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South African cricket team in the West Indies in 2004–05
International cricket tour
The South Africa national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 2005 to play four Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1]
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South African cricket team in the West Indies in 2004–05 | |||
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West Indies | South Africa | ||
Dates | 31 March – 15 May 2005 | ||
Captains | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Graeme Smith | |
Test series | |||
Result | South Africa won the 4-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (450) | Graeme Smith (505) | |
Most wickets | Daren Powell (9) |
André Nel (17) Makhaya Ntini (17) | |
Player of the series | Graeme Smith (SA) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Chris Gayle (200) | Boeta Dippenaar (317) | |
Most wickets | Ian Bradshaw (7) | Charl Langeveldt (11) | |
Player of the series | Boeta Dippenaar (SA) |
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South Africa won the series 2–0 with two matches drawn.
1st Test
31 March–4 April 2005 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Narsingh Deonarine and Donovan Pagon (both WI) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
8–12 April 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 8 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Test
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South Africa won by an innings and 86 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: André Nel (SA) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
4th Test
29 April–3 May 2005 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WI) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dwight Washington (WI) made his Test debut.
- For the first time, eight centuries were scored in a Test - four from each side.[2]
1st ODI
7 May 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 8 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd ODI
8 May 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Boeta Dippenaar (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa's target was reduced to 124 runs in 33 overs.
3rd ODI
11 May 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 1 run Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Charl Langeveldt (SA) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
4th ODI
14 May 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 6 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Ashwell Prince (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
15 May 2005 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Boeta Dippenaar (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.
- CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- Jhaveri, Bhavika. "Bowlers' nightmare, batsmen's dream". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the third Test reached a result in four days.
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