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| April 12, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1428 |
Rampant South Africa wreck West Indian dream
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada), April 11: A.B. de Villiers slammed his maiden One-day international as South Africa beat the West Indies by 67 runs in a World Cup Super Eights match at the Grenada National Stadium on Tuesday (also partially reported in Wednesday’s edition).
The defeat effectively ended the hosts' hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Opening batsman de Villiers, battling cramps, heat exhaustion and dehydration, hammered 146 as South Africa thrashed 356 for four after being sent in to bat.
The West Indies lost four wickets inside the first 20 overs and managed 289 for nine in reply, led by a stroke-filled 92 off 75 balls by Ramnaresh Sarwan.
The hosts need a series of freak results to make the last four.
If West Indies win their last two matches, against Bangladesh and England, they will only have six points. New Zealand and Australia already have eight, while Sri Lanka and South Africa are both on six.
West Indies also have a poor net run-rate the decider in the event of a tie on points.
The West Indies made a poor start when Shivnarine Chanderpaul drove Shaun Pollock to Smith at mid-off in the second over.
Chris Gayle and Devon Smith put on 60 off 53 balls for the second wicket but were out in successive overs.
De Villiers was put on a drip after his innings but returned to the field briefly to take a diving catch at point off Andre Nel to dismiss Smith, while Gayle was run out by a direct hit from Ashwell Prince at midwicket.
Lara and Sarwan added 50 before Lara charged down the wicket to drive Kallis but edged the ball into his stumps, virtually ending the match as a contest.
With South Africa falling behind in their over rate Smith brought himself on to bowl off-spinners and tailender Daren Powell slogged 48 not out off 36 balls, including three sixes.
Scoreboard
SOUTH AFRICA:
A.B. de Villiers c Chanderpaul b Collymore 146
G.C. Smith c Ramdin b Collymore 7
J.H. Kallis b Gayle 81
H.H. Gibbs not out 61
M.V. Boucher c and b Bravo 52
S.M. Pollock not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-6) 9
TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 356
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21 (Smith, 6.6 ov), 2-191 (Kallis, 35.2 ov), 3-261 (de Villiers, 43.1 ov), 4-347 (Boucher, 49.2 ov).
DID NOT BAT: L.L. Bosman, A.G. Prince, A.J. Hall, A. Nel, M. Ntini.
BOWLING: Collymore 10-0-41-2 (3w); Powell 10-0-78-0 (1w); Bradshaw 10-0-73-0 (2w); Bravo 7-0-69-1; Pollard 3-0-20-0; Gayle 6-0-42-1; Sarwan 4-0-30-0.
WEST INDIES:
C.H. Gayle run out 32
S. Chanderpaul c Smith b Pollock 4
D.S. Smith c de Villiers b Nel 33
B.C. Lara b Kallis 21
R.R. Sarwan c Pollock b Ntini 92
D.J. Bravo c Gibbs b Pollock 6
K.A. Pollard b Kallis 10
D. Ramdin c sub (Peterson) b Smith 4
I.D.R. Bradshaw c Hall b Smith 20
D.B. Powell not out 48
C.D. Collymore not out 12
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-3) 7
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 289
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5 (Chanderpaul, 2.1 ov), 2-65 (Smith, 10.6 ov), 3-69 (Gayle), 4-119 (Lara, 19.4 ov), 5-142 (Bravo, 24.1 ov), 6-169 (Pollard, 29.5 ov), 7-181 (Ramdin, 31.5 ov), 8-213 (Sarwan, 38.1 ov), 9-254 (Bradshaw, 45.3 ov).
BOWLING: Pollock 8-0-33-2; Ntini 10-1-57-1; Nel 10-0-54-1; Hall 9-0-49-0 (2w); Kallis 8-0-36-2; Smith 5-0-56-2 (1w).
RESULT: South Africa won by 67 runs.
UMPIRES: M.R. Benson (England) and D.J. Harper (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: A.B. de Villiers.—AFP
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