Scorecard : South Africa v West Indies, World cup 2011 : 24 Feb 2011
Match : South Africa v West Indies, World cup 2011 group B.Venue/Date : Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi, India.. 24 February 2011. Debut : Imran Tahir. Toss : South Africa, elected to field. Result : South Africa won by 7 wickets. Man of the match : AB de Villiers. Umpires : Simon Taufel (Australia) + Amish Saheba (India). Head to head : South Africa and West Indies played 5th time in world cup and now Proteas lead 3-2. Overall, two teams have 51 ODI between them and South Africa leads 38 to 12 with 1 no result.. Match summary : South Africans surprized one and all by including as many as 3 regular spinners and two part time slow bowlers in their eleven today and then elected to field after winning the toss. Then, Johan Botha came in to bowl the first over which worked superbly as he got prized wicket of Chris Gayle off the 3rd delivery. Young Darren Bravo mesmerised Delhi crowd with his stroke making but as soon as he was out, Windies batters fell like a pack of cards and were folded up for a mediocre total. South Africans started their chase hesitently and lost two early wickets but AB de villiers showed them the way with a chanceless century, driving them home unbeaten. This was 12th straight win for South Africa over West Indies in one day internationals.
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Match : South Africa v West Indies, World cup 2011 group B.