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| |  Wednesday, 16 May, 2001, 17:13 GMT 18:13 UK Samuels steers Windies to victory  Cuffy receives the congratulations of his team-mates Seventh one-day international, St Vincent. West Indies win by six wickets. West Indies 164-4, South Africa 163-7 (50 overs) Click here for scorecard Marlon Samuels hit a half century as West Indies clinched a comfortable win over South Africa in their seventh one-day international. The number four batsman was 54 not out and shared in a profitable partnership with Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the home side strolled to victory. But the hard work was done in earlier in the field, Samuels and his fellow bowlers restricting South Africa to 163-7 off 50 overs. Samuels took two wickets but paceman Cameron Cuffy was the star of the show, striking three decisive blows. Cuffy, in partnership with Corey Collymore, ripped the top off the South African order to have the tourists reeeling at 14 for three. Herschelle Gibbs was the first to go with the score on two and then Gary Kirsten went to a sensational catch by Daren Ganga. The opener swung a ball from Collymore to Ganga at square leg who dived full length to claim a remarkable one-handed catch.
Neil McKenzie and the consistent Jacques Kallis decided attack was the best form of defence, but it was the undoing of McKenzie. He advanced down the wicket to Cuffy but only succeeded in giving Ganga his second catch of the innings at mid-off. Jonty Rhodes, playing in his 200th one-day international, cpould only drag a ball from Neil McGarrell onto his stumps and South Africa were 79 for five. But wicket-keeper Mark Boucher contributed 25 to a partnership of 53 with Kallis to give the score some substance. Line-up changes Kallis could manage only three boundaries in his 69 as South Africa struggled to up the run-rate and Kallis holed out at mid-wicket to give Marlon Samuels the second wicket of the innings. The bowling honours were taken by Cuffy who finished with three for 24 from his 10 overs, but McGarrell was economical in giving up just 26 from his full allocation and Samuels ended with two for 14 off five well-directed overs. Earlier West Indies made two changes for the match bringing in opening batsman Chris Gayle in place of Ricardo Powell and left-arm spinner McGarrell for leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine. South Africa made three changes with Kirsten returning at the top of the order in place of Boeta Dippenaar, all-rounder Ontong replacing wrist-spinner Paul Adams and paceman Makhaya Ntini coming in for the injured Andre Nel. South Africa captain Shaun Pollock won the toss and elected to bat. South Africa lead the seven-match series 5-1. West Indies: Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga, Brian Lara, Marlon Samuels, Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ridley Jacobs, Neil McGarrell, Cameron Cuffy, Corey Colleymore, Kerry Jeremy. South Africa: Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Neil McKenzie, Justin Ontong, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Justin Kemp, Roger Telemachus, Makhaya Ntini. | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Other top West Indies v South Africa stories: Links to top West Indies v South Africa stories are at the foot of the page. | |
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