 partnership (de Villiers 98, Smith 98)
GC Smith 100 in 199 minutes off 141 balls, 16x4 (third in three Tests)
AB de Villiers 100 in 205 minutes off 140 balls, 12x4, 1x6
Players are taken off the field at 17:16 once again for rain

Day 2
Play delayed by 30 minutes after overnight rain
New Ball taken after 98 overs
JH Kallis 50 in 191 minutes off 135 balls, 5x4, 1x6
AG Prince 50 in 120 minutes off 108 balls, 6x4, 1x6
South Africa 400 off 672 balls, 41x4, 3x6
Kallis 100 in 284 minutes off 212 balls, 11x4, 1x6
22nd 100 for Kallis, highest for South Africa beating 21 by G Kirsten
AG Prince 100 in 246 minutes off 200 balls, 11x4, 1x6
Kallis becomes South Africa's highest Test scorer

Day 3
5th wicket record partnership for South Africa between Kallis and Prince
Boucher becomes the 9th South African to get to 3,000 runs, and the 3rd world wicket keeper with 3,000 runs and 300 dismissals
South Africa became the 11th team to register four hundreds in an innings
West Indies 1st innings
CH Gayle 50 in 50 minutes 34 balls, 9x4, 1x6
West Indies 100 in 84 minutes off 107 balls, 12x4, 3x6
CH Gayle 100 in 144 minutes off 96 balls, 15x4, 3x6
CH Gayle 150 in 207 minutes off 149 balls, 24x4, 3x6
record 2nd wicket partnership for the ground
RR Sarwan 100 in 311 minutes off 221 balls, 10x4, 4x6
Highest 2nd wicket partnership by any team against South Africa

Day 4
New ball taken after 80 overs, West Indies 299/1
2nd wicket partnership between gayle and Sarwan the highest for any wicket for the ground
CH Gayle 250 in 494 minutes off 369 balls, 33x4, 3x6
CH Gayle registers his highest first class score
CG Gayle 300 in 598 minutes off 462 balls, 34x4, 3x6
CH Gayle, highest individual score against South Africa
S Chanderpaul 50 in 222 minutes off 154 balls, 3x4

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