ROSEAU (DOMINICA): Morne Morkel and Charl Langeveldt shared seven wickets to bowl South Africa to a 67-run victory over West Indies in the third One-day international on Friday.
Morkel captured an ODI career-best four wickets for 21 runs from seven overs, and Langeveldt took three for 30 from the same number of overs
, as the South Africans successfully defended a victory target of 225 to win the match at Windsor Park with 72 balls to spare.
The victory gave the Proteas an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, following a 66-run victory, under the Duckworth-Lewis Method, in the rain-marred opening match last Saturday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua, where they also won the second ODI by 17 runs last Monday.
A resolute 70 from A B de Villiers anchored the South Africans to a respectable 224 all out in 47.2 of their 50 overs, after they won the toss, and elected to bat on another belter of a pitch.
DeVilliers struck just two fours and one six from 80 balls, as the Proteas’ batting stumbled for the first time in the series.
South Africa’s bowlers then made sure their limp batting performance did not lead to a terminal meltdown, and diligently worked their way through the brittle West Indies batting.
Earlier, several of the South African batsmen got starts, but de Villiers was the only player to carry on.
Amla, the leading scorer on either side in the series, fell for 34, Jacques Kallis made 31, and Smith got 29 to be the main supporting cast in the South African batting.
Pollard was the most successful West Indies bowler with three wickets for 27 runs from six overs; Bravo and Benn supported with two wickets apiece.
The series continues on Sunday with the fourth ODI here before it concludes at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad & Tobago next Wednesday.




