South African national cricket team in the West Indies for the 2000/01 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to the West Indies in the 2000/01 season took place from March 4 to May 16, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000/01 international cricket season and included five test matches and seven ODIs . South Africa won the test series 2-1 and the ODI series 5-2.

prehistory

The West Indies previously contested a three-nation tournament in Australia , South Africa a tour against Sri Lanka . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1998/99 season in South Africa .

Stages

Bridgetown Kingstown St. John's St. George's Port of Spain

Tour venues

Kingston

Tour venues in Jamaica

Georgetown

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on August 18, 2000.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	11,000	3rd test; 5. ODI
Georgetown	Guyana	Bourda Cricket Ground	22,000	1st test
Kingston	Jamaica	Sabina Park	20,000	5. test; 1. ODI
Kingstown	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Arnos Vale Stadium	18,000	7. ODI
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	2. test; 6. ODI
St. George's	Grenada	Grenada National Stadium	20,000	3. ODI; 4. ODI
St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua Recreation Ground	12,000	4. test; 2. ODI

Squad

South Africa named their test roster on February 17, 2001. The West Indies named their test roster on March 6, 2001, and their ODI roster on April 22, 2001.

test		ODI
West Indies	South Africa	West Indies	South Africa
Carl Hooper ( K ) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Cameron Cuffy Mervyn Dillon Leon Garrick Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Brian Lara Neil McGarrell Nixon McLean Dinanath Ramnarine Marlon Samuels Ramnaresh Sarwan Courtney Walsh	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Paul Adams Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini	Carl Hooper ( K ) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Corey Collymore Cameron Cuffy Mervyn Dillon Daren Ganga Leon Garrick Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Kerry Jeremy Brian Lara Neil McGarrell Nixon McLean Ricardo Powell Dinanath Ramnarine Marlon Samuels	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Paul Adams Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Justin Ontong Jonty Rhodes Roger Telemachus

Tour matches

March 4-6 Scorecard	Georgetown	South Africans 271-9d (90) & 289-7d (77)	-	Busta Cup XI 196 (50.5) & 155-4 (44)
		draw

March 24-26 Scorecard	Bridgetown	South Africans 270 (83.3) & 143-2d (66)	-	West Indies Board President's XI 186 (77.5) & 84-1 (34)
		draw

April 12th scorecard	Salem	University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI 218 (47.5)	-	South Africans 222-6 (48)
		South Africans wins with 4 wickets

April 15-16 Scorecard	Montego Bay	South Africans 199-9d (71.2)	-	Jamaica 380-6 (96)
		draw

April 25 scorecard	Kingston	Jamaica 185 (46.4)	-	South Africans 189-4 (45.4)
		South Africans wins with 6 wickets

Test matches

First test in Georgetown

March 9-13 Scorecard	Georgetown	West Indies 304 (124.1) & 333-7d (117)	-	South Africa 332 (127) & 142-2 (69.3)
		draw

Second test in Port of Spain

March 17-21 Scorecard	Port of Spain	South Africa 286 (86.5) & 287 (130.4)	-	West Indies 342 (125) & 162 (80.1)
		South Africa wins with 69 runs

Third test in Bridgetown

March 29th - April 2nd scorecard	Bridgetown	South Africa 454 (173.1) & 197-9d (95.5)	-	West Indies 387 (151) & 88-7 (38.4)
		draw

Fourth test at St John's

April 6-10 Scorecard	St. John's	South Africa 247 (122.2) & 215-7d (123)	-	West Indies 140 (76.1) & 240 (99.4)
		South Africa wins with 82 runs

Fifth test in Kingston

April 19-23 Scorecard	Kingston	West Indies 225 (96.5) & 301 (129.5)	-	South Africa 141 (61.1) & 255 (110)
		West Indies wins with 130 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kingston

April 28 scorecard	Kingston	South Africa 200 (47.4)	-	West Indies 202-7 (50)
		West Indies wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in St John's

May 2nd scorecard	St. John's	West Indies 220-8 (50)	-	South Africa 221-2 (45.5)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI in St. George's

May 5th Scorecard	St. George's	South Africa 287-4 (50)	-	West Indies 155 (39)
		South Africa wins with 132 runs

Fourth ODI in St. George's

May 6th scorecard	St. George's	West Indies 200 (49.3)	-	South Africa 201-2 (46.1)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Fifth ODI in Bridgetown

May 9th scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 199 (49.2)	-	South Africa 202-3 (41.4)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Sixth ODI in Port of Spain

May 12th scorecard	Port of Spain	South Africa 190 (49.5)	-	West Indies 137 (47)
		South Africa wins with 53 runs

Seventh ODI in Kingstown

May 16 scorecard	Kingstown	South Africa 163-7 (50)	-	West Indies 164-4 (44.2)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	5	10	464	51.55	87	0	4th
Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	5	10	459	51.00	134	2	2
Brian Lara	West Indies	5	10	400	40.00	91	0	3
Carl Hooper	West Indies	5	10	358	39.77	74	0	4th
Chris Gayle	West Indies	5	10	326	32.60	81	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Courtney Walsh	West Indies	5	263.4	25th	19.68	6/61	1	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	189.4	20th	19.75	6/67	1	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	228.1	20th	23.20	5/28	1	0
Mervyn Dillon	West Indies	5	168	20th	25.60	4/32	0	0
Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies	5	290.3	20th	30.85	5/78	1	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	6th	6th	298	59.60	107	1	2
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	7th	7th	294	42.00	107	2	0
Brian Lara	West Indies	7th	7th	274	39.14	92	0	2
Carl Hooper	West Indies	7th	7th	200	28.57	48	0	0
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	6th	6th	189	31.50	72	0	2
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	7th	7th	189	31.50	65	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	6th	48.2	10	18.30	4/22	0	0
Allan Donald	South Africa	5	45.3	9	20.55	4/38	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	7th	63	7th	22.71	3/23	0	0
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	7th	42	7th	26.71	2/14	0	0
Cameron Cuffy	West Indies	7th	65.4	7th	35.42	3/24	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Shaun Pollock
ODI	Shaun Pollock

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Gary Kirsten
2nd test	Daryll Cullinan
3rd test	Daryll Cullinan
4th test	Shaun Pollock
5th test	Ridley Jacobs
1. ODI	Neil McGarrell
2. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
3. ODI	Jacques Kallis
4. ODI	Allan Donald
5. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
6. ODI	Neil McKenzie
7. ODI	Cameron Cuffy

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Five Tests for 2001 Cable & Wireless Series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 18, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
2. ↑ Peter Robinson: Nel wins place on West Indies tour ( English ) Cricinfo. February 17, 2001. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
3. ^ Colin Croft: Few surprises in West Indies squad of 13 for First Test ( English ) Cricinfo. March 6, 2001. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
4. ↑ Colin Croft: West Indies name 14 man squad for one-day series ( English ) Cricinfo. April 22, 2001. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in West Indies ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in West Indies ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 2, 2016.