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

South African cricket team in the West Indies in 2004–05
	West Indies	South Africa
Dates	31 March – 15 May 2005
Captains	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Graeme Smith
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 4-match series 2–0
Most runs	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (450)	Graeme Smith (505)
Most wickets	Daren Powell (9)	André Nel (17) Makhaya Ntini (17)
Player of the series	Graeme Smith (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Chris Gayle (200)	Boeta Dippenaar (317)
Most wickets	Ian Bradshaw (7)	Charl Langeveldt (11)
Player of the series	Boeta Dippenaar (SA)

The South Africa national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 2005 to play four Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs). ^[1]

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

West Indies	v	South Africa
543/5d (152.1 overs) Wavell Hinds 213 (297) André Nel 3/93 (33 overs)		188 (66.5 overs) AB de Villiers 41 (85) Pedro Collins 3/39 (18 overs)
		269/4 (161 overs) (f/o) Jacques Kallis 109* (346) Ryan Hinds 1/27 (27 overs)

Match drawn Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Narsingh Deonarine and Donovan Pagon (both WI) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

8–12 April 2005 Scorecard

West Indies	v	South Africa
347 (104.4 overs) Brian Lara 196 (286) Makhaya Ntini 6/95 (28 overs)		398 (166.5 overs) Graeme Smith 148 (313) Chris Gayle 4/50 (37.5 overs)
194 (89.5 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 107* (221) Makhaya Ntini 7/37 (19.5 overs)		146/2 (44.5 overs) AB de Villiers 62 (126) Daren Powell 1/27 (10 overs) Dwayne Bravo 1/27 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

21–24 April 2005 [n 1] Scorecard

West Indies	v	South Africa
296 (92.2 overs) Brian Lara 176 (225) Monde Zondeki 4/50 (16 overs)		548/9d (177.5 overs) AB de Villiers 178 (351) Chris Gayle 3/85 (27 overs)
166 (54.2 overs) Courtney Browne 68 (75) André Nel 6/32 (16.2 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 86 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: André 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

South Africa	v	West Indies
588/6d (163 overs) Jacques Kallis 147 (287) Daren Powell 2/137 (32 overs)		747 (235.2 overs) Chris Gayle 317 (483) Monde Zondeki 3/120 (25 overs)
127/1 (31 overs) Boeta Dippenaar 56* (101) Tino Best 1/32 (5 overs)

Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WI)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dwight 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

1st ODI

7 May 2005 Scorecard

West Indies   253 (48.5 overs)	v	South Africa 255/2 (45 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 72 (111) Makhaya Ntini 4/46 (10 overs)		Graeme Smith 103 (102) Dwayne Smith 1/21 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

8 May 2005 Scorecard

West Indies   152/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 124/2 (26.4 overs)
Courtney Browne 46* (59) Shaun Pollock 2/28 (10 overs)		Boeta Dippenaar 60* (78) Ian Bradshaw 2/16 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Boeta 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   284/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 283 (49.5 overs)
Boeta Dippenaar 123 (129) Dwayne Bravo 2/51 (9 overs)		Chris Gayle 132 (152) Charl Langeveldt 5/62 (9.5 overs)

South Africa won by 1 run Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Charl Langeveldt (SA)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

14 May 2005 Scorecard

West Indies   231/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 232/4 (46.5 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 85* (103) Makhaya Ntini 3/34 (8 overs)		Ashwell Prince 89* (117) Ian Bradshaw 2/43 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Ashwell Prince (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

15 May 2005 Scorecard

West Indies   138/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 141/3 (19.1 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 41* (40) Andrew Hall 2/21 (4 overs)		Boeta Dippenaar 61* (47) Ian Bradshaw 1/21 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Boeta Dippenaar (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.

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.

Notes

1. While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the third Test reached a result in four days.