West Indies cricket team in South Africa in the 2014-15 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour to South Africa in the 2014/15 season took place from December 10, 2014 to January 28, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included three test matches , three Twenty20s and five ODIs . South Africa won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI Series 4-1 while losing the Twenty20 Series 1-2.

With their victory in the test series, South Africa rose to number 1 in the ICC's test cricket world rankings . The West Indies set a world record in the second Twenty20 when they trailed 231 runs in the first half of the inning and eventually won the game. In the second ODI, AB de Villiers set two world records when he achieved a fifty in 2.4 overs and a century later in 2.3 overs . South Africa scored 439 runs in the game, the highest number of runs in an ODI for South Africa.

prehistory

classification

South Africa previously played a tour in Australia . The West Indies played a home tour against India , which had to be canceled due to strikes by the players. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2010 season in the West Indies and was clearly dominated by South Africa.

Stages

Durban (SSK) East London Centurion Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on February 23, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	1st test; 5. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1. ODI; 3. T20
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	3. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	2. test; 4. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test; 1. T20
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	2. ODI; 2. T20

Squad lists

The West Indies named their test squad on November 12th and their limited-over squad on December 21, 2014. South Africa named their test squad on December 2nd and their Twenty20 squad on December 31, 2014.

test		ODI		Twenty20
West Indies	South Africa	West Indies	South Africa	West Indies	South Africa
Denesh Ramdin ( K & wk ) Sulieman Benn Jermaine Blackwood Kraigg Brathwaite Shivnarine Chanderpaul Sheldon Cottrell Assad Fudadin Shannon Gabriel Jason Holder Leon Johnson Kemar Roach Marlon Samuels Devon Smith Jerome Taylor Chadwick Walton Kenroy Peters	Hashim Amla ( K ) AB de Villiers (UK) Kyle Abbott Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn Stiaan van Zyl	Jason Holder ( K ) Sulieman Benn Carlos Brathwaite Jonathan Carter Sheldon Cottrell Narsingh Deonarine Leon Johnson Chris Gayle Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Andre Russell Darren Sammy Marlon Samuels Lendl Simmons Dwayne Smith Jerome Taylor	AB de Villiers ( K ) Hashim Amla (UK) Kyle Abbott Farhaan Behardien JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir David Miller Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Vernon Philander Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn Morne van Wyk ( wk )	Darren Sammy ( K ) Sulieman Benn Carlos Brathwaite Dwayne Bravo Sheldon Cottrell Andre Fletcher Chris Gayle Jason Holder Ashley Nurse Kieron Pollard Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Andre Russell Marlon Samuels Lendl Simmons Dwayne Smith	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Kyle Abbott Farhaan Behardien Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Reeza Hendricks David Miller Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Imran Tahir Morne van Wyk David Wiese

Tour match

December 10-12 Scorecard	Benoni	SA Invitational XI 125 (36.1) & 17-0 (6.2)	-	West Indians 508 (115.1)
		draw

Testing

First test in Centurion

December 17-21 Scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 552-5d (140.3)	-	West Indies 201 (60.2) & 131 (42.3) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 220 runs

Second test in Port Elizabeth

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 417-8d (122)	-	West Indies 275-9 (79)
		draw

Due to the rain, only 30 minutes and 3 hours of play were possible on the second and third matchdays. No game at all was possible on matchday five.

Third test in Cape Town

January 2-6 scorecard	Cape Town	West Indies 329 (99.5) & 215 (79.5)	-	South Africa 421 (122.4) & 124-2 (37.4)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Cape Town

January 9 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 165-4 (20)	-	West Indies 168-6 (19.2)
		West Indies win with 4 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Johannesburg

January 11th scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 231-7 (20)	-	West Indies 236-6 (19.2)
		West Indies win with 4 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Durban

January 14th scorecard	Durban	South Africa 195-3 (20)	-	West Indies 126 (19)
		South Africa wins with 69 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Durban

January 16 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 279-8 (48.2 / 48.2)	-	West Indies 164 (28.2 / 32)
		South Africa wins with 61 runs ( D / L method )

South Africa's innings were stopped by rain at 48.2 overs. This reduced the West Indies goal to 226 runs in 33 overs.

Second ODI in Johannesburg

January 18 scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 439-2 (50)	-	West Indies 291-7 (50)
		South Africa wins with 148 runs

Third ODI in East London

January 21 scorecard	East London	West Indies 122 (33.4)	-	South Africa 124-1 (24.4)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

Fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth

January 25th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 262-8 (50)	-	West Indies 266-9 (48.3)
		West Indies win with 1 wicket

Fifth ODI in Centurion

January 28th scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 361-5 (42/42)	-	West Indies 230 (37.4 / 42)
		South Africa wins with 131 runs

Due to rain, the game was reduced to 42 overs per team.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	4th	342	114.00	208	1	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	3	310	103.33	152	2	0
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	3	5	268	53.60	101	1	1
Dean Elgar	South Africa	3	4th	217	72.33	121	1	1
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	3	4th	185	46.25	103	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	80.2	13	20.61	4/69	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	85.1	13	22.15	6/34	1	0
Simon Harmer	South Africa	1	50	7th	21.85	4/82	0	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	3	75	6th	29.33	4/29	0	0
Sulieman Benn	West Indies	3	136	6th	64.83	2/24	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	4th	4th	413	206.50	153 *	2	2
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	5	5	271	54.20	132	2	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	4th	3	249	83.00	149	1	1
David Miller	South Africa	5	4th	223	111.50	130 *	1	1
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	5	5	196	39.20	68	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Imran Tahir	South Africa	3	23.4	8th	14.75	4/28	0	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	3	24	8th	17.50	3/27	0	0
Jason Holder	West Indies	5	42	8th	35.87	4/53	0	0
Andre Russell	West Indies	5	43	7th	41.28	3/85	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	21.2	6th	12.83	3/27	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Chris Gayle	West Indies	2	2	167	83.50	90	0	2
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	2	157	78.50	119	1	0
Morné van Wyk	South Africa	3	3	135	67.50	114 *	1	0
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	3	3	107	35.66	60	0	1
David Miller	South Africa	2	2	71	35.50	47	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
David Wiese	South Africa	3	10.2	9	9.55	5/23	1	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	2	7th	4th	18.00	2/33	0	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	2	8th	3	19.00	3/28	0	0
Jason Holder	West Indies	2	8th	3	20.00	2/40	0	0
Marchant de Lange	South Africa	2	7.2	3	22.66	2/26	0	0
Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	3	11	3	32.00	2/32	0	0
Sheldon Cottrell	West Indies	3	11	3	37.66	2/33	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Hashim Amla
ODI	Hashim Amla
T20	Chris Gayle

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Hashim Amla
2nd test	Kraigg Brathwaite
3rd test	AB de Villiers
1. T20	Chris Gayle
2. T20	Chris Gayle
3. T20	Morné van Wyk
1. ODI	AB de Villiers
2. ODI	AB de Villiers
3. ODI	Vernon Philander
4. ODI	Andre Russell
5. ODI	Rilee Rossouw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ South Africa v West Indies: Hosts win series, Alviro Petersen retires ( English ) BBC. January 6, 2015. Accessed July 24, 2015.
2. ↑ West Indies beat South Africa in record Twenty20 run chase ( English ) BBC. January 11, 2015. Accessed July 24, 2015.
3. ^ AB de Villiers: South Africa batsman smashes century record ( English ) BBC. January 18, 2015. Accessed July 24, 2015.
4. ↑ Port Elizabeth set for Boxing Day Test ( English ) Cricinfo. February 23, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
5. ↑ West Indies name full-strength test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 12, 2014. Accessed December 20, 2015.
6. ↑ Bravo, Sammy, Pollard out of ODI side ( English ) Cricinfo. December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
7. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Peterson back in South Africa Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 2, 2014. Accessed December 20, 2015.
8. ↑ Duminy, Phangiso picked for WI T20s ( English ) Cricinfo. December 31, 2014. Accessed December 20, 2015.
9. ↑ Records / Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
11. ↑ West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
12. ↑ West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
13. ↑ West Indies in South Africa T20I Series, 2014/15 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
14. ↑ West Indies in South Africa T20I Series, 2014/15 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.