South Africa beat West Indies by 163-runs in Trinidad Test
June 14th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANISydney, Jun 14 (ANI): South Africa defeated the West Indies by 163-run on day four of the first test at Queen’s Park Oval.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn claimed 3-65 tpp bowl out the West Indies for 293, after South Africa set an improbable target of 457 from its second innings to win.
Captain Chris Gayle top-scored with 73 and there was a late show from the tail-enders, but the Proteas sealed an easy win with a day to spare.
Steyn, who took 5-29 in the first innings, was declared the Man of the Match, The Stdney Morning Herald reports.
Fellow pacer Morne Morkel removed both West Indies openers to finish with 2-49 while left-arm spinner Paul Harris took 2-91.
Earlier, South Africa skipper Graeme Smith fell 10 runs short of a century as they took their overnight score of 155-2 to 206-4 before declaring midway through the morning session.
The West Indies second innings was quickly demolished by Steyn and Morkel.
Morkel trapped Travis Dowlin leg before for one while Brendan Nash scored 13 before he drove at Steyn edging to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher at 39-2.
The West Indies’ most experienced duo, Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, shared a stand of 55 before Jacques Kallis made a decisive breakthrough.
Dwayne Bravo hit 49 off 74 balls, and shared resilient stands with Narsingh Deonarine (23) and Denesh Ramdin (9).
The West Indian lower order showed a fight as Sulieman Benn (42), Shane Shillingford (27) and Ravi Rampaul (18 not out) threatened to take the match into the final day. (ANI)
- Fiery Steyn, Morkel leave West Indies staring at defeat in Port of Spain Test - Jun 13, 2010
- Scoreboard of West Indies innings against South Africa - Feb 24, 2011
- Sammy's half-century in vain as Aussies wrap up series - Apr 28, 2012
- Windies rally but facing huge task to beat Aussies - Apr 26, 2012
- South Africa sees off Benn to post fighting 352 in first Test against Windies - Jun 12, 2010
- World Cup: South Africa elect to field against West Indies - Feb 24, 2011
- Scoreboard: South Africa vs West Indies, World Cup, Group B - Feb 24, 2011
- West Indies collapse leaves Aussies in control of final Test - Apr 25, 2012
- Deonarine named in Windies squad for first Test - Apr 05, 2012
- Brave Windies fightback may not be enough to ward off series loss to Australia - Dec 19, 2009
- Windies top order exposed as Australia take charge - Apr 17, 2012
- Chanderpaul rallies Windies but Lyon triggers late slide - Apr 18, 2012
- Pacer Gabriel in West Indies squad for England - Apr 28, 2012
- Windies exhibited marked improvement against Australia: Roebuck - Dec 21, 2009
- Windies pinning faith in Twenty20 to close gap with Australia - Feb 20, 2010
Tags: benn, captain chris, chris gayle, dale steyn, decisive breakthrough, graeme smith, jacques kallis, late show, mark boucher, morning session, narsingh deonarine, pacer, paul harris, proteas, s park, shivnarine chanderpaul, sulieman, target, west indies, wicketkeeper