South Africa vs. West Indies, 3rd ODI: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

South Africa wrapped up their ODI series with West Indies with a crushing nine-wicket win in the third game in East London.

West Indies were shot out for a disappointing 122, and the Proteas chased down their target for the loss of only one wicket.

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122-all out! 3rd lowest total at Buffalo Park, 2nd lowest total against South Africa, West Indies have been mauled once again! #SAvWI

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) January 21, 2015"

West Indies captain Jason Holder was seemingly wary of avoiding a repeat of Sunday’s carnage, when he asked South Africa to bat and they racked 439 for two in their 50 overs, as he elected to have first hit after winning the toss.

It was a decision that did not pay off in any way. Inside four overs, both West Indies openers were back in the shed, with Vernon Philander and wicketkeeper AB de Villiers combining to remove Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle.

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“I struggled with my rhythm at the Wanderers, so it was good to have my rhythm back and get some wickets up front,” Philander told broadcaster SuperSport.

The pace and accuracy of Dale Steyn proved too good for Narsingh Deonarine and Denesh Ramdin, as the West Indies top order crumbled.

Marlon Samuels was the one remaining hope for West Indies, but he succumbed to South Africa leg spinner Imran Tahir. Samuels went down the track to hit over the top, but got a leading edge and was pouched by Rilee Rossouw.

Jonathan Carter and Andre Russell attempted to rebuild the innings and put on 31 without any real alarms, before the latter inexplicably went for a huge heave off Morne Morkel and lost his leg stump. Given the circumstances, it was a truly awful stroke to play.

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How not to play when your team is in trouble, presented by Andre Russell.

— Rob Houwing (@RobHouwing) January 21, 2015"

Holder and Sulieman Benn ensured the total went past three figures with some solid hitting, but the latter was stumped by De Villiers off Tahir, who claimed four wickets, to bring an end to a disappointing innings.

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Minutes	Balls
DR Smith	c †de Villiers b Philander	5	6	7
CH Gayle	c †de Villiers b Philander	1	18	5
N Deonarine	c †de Villiers b Steyn	10	37	27
MN Samuels	c Rossouw b Imran Tahir	26	63	38
D Ramdin†	b Steyn	2	16	10
JL Carter	lbw b Imran Tahir	18	60	35
AD Russell	b Morkel	16	30	25
CR Brathwaite	lbw b Imran Tahir	4	22	10
JO Holder*	not out	17	42	24
JE Taylor	lbw b Philander	0	6	2
SJ Benn	st †de Villiers b Imran Tahir	18	20	19
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
Total	(all out; 33.4 overs; 162 mins)	122
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
M Morkel	7	0	26	1
VD Philander	8	2	27	3
DW Steyn	6	1	21	2
JP Duminy	3	0	11	0
F Behardien	2	0	5	0
Imran Tahir	7.4	0	28	4

South Africa went into bat immediately, on account of the lack of overs used up by West Indies, and progressed to 38 for 1 at the tea break.

Upon the resumption, Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis went about their task of chasing down a low total in calm fashion.

With the West Indies extremely flat in the field, they eased home with over 25 overs to spare to seal a 3-0 series win.

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Minutes	Balls
RR Rossouw	c Deonarine b Holder	7	24	14
HM Amla	not out	61	99	63
F du Plessis	not out	51	74	71
Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5
Total	(1 wicket; 24.4 overs; 99 mins)	124
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
JE Taylor	5	0	28	0
SJ Benn	3	0	23	0
JO Holder	5	1	14	1
AD Russell	5	0	15	0
N Deonarine	1	0	5	0
CR Brathwaite	5	0	31	0
CH Gayle	0.4	0	5	0

There are two matches remaining in the series and, on this occasion, dead rubbers will still hold importance as they will enable both teams to fine tune ahead of the World Cup.

West Indies will be seeking a confidence boost, while South Africa will hope to carry on the momentum.