2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs West Indies
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
South Africa beat West Indies by 67 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Cricket National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada.
This defeat all but eliminates hosts the West Indies, meaning the record of a host nation never winning the tournament would continue.
Toss: West Indies won, and elected to field first.
 South Africa innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Abraham de Villiers | c Chanderpaul b Collymore | 146 | 129 | 12 | 5 | 113.17 | |
| Graeme Smith | c Ramdin b Collymore | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Jacques Kallis | b Gayle | 81 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 94.18 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | not out | 61 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 148.78 | |
| Mark Boucher | c & b Bravo | 52 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 226.08 | |
| Shaun Pollock | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 6) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 Wickets; 50 overs) | 356 | 24 | 14 | |||
Fall of wickets: 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)
| File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Corey Collymore | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 4.10 | |
| Daren Powell | 10 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 7.80 | |
| Ian Bradshaw | 10 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 7.30 | |
| Dwayne Bravo | 7 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 9.85 | |
| Kieron Pollard | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Chris Gayle | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 7.00 | |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies innings (Target: 357 runs from 50 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Chris Gayle | run out (Prince) | 32 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 91.42 | |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | c Smith b Pollock | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Devon Smith | c de Villiers b Nel | 33 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 122.22 | |
| Brian Lara | b Kallis | 21 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 80.76 | |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | c Pollock b Ntini | 92 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 122.66 | |
| Dwayne Bravo | c Gibbs b Pollock | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| Kieron Pollard | b Kallis | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58.82 | |
| Denesh Ramdim | c sub (RJ Peterson) b Smith | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Ian Bradshaw | c Hall b Smith | 20 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Daren Powell | not out | 48 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 133.33 | |
| Corey Collymore | not out | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 4) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 289 | 22 | 5 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chanderpaul, 2.1 ov), 2-65 (Smith, 10.6 ov), 3-69 (Gayle, 11.3 ov), 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)
| South Africa bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.12 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 5.70 | |
| Andre Nel | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | |
| Andrew Hall | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 5.44 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Graeme Smith | 5 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 11.20 | |
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J D Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, L L Bosman, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, A Nel, M Ntini
West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R Sarwan, B C Lara (capt), D S Smith, D J Bravo, D Ramdim (wkt), K A Pollard, D B Powell, I D R Bradshaw, C D Collymore
Player of the match: A B de Villiers (South Africa)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and D J Harper (Australia)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Sources
[edit]- "37th Match, Super Eights: South Africa v West Indies at St George's, Apr 9, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 10, 2007
