Morne Morkel and Charl Langeveldt shared seven wickets to bowl South Africa to a 67-run victory over the West Indies in the third ODI on Friday.
Morkel captured an ODI career-best 4/21 from seven overs, and Langeveldt took 3/30 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 12 overs to spare.
Morkel formalised the result, when Ravi Rampaul essayed an indescribable off-side stroke, and skied the ball to deep extra cover, where Johan Botha held a fine catch running backwards.
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 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 in 47.2 overs. He 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. Langeveldt started the rout, when he had Gayle caught at slip for 16 in the sixth over, and Morkel kept up the pressure.
— AFP
Scores: South Africa 224 in 47.2 ovs (Amla 34, Kallis 31, deVilliers 70; Bravo 2/40, Pollard 3/27) bt West Indies 157 in 38 ovs (Richards 28, Chanderpaul 24; Langeveldt 3/30, Morkel 4/21)