South African cricket team in the West Indies in 2004–05

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The South Africa national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 2005 to play four Test matches and five Limited Overs Internationals. [1]

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Squads

West Indies South Africa
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (c) Graeme Smith (c)
Courtney Browne (wk) Mark Boucher (wk)
Tino Best Nicky Boje
Dwayne Bravo Boeta Dippenaar
Pedro Collins Herschelle Gibbs
Narsingh Deonarine Jacques Kallis
Fidel Edwards André Nel
Chris Gayle Makhaya Ntini
Ryan Hinds Shaun Pollock
Wavell Hinds A B de Villiers
Reon King Andrew Hall
Brian Lara Charl Langeveldt
Donovan Pagon Ashwell Prince
Daren Powell Jacques Rudolph
Ramnaresh Sarwan Monde Zondeki
Devon Smith Justin Kemp
Dwight Washington Justin Ontong
Ian Bradshaw
Xavier Marshall

Test series summary

South Africa won the series 2–0 with two matches drawn.

1st Test

31 March–4 April 2005
Scorecard
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543/5d (152.1 overs)
WW Hinds 213 (297)
A Nel 3/93 (33 overs)
188 (66.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 41 (85)
MV Boucher 41 (158)

PT Collins 3/39 (18 overs)
269/4 (161 overs) (f/o)
JH Kallis 109* (346)
RO Hinds 1/27 (27 overs)
Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DR Shepherd (ENG)
Player of the match: S Chanderpaul (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • N Deonarine and DJ Pagon (both WI) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

8–12 April 2005
Scorecard
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347 (104.4 overs)
BC Lara 196 (286)
M Ntini 6/95 (28 overs)
398 (166.5 overs)
GC Smith 148 (313)
CH Gayle 4/50 (37.5 overs)
194 (89.5 overs)
RR Sarwan 107* (221)
M Ntini 7/37 (19.5 overs)
146/2 (44.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 62 (126)
DBL Powell 1/27 (10 overs)
DJ Bravo 1/27 (6 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DR Shepherd (ENG)
Player of the match: M Ntini (SA)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

21–24 April 2005
Scorecard
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296 (92.2 overs)
BC Lara 176 (225)
M Zondeki 4/50 (16 overs)
548/9d (177.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 178 (351)
CH Gayle 3/85 (27 overs)
166 (54.2 overs)
CO Browne 68 (75)
A Nel 6/32 (16.2 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 86 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SJA Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: A Nel (SA)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

4th Test

29 April–3 May 2005
Scorecard
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588/6d (163 overs)
JH Kallis 147 (287)
DBL Powell 2/137 (32 overs)
747 (235.2 overs)
CH Gayle 317 (483)
M Zondeki 3/120 (25 overs)
127/1 (31 overs)
HH Dippenaar 56* (101)
TL Best 1/32 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SJA Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: CH Gayle (WI)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • DM Washington (WI) made his Test debut.
  • For the first time, eight centuries were scored in a Test - four from each side. [2]

ODI series summary

South Africa won the series 5–0.

1st ODI

7 May 2005
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
253 (48.5 overs)
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Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
255/2 (45 overs)
RR Sarwan 72 (111)
M Ntini 4/46 (10 overs)
GC Smith 103 (102)
DR Smith 1/21 (3 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: BR Doctrove (WI) and DB Hair (AUS)
Player of the match: GC Smith (SA)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

8 May 2005
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
152/7 (50 overs)
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Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
124/2 (26.4 overs)
CO Browne 46* (59)
SM Pollock 2/28 (10 overs)
HH Dippenaar 60* (78)
IDR Bradshaw 2/16 (6 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L method)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: BR Doctrove (WI) and SJA Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: HH Dippenaar (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Africa's target was reduced to 124 runs in 33 overs.

3rd ODI

11 May 2005
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
284/6 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
283 (49.5 overs)
HH Dippenaar 123 (129)
IDR Bradshaw 2/51 (10 overs)
DJ Bravo 2/51 (9 overs)
CH Gayle 132 (152)
CK Langeveldt 5/62 (9.5 overs)
South Africa won by 1 run
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and EA Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: CK Langeveldt (SA)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

14 May 2005
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
231/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
232/4 (46.5 overs)
S Chanderpaul 85* (103)
M Ntini 3/34 (8 overs)
AG Prince 89* (117)
IDR Bradshaw 2/43 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 6 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: BR Doctrove (WI) and SJA Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: AG Prince (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

15 May 2005
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
138/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
141/3 (19.1 overs)
DJ Bravo 41* (40)
AJ Hall 2/21 (4 overs)
HH Dippenaar 61* (47)
IDR Bradshaw 1/21 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and EA Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: HH Dippenaar (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.

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References

  1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. Jhaveri, Bhavika. "Bowlers' nightmare, batsmen's dream". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.