West Indies v South Africa
2nd Test · Newlands, Cape Town · 2 Jan 2008 – 5 Jan 2008
South Africa won by 7 wickets
West Indies 1st innings24392 overs
South Africa 1st innings321118.2 overs
West Indies 2nd innings262101.5 overs
South Africa 2nd innings186/335.2 overs
West Indies 1st innings 243 (92 ov)
Fall of wickets: 12-1 (D Ganga, 4.5 ov), 71-2 (RS Morton, 15.5 ov), 77-3 (CH Gayle, 20.1 ov), 183-4 (MN Samuels, 62.3 ov), 185-5 (DJ Bravo, 64.4 ov), 220-6 (D Ramdin, 81.4 ov), 220-7 (RN Lewis, 81.5 ov), 237-8 (JE Taylor, 86.4 ov), 241-9 (DBL Powell, 89.5 ov), 243-10 (FH Edwards, 91.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 12 | 29 | CH Gayle 8, D Ganga 3 |
| 2 | 59 | 66 | CH Gayle 32, RS Morton 23 |
| 3 | 6 | 26 | CH Gayle 6, MN Samuels 0 |
| 4 | 106 | 254 | MN Samuels 51, S Chanderpaul 39 |
| 5 | 2 | 13 | S Chanderpaul 2, DJ Bravo 0 |
| 6 | 35 | 102 | S Chanderpaul 13, D Ramdin 21 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | S Chanderpaul 0, RN Lewis 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 29 | S Chanderpaul 9, JE Taylor 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 19 | S Chanderpaul 2, DBL Powell 0 |
| 10 | 2 | 13 | S Chanderpaul 0, FH Edwards 2 |
South Africa 1st innings 321 (118.2 ov)
Fall of wickets: 46-1 (ND McKenzie, 17.1 ov), 61-2 (GC Smith, 23.2 ov), 120-3 (JH Kallis, 42.2 ov), 123-4 (HM Amla, 44.3 ov), 131-5 (AB de Villiers, 52.1 ov), 260-6 (MV Boucher, 100.3 ov), 265-7 (PL Harris, 101.6 ov), 284-8 (A Nel, 107.5 ov), 301-9 (AG Prince, 113.3 ov), 321-10 (DW Steyn, 118.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 46 | 103 | GC Smith 23, ND McKenzie 23 |
| 2 | 15 | 37 | GC Smith 5, HM Amla 10 |
| 3 | 59 | 114 | HM Amla 19, JH Kallis 36 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | HM Amla 3, AG Prince 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 46 | AG Prince 6, AB de Villiers 2 |
| 6 | 129 | 290 | AG Prince 66, MV Boucher 59 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | AG Prince 1, PL Harris 4 |
| 8 | 19 | 35 | AG Prince 13, A Nel 5 |
| 9 | 17 | 34 | AG Prince 12, DW Steyn 4 |
| 10 | 20 | 29 | DW Steyn 15, M Ntini 3 |
West Indies 2nd innings 262 (101.5 ov)
Fall of wickets: 59-1 (D Ramdin, 26.2 ov), 60-2 (RS Morton, 27.2 ov), 81-3 (D Ganga, 39.1 ov), 93-4 (MN Samuels, 46.1 ov), 126-5 (DJ Bravo, 60.4 ov), 133-6 (RN Lewis, 63.3 ov), 163-7 (JE Taylor, 77.4 ov), 167-8 (DBL Powell, 81.4 ov), 192-9 (FH Edwards, 90.3 ov), 262-10 (CH Gayle, 101.5 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 59 | 158 | D Ganga 15, D Ramdin 32 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | D Ganga 0, RS Morton 1 |
| 3 | 21 | 71 | D Ganga 7, MN Samuels 13 |
| 4 | 12 | 42 | MN Samuels 5, S Chanderpaul 6 |
| 5 | 33 | 87 | S Chanderpaul 15, CH Gayle 1 |
| 6 | 7 | 17 | S Chanderpaul 6, RN Lewis 1 |
| 7 | 30 | 85 | S Chanderpaul 8, JE Taylor 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 24 | S Chanderpaul 3, DBL Powell 1 |
| 9 | 25 | 53 | S Chanderpaul 3, FH Edwards 21 |
| 10 | 70 | 68 | S Chanderpaul 29, CH Gayle 37 |
South Africa 2nd innings 186/3 (35.2 ov)
Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel, DW Steyn, ND McKenzie, MV Boucher, PL Harris
Fall of wickets: 57-1 (AB de Villiers, 8.6 ov), 140-2 (HM Amla, 25.6 ov), 152-3 (GC Smith, 27.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 57 | 54 | GC Smith 34, AB de Villiers 23 |
| 2 | 83 | 102 | GC Smith 41, HM Amla 37 |
| 3 | 12 | 8 | GC Smith 10, JH Kallis 1 |
| Unbroken | 34 | 48 | JH Kallis 21, AG Prince 12 |
Match details
- Toss
- West Indies, chose to bat
- Season
- 2007/08
- Umpires
- SJA Taufel, RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama