Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers
81(94) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • steered
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
15 9 11 6 11 6 16 7
DA Miller
DA Miller
70(68) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 23 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
0 2 6 10 7 26 12 7

Best performances - Bowlers

DW Steyn
DW Steyn
O5.2
M1
R27
W3
Eco5.06
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir
O6
M0
R30
W3
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

South Africa led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

13.30 start, First Session 13.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.45, Second Session 17.45-21.15

Match days

16 January 2015 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Commentator: Alan Gardner

10.45pm: Thanks for sticking with us through the delays, folks, that's your lot for tonight. We'll be back to bring you all-singing, all-dancing fingertip-tapping coverage of the second ODI on Sunday - until then, it's goodnight and good luck from Alex and myself. Cheerio

10.35pm: Here we go with the garlands, then. Mike Haysman calls up West Indies captain Jason Holder: "We made a start but lost our way in the middle. That's the nature of Chris, he's a counter-attacking batsman, he gave us a decent start but SA got the better of us. It's a problem we've been having for a period of time, we've got to try and correct it. [First captaincy taste] It's been pretty good, a good challenge, we felt they were getting away from us but managed to fight back. We need to cut out the bad balls and to rotate the strike a bit better next time."

South Africa captain AB de Villiers is named Man of the Match: "We did well after the first ten overs, it wasn't easy, credit to Hash. I'm a bit embarrassed with the Man-of-the-Match award, I thought David Miller played much better. But I've got to give myself some credit, it was good to get in and get some partnerships. [Miller] played like he was on a different wicket today, he was the best batter and played an exceptional knock. Morne van Wyk is an incredible player, we'd love to give him a go but he's not in the World Cup squad so we want to give those guys a go, JP Duminy, Rilee Roussouw. So I'll take it on the chin and keep until Quinton can come back. Rilee will be the extra top-order batsman, so he's getting some practice. Other than me taking the gloves, it's pretty much our first team. Everyone bowled well in partnerships, never easy bowling to guys like Gayle, Samuels, Sammy. The guys were mature, showed some variation, Immy was the stand-out but everyone around him bowled exceptionally well. Always a great crowd at the Bullring, we love entertaining in Johannesburg. West Indies can beat anyone on their day, we'll try and do the basics well for a long period of time and try to hit our straps."

10.25pm: So, Steyn ends up with three wickets, like Tahir and Philander, but there's no doubt that his first - Chris Gayle - was the most important. West Indies might have benefited from the rain reducing the number of overs they had to bat - and they've proved how much they love the short stuff, chasing 236 in 20 overs a few days ago - but no one could stick around after Gayle's brief burst first up. They did well to drag the game back after South Africa were 238 for 3 in the 40th over but reverted to type with the bat. All in all, a tough day for the debutant captain, Jason Holder. His counterpart, AB de Villiers, meanwhile finished with four catches and a stumping to sit alongside 81 runs.

28.2
W
Steyn to Taylor, OUT, there it is, dabs in the channel and nicks through to de Villiers! Steyn started the wicket-taking and he finishes it with two in two to give South Africa a 61-run win (D/L method)

JE Taylor c †de Villiers b Steyn 2 (9m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

28.1
W
Steyn to Holder, OUT, length ball, another giddy swing, top-edged high, high, high into the sky... and David Miller takes an excellent catch back-pedalling in the covers. South Africa are almost home and hosed

JO Holder c Miller b Steyn 2 (7m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Tahir off after one over, Steyn back

END OF OVER:
28 | 3 Runs | WI: 164/8 (62 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.85, RRR: 15.50)

  • Jerome Taylor2 (5b)
  • Jason Holder2 (5b)
  • Morne Morkel5-0-36-0
  • Imran Tahir6-0-30-3

"Every time Imran Tahir gets a wicket, he waves to someone in the crowd, will cricinfo tell us who is he waving?" We would if we knew, Zain. Sadly, we are not omniscient, despite appearances

27.6
0
Morkel to Taylor, no run, 135kph bouncer, at Taylor's bonce, he nods underneath it this time
27.5
2
Morkel to Taylor, 2 runs, Taylor hacks across the line against another bumper, top-edges the ball high over the keeper, fine leg runs around to collect
27.4
0
Morkel to Taylor, no run, back of a length outside off, backs away and throws the bat, misses
27.3
0
Morkel to Taylor, no run, banged in again, Taylor takes it on and this time wears the blow on his shoulder

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)