AVINASH INGALE: Hi, AB I am very happy to see a news that you are at No.1 spot in ICC ODI rating. This golden moment was pridected by me one month ago. I am from INDIA but i realy enjoy that my favourite cricketer is at no.1 place. AB you are realy deserve the spot.Keep it for forever. Keep well going and "BEST OF LUCK" for upcoming series. GOOD DAY. Bye. A.V.I.    Rashmitan: Hey hey, have u got the news? My angel has become world's top most ODI batsman! Isn't it just GREAT?....lolz:) Congratulation AB for this awesome achievement...!!    Asha: Hi dear AB, hw r u. I hope ur ankle is getting better, always praying for you. U r always doing a great job for ur team, u r a great asset for them and for us too. We fans take great confidence and hope from u. Thank u for ur time. Love u always. God bless u and be with u. Take care smile killer.    Marco: ...congrats on your nomination to the LG ICC Awards! Well DONE!    Ray: Hey ab, my name is ray, im 16 and id just like to say that ur my role model and id like to be as good as u someday and mayb we'll play together someday.    Ankia van der Merwe: Hallo AB, Baie geluk met die toekenning en die nuwe cd. ...Baie seen en mag jy gaan van glorie na glorie. Col 1:27    Lucky: Hey AB,boy do i miss watching you play.I'm glad 2 hear that your getting beter.Super excited about your CD being released,cant wait to hear it.Oh,did i mention that i'm a huge fan of yours....LOL,love you    Alet: Hi AB. Ek het jou gister op pasella gesien. Ek het net nog meer respek vir jou gekry toe ek jou daar gesien het. Jy is so beskeie en nederig en dit is wonderlik dat jy so 'n goeie verhouding met jou familie het. Ek hou baie van jou liedjies wat ek sover gehoor het en gaan defnitief jou cd koop. Ek hoop hulle maak jou kaptein van die t20 span noudat Graeme bedank het. Ek dink jy sal 'n excellent kaptein wees. Ek hoop jou enkel word gou gesond. Geniet jou dag en mag al jou drome waar word!    Count Lazic: Dear AB Please don't go stir crazy now. Make sure you have loads of Xanor on hand to keep your ADHD at bay...your recovery is a complete given provided you maintain rest and ionic balance. Get better sommer baie gou! Your BIGGEST fan Anton    Nikita: : Hi AB! I am from Delhi.You know I Love your batting! Infact I was really happy to know that you play for my home team in the IPL... And BTW. I Love your fielding..It's awesome!    Ugesh Kadiyala: Hi AB, how r u? I hope u r doing good. A great Singer is hidden in U. Just say to the world that "I CAN DO THIS TOO(singing)" and you are a great player and main thing i like in you on the field is the amazing fielding. Wishing u all the best to be a Great Singer and as well as a Great Cricketer.    sony: Hi AB i am sony from delhi i am your big big big fan and i am curiously waiting for d day when i wud see you before my eyes...    Thanda: ...Always a pleasure and best of luck. 100% Proteas. I saw your music video by the way. There is a future :)    phaezzle: hey ab just wanna say hi and that you should recover very fast as we need you to be back on the field . you are the number one fielder in the world    Gideon: Hi Ab ek wil net weet wanneer jou cd uit kom? Ekt al n paar van die liedjies gehoor en dis awesome kan nie wag om die res te hoor ni thanx.    hamzah noman: do you sing aswell as play cricket? if you do mate you are a very special talented person. 2 in 1. there should be more people like you are around doing two types of professions. yoursfaithfuly    alika: hey AB hope you are recovering well. I'll be glad to see you guys in action soon , cricket isnt as much fun as when the south africans play! ... thanks for takinng the time to acknowledge your fans it means a lot to us!...   Ishan: Hi Ab, I love ur batting and i'm ur big fan...Wish u good luck for recovery...    Keane: Howzit AB, Congrats on winning odi cricketer of the year, U deserve it...Absoulutly love ur album. ITS BRILLIANT. My fav song is Maak jou dromme waar, Forgivness, Madibaland,Hoor jy my, Show them who you are and asem in.    shalom: Hi,AB I hope that you are healing well and getting enough rest. I am counting down the days to the release of your CD. I heared the song mark jou drome waar and not being pure afrikaans speeking, I undestood the words and was overwelmed . I had for a long time forgotten my dream and had let it die but after hearing your song I started living my life and making sure that I get to my dream,make it come true. Thank you AB for inspiring me and helping me live. Love you Biggest fan Shalom    dinesh: HI AB, AM DINESH FROM CHENNAI, INDIA. AM A BIG FAN OF YOU AND JACQUES. JUST GOT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR WEBSITE FROM MY FRIEND (NELLA & DENY) RESIDING IN ZA. I JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG HAI TO YOU... MY DESIRE IS TO SEE YOU PLAY ALONGSIDE WITH DRAVID & ANIL (WHOM I ADMIRE A LOT). HOPE YOU PLAY FOR RCB IN THIS IPL. AND THE THINK THAT I LIKE IN YOU THE MOST IS YOUR SIMPLICITY AND HUMBLENESS.... BYE..... URS, DINESH    Rashmita:Hi AB... just found that u hv answered my question on ur 'Ask AB' section. Thank u soooo much:) And the nicest part is that u still remember me...truly it means a lot to me:-)    SapthaGiri: Hi, AB..U seem to have Rocked the Award ceremony nd u deserved it...Waiting for u to Dazzle down even in the ICC awards this year... :) :) Best Fielder after Rhodes... All d best AB..    shubhajit: sir, hi i am a big fan of yours from india. congrats for your coming album ,looking forward to that and you have a very cool temperament on the field like a cucumber...    Lucky: Hey hun,congrats on ur award,you deserved it.Im sure your enjoying your time off,use it to recharge your batteries.Best of luck for the next season,i know you guys will kick butt.Love you XOXO    Melody: Hey AB, how you doin babe? Read about your surgery. Hope you get out of the hospital soon! Do take lots of care! Congrats on winning the award aswell! You truly deserved it! Do take loads of rest! Take care, Love you, Melody    Mel: Hi AB, hey heard about your ankle surgery. Hope you recover well. Missing watching you guys!! Anyways have a great time off. Take care and God bless-your No.1 Fan    AVINASH INGALE: Hey AB. Thanx for choosing cricket as career among all games you play from school. If you not playing cricket then we miss the worlds ever most awesome batsman and fielder. Keep well going. Stay happy. I like your song "SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE" bye..... A.V.I.    Mel: Hi AB!!! Wow what a night it must've been for you guys at the CSA Awards! Congrats on your award-really proud! Big Hi to Hash as well! Congrats Hashim-you deserved it!! Aaahh AB, your album's gonna be out some time soon... Can't wait.. Gotta feeling it's gonna be a hit!! Well done to you and Ampie! God Bless-your No.1 Fan    Rashmita:AB, my best wishes r with ur new initiative- AB de Villiers starter kit. Its amazing to see how much u r concerned about the young talents & so keen to help them out...GREAT. Well, thats sumthing which can be expected from U only:)    Shrikant Kerai: hey AB. Im ur biggest fan, seriously! i always try to see you play when your in London and always admire your batting.... i always try to play like you as you are my batting hero but im neva able to, just shows how much talent you have! Anyway have a great cricketing year ahead, best wishes! take care.    Gautham Pai: AB?you have been a great component for SA Cricket...we in india are always fond of SA Cricketers and their top of the line fielders... however personally am a big fan of Kallis and Boucher..and you ofcourse..but wouldn't like you behind the wicket as that would put bouchy under pressure..you are a fabulous batsman and we want to see you in that role more prominently along with JP Duminy and Amla....   Nok2la: AB you have been successfuly many times...as South African ....and you are such gud cplayer... i wuld lyk to knw wat you wuld lyk to achieve the most from now on.... 4RM YR FAN ,,,,,KEEP UP THE GUYD WORK WE LOVE YOU...    madiha: ABBBBBBBBB BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY....GANNIT DA ?! hope ur having a wonderful time off . take care babyyyy........pure protea all the way ;-)    Asha: Hi AB, you played the WI tour fantastically .You are always positive and u have do or die attitude towards the game and u turn out to be a great inspiration for me.Take care, best wishes.    AVINASH INGALE: Hey AB. Have a nice day. I think you are the most consistent batsman like Dhoni and Hussey. It will nice to see you as no 1 batsman. Go and grab the no 1 rank in ICC ODI rating. Keep it up. I hope my wishes come soon early. Best of luck. A.V.I.    ABEE AYR: hi ab h r u?? ur great player.. i loved ur batting. great batting against west indies. nice u r such a class player. u know iam big fan of u. in my pc i saved ur more picture. bcs i loved u n i always watching ur game. okk i see ur video also. great. ab dse villierd is my best player !!!!! ur best film gladiator i see this film. okk ab byeee!!   

SA secure series win

Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 17:40 © MWP

Morne Morkel © Gallo ImagesSouth Africa secured a two-nil series win after they cruised past West Indies by seven wickets on the fourth day of the third test at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Tuesday.

Full Scoring

The Proteas needed just 38 minutes to end the home side’s resistance during the morning session as speedster Morne Morkel nabbed three wickets to bowl West Indies out for 161.

South Africa were left to score 47 runs to win the match and, despite a top-order wobble, they duly reached 49 for three 25 minutes before lunch.

West Indies quick Kemar Roach was responsible for making life a touch difficult for South Africa as he captured three for 22 in a high-class spell of fast bowling.

The home side began the day on 134 for seven and they added just 17 runs before Morkel bowled the left-handed Sulieman Benn (nine).

Morkel then wrapped the innings up when he had Roach (eight) caught behind and Brandon Bess (nought) caught by Jacques Kallis at second slip.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained defiant to the bitter end as he ended unbeaten on 71 off 179 balls.

Morkel ended the innings with figures of three for 33 while fellow fast bowler Dale Steyn captured three for 36.

Off-spinner Johan Botha secured match figures of seven for 102 after snaring three for 46 during the Windies’ second innings to be named man-of-the-match.

South Africa looked intent in knocking off the required runs as quickly as possible but Roach had Graeme Smith (10) caught at midwicket and Alviro Petersen (six) bowled off an inside edge.

Hashim Amla (25) scored the bulk of the runs needed for victory but he fell with the score on 45 when he steered a Roach delivery to Benn in the gully.

The final session of play was marred by an argument between Roach and Jacques Kallis after the bowler struck Kallis on the helmet with a superb bouncer.

The spat was so heated that players and umpires had to intervene to try and calm the situation.

- Report Day 1
- Report Day 2
- Report Day 3

Teams

West Indies - Chris Gayle (capt), Dale Richards, Narsingh Deonarine, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Sulieman Benn, Shane Shillingford, Kemar Roach, Brandon Best.

South Africa - Graeme Smith (capt), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel.

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