16/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of South Africa at Durban, Jan 16 2015
South Africa won by 61 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersSouth Africa
16/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of South Africa at Durban, Jan 16 2015
South Africa won by 61 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersSouth Africa

7.50pm: We're going to be back underway in 10 minutes, with West Indies requiring 229 to win in 33 overs (Herschelle read the D/L table wrong originally). Don't go away! 7.30pm Not much to tell you I'm afraid. We're just hanging around waiting to see if it's going to dry up. Still 80 minutes until the cut off so still hope of a chase.



7.05pm The umpires have wandered out for a look and it doesn't look too clever: they're wandering across the outfield and water is coming up over their shoes, it's very wet and a very stiff breeze continues to blow which could well fetch in another shower...



6.50pm So now the first innings is definitely over! That much we can confirm. It's also definitely now stopped raining, so the groundstaff can get out there and try to get the ground ready for the West Indies reply. But more rain is forecast later so who knows what kind of a chase we're going to get.

6.20pm The latest we can get going again is 8.51pm so there's still still plenty of time available for a match tonight. The weather appears to be clearing too. Thanks to Jason Humphries for the info! The South African innings will actually only be officially over in half an hour! The longest 10 balls in history you might say...

6.10pm I don't know too much about the situation at the moment but I'm reliably informed that in five minutes time we start losing overs, so that's the end of the additional hour we have available. It appears to have stopped raining so we should get a chase in but it looks very likely to be fewer than 50 overs...

48.2
0
Taylor to Steyn, no run, short ball, Steyn backs miles out of the way
48.1
1
Taylor to Morkel, 1 run, around the wicket, slower ball, dabbed into the covers, they take on the fielder, direct hit could have caused trouble there

Two to go and it looks like South Africa won't get 300, at one stage they were set for a huge one. Taylor for his last over...

END OF OVER:
48 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 278/8 | RR: 5.79

  • Dale Steyn6 (12b)
  • Morne Morkel1 (2b)
  • Andre Russell10-0-51-2
  • Jason Holder9-1-52-1

Very good stuff from Russell...

47.6
4
Russell to Steyn, FOUR, low full toss on off stump, Steyn manages to lean out to it and steer it past extra-cover, much-needed boundary
47.5
0
Russell to Steyn, no run, length ball wide of off stump, Steyn tries another might heave but yet again gets thin air
47.4
1
Russell to Morkel, 1 run, short ball, very badly played and it cannons off the helmet down to long leg, excellent short ball
47.3
0
Russell to Morkel, no run, full length at the stumps, clipped straight to square leg
47.2
1
Russell to Steyn, 1 run, full length at the stumps, driven back to the bowler who half-saves but they get a single down the ground
47.1
W
Russell to Philander, OUT, full delivery wide of off stump, swung at over the off side, gets it's high but nowhere near long enough and deep cover takes the catch! Another wicket, what a collapse this is. Philander feeling the pressure, trying to smash this away down the ground but it squirted off a thick outside edge and flew down deep cover's throat

VD Philander c Johnson b Russell 4 (3m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

END OF OVER:
47 | (maiden) | SA: 272/7 | RR: 5.78

  • Dale Steyn1 (9b)
  • Vernon Philander4 (7b)
  • Jason Holder9-1-52-1
  • Andre Russell9-0-45-1

The wheels have well and truly come off this innings...

46.6
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, wide of off stump again, a big swing again, missed again

Really good stuff this from West Indies...

46.5
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, another yorker, this goes past the leg stump
46.4
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, yorker length at the leg stump, dug back to the bowler
46.3
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, almost the same again, more of a cross-batted swipe at this, missed it again
46.2
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, back of a length just outside off, Steyn backs away and tries to swing hard down the ground and misses completely
46.1
0
Holder to Steyn, no run, bumper again, Steyn fends it off awkwardly, it comes off the glove onto the helmet and lands short of Ramdin

Holder brings himself back...

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 272/7 | RR: 5.91

  • Vernon Philander4 (7b)
  • Dale Steyn1 (3b)
  • Andre Russell9-0-45-1
  • Jerome Taylor9-0-49-2

Worrying pictures of some very dark clouds that appear to be coming our way. This innings is going the same way as the weather...

45.6
0
Russell to Philander, no run, goes short again, right on line, Steyn under it quickly
45.5
1
Russell to Steyn, 1 run, very full now on off stump, driven out through cover
45.4
0
Russell to Steyn, no run, another short one, this time Steyn tries to cut and misses
45.3
0
Russell to Steyn, no run, short ball, Steyn sways inside the line, played it well

Quite a collapse this really. Dale Steyn in with still a lot of time to come...

45.2
W
Russell to Duminy, OUT, bumper, Duminy goes to hook and gets a glove to the keeper! Duminy walks straight off. Excellent short ball, over middle and leg, it got big on Duminy who was late on the stroke and got a little touch on it to Ramdin who had a simple catch to take

JP Duminy c †Ramdin b Russell 12 (31m 17b 0x4 0x6) SR: 70.58

45.1
2
Russell to Duminy, 2 runs, angled across the left-hander cut wide of third man and the fielder fumbles so they get two

END OF OVER:
45 | 5 Runs | SA: 269/6 | RR: 5.97

  • Jean-Paul Duminy10 (15b)
  • Vernon Philander4 (6b)
  • Jerome Taylor9-0-49-2
  • Andre Russell8-0-42-0
44.6
1
Taylor to Duminy, 1 run, length ball angled in, touched down to long leg
44.5
1
Taylor to Philander, 1 run, forward on off stump, pressed into the covers for a sharp single
44.4
2
Taylor to Philander, 2 runs, flicks this past midwicket and they can come back for the second
44.3
0
Taylor to Philander, no run, yorker, dug into midwicket, non-striker sent back, midwicket steams in and dives with a throw to the bowler's end and another direct may have created another run out

Faster than Viv

100

Hashim Amla reached 5000 ODI runs in his 101st innings, to go top of the table for that milestone ahead of Richards and Kohli (114 inns)