Men's Test · West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa · Match 1

West Indies v South Africa

26 Dec 2007 to 29 Dec 2007 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

West Indies won by 128 runs

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to field.
Player of the match: MN Samuels

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
West Indies (1)	408	133.4
South Africa (2)	195	62.1
West Indies (3)	175	57.4
South Africa (4)	260	74.5

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

South Africa260 all out (74.5 ov)

South Africa batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HH Gibbslbw b DBL Powell	lbw b DBL Powell	0	13	0	0	0.0
GC Smithcaught b FH Edwards	caught b FH Edwards	11	22	0	0	50.0
HM Amlacaught b FH Edwards	caught b FH Edwards	8	14	1	0	57.1
JH Kalliscaught b FH Edwards	caught b FH Edwards	85	126	9	0	67.5
AG Princecaught b JE Taylor	caught b JE Taylor	10	28	1	0	35.7
AB de Villierscaught b JE Taylor	caught b JE Taylor	60	132	6	0	45.5
MV Boucherb JE Taylor	b JE Taylor	13	35	1	0	37.1
PL Harrisb DJ Bravo	b DJ Bravo	0	9	0	0	0.0
A Nelcaught b DJG Sammy	caught b DJG Sammy	34	37	4	1	91.9
DW Steyn*not out	not out	33	26	3	2	126.9
M Ntinicaught b MN Samuels	caught b MN Samuels	1	7	0	0	14.3
Extras	5 (lb 4, w 1)
Total	260 all out (74.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (HH Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 2-17 (HM Amla, 7.2 ov), 3-20 (GC Smith, 9.3 ov), 4-45 (AG Prince, 18.4 ov), 5-157 (JH Kallis, 49.5 ov), 6-183 (MV Boucher, 59.5 ov), 7-190 (PL Harris, 62.3 ov), 8-192 (AB de Villiers, 63.4 ov), 9-259 (A Nel, 73.4 ov), 10-260 (M Ntini, 74.5 ov)

West Indies bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
DBL Powell	14	2	47	1	3.36	1
FH Edwards	13	3	37	3	2.85	0
JE Taylor	18	1	66	3	3.67	0
DJ Bravo	16	2	63	1	3.94	0
DJG Sammy	7	0	29	1	4.14	0
MN Samuels	6.5	1	14	1	2.05	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.