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]
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) |
Squads
editTest series summary
editSouth Africa won the series 2–0 with two matches drawn.
1st Test
edit31 March–4 April 2005
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Narsingh Deonarine and Donovan Pagon (both WI) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
edit3rd Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
4th Test
edit29 April–3 May 2005
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- 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]
ODI series summary
edit1st ODI
edit2nd ODI
edit 8 May 2005
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa's target was reduced to 124 runs in 33 overs.
3rd ODI
edit4th ODI
edit5th ODI
edit 15 May 2005
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.
References
edit- ^ 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.
Notes
edit- ^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the third Test reached a result in four days.