Watch the highlights of West Indies vs South Africa 17th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 17th ODI match played between South Africa and West Indies at Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 05th March 1992.
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| Meyrick Pringle celebrates after taking a wicket of Brian Lara © ICC / Digital Cricket TV |
Peter Kirsten's half-century and middle-order contributions before Bowlers attack and A amazing spell by pacer Meyrick Pringle's 4 for 11 gives South Africa registered their historic first ODI win against West Indies by thumping 64-runs, despite a Gus Logie's fighting 61 and South Africa keep alive their hopes in a one-sided game of the 17th match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
South Africa scored 200-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Peter Kirsten cracked a 56 off 91-balls including two boundaries.
Adrian Kuiper hit 23 off 29-balls including a six, Andrew Hudson struck 22 off 60-balls included 3-fours, Jonty Rhodes cracked a 22 off 27-balls without a boundary.
Brian McMillan hit 20 off 29-balls including 2-fours and David Richardson scored a unbeaten 20 off 26-balls contained a boundary.
West Indies best bowler by Malcolm Marshall captured 2-wickets for 26-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.60, Curtly Ambrose, Anderson Cummins both took 2-wickets and one for Carl Hooper - Winston Benjamin.
West Indies bundled out for 136 in 38.4 overs with top scorer by Gus Logie cracked a 61 off 69-balls including 9-fours & a six.
Desmond Haynes scored 30 off 83-balls including three boundaries and Curtly Ambrose hit a unbeaten 12 off 15-balls included 2-fours.
South Africa best bowler by Meyrick Pringle claimed a 4-wickets for 11-runs, Richard Snell captured 2-wickets for 16-runs in 7-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.28.
Adrian Kuiper picked up 2-wickets and Allan Donald took 1-wicket for 13-runs in 6.4-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 1.95.
Meyrick Pringle named Player of the match for his pace bowling attack to claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 11-runs in 8-overs including four maidens with economy rate of 1.37.
This match reported by REUTERS via The Canberra Times
An amazing spell by seamer Meyrick Pringle kept alive South Africa's World Cup cricket hopes as they beat West Indies by 64 runs in a dramatic match.
Pringle cut the heart out of West Indies innings with four wickets in the space of 11 balls to send them sliding to 136 all out in 38.4 overs.
South Africa, sent in to bat, made 200 for eight in their 50 overs.
The result left both sides with two wins out of four matches and still in with a chance of reaching the semi-finals.
Only Gus Logie and Desmond Haynes showed any resistance and Logie hit a majestically belligerent 61, which for a while hinted at a remarkable recovery. Pringle's four for 11 in eight overs were the best bowling figures of the tournament so far.
South Africa, who beat holders Australia in their opening game, had lost their last two matches, both played in New Zealand.
Fast bowler Allan Donald opened with a fiery five-over spell for South Africa which included two maidens and cost 12 runs.
But it was Pringle at the other end who caused the damage with a devastating six overs which brought him the four wickets for 10 runs and included three maidens.
There was no hint of the drama to come as left-hander Brian Lara hit Pringle for a classic extra cover driven four in his first over and took another boundary with a magnificent square cut in the bowler's second.
But in attempting to repeat the shot, Lara failed to get over the ball and Jonty Rhodes swooped low to pick up a magnificent catch at backward point.
In his third over, Pringle trapped captain Richie Richardson leg before for one and then had Carl Hooper caught by Kepler Wessels at first slip without scoring.
At that stage, Pringle had taken three wickets in the space of seven balls, and that soon became four in 11 as in his next over Wessels took another slip catch to remove Keith Arthurton.
Altogether Pringle bowled 26 balls in succession without conceding a run and for a stretch of 24 deliveries West Indies failed to score a run at either end.
But then the magnificent Logie went on to the attack after Pringle was taken off and immediately began cracking the ball to all corners of the field.
He was severe on Brian McMillan, whose first four overs cost 22, but he saved his big guns for Adrian Kuiper.
The seamer's first five overs were hit for 36 runs, most of them by Logie, who plundered four boundaries off his fifth over during which he reached his 50 from 59 deliveries, with eight fours and a six.
Opener Desmond Haynes was Logie's much more conservative partner for most of the time but was forced to leave the field for six overs for medical attention after twice being hit on his right forefinger.
It was in his absence that paceman Richard Snell stepped in to grab the wickets of Malcolm Marshall (six) and David Williams (nought).
Haynes returned on the fall of Williams wicket and he and Logie again steadied the innings.
But it was Kuiper who had the last laugh on both of them.
With the first ball of his second spell, Haynes flashed outside the off stump and was well caught by wicketkeeper Dave Richardson for 30, painstakingly acquired over 83 deliveries.
That left West Indies on 116 for seven and one run later Kuiper struck the death knell for their hopes when Logie skied him to long-on where he was caught by man-of-the-match Pringle.
South Africa, playing West Indies for the first time in an official cricket inter- national following the dismantling of apartheid, based their innings on a brave half-century by Peter Kirsten after an early setback.
They lost captain Kepler Wessels when he miscued an attempted pull off Malcolm Marshall to be caught for one with only eight on the board.
Kirsten and opener Andrew Hudson weathered a fiery opening spell from Curtly Ambrose and gradually improved the tempo.
Hudson pulled Winston Benjamin to the mid-wicket boundary to bring up the 50 in the 17th over and give South Africa their best start in their three matches in New Zealand.
Hudson departed for 22 to a stunning two-handed catch by Lara, diving to his left in the gully, and Mark Rushmere was stumped off spinner Carl Hooper for 10 shortly afterwards.
Once again West Indies' fielding was shoddy and they conceded at least 20 runs from misfields and overthrows.
Useful innings of 22 and 20 from Jon- ty Rhodes and Brian McMillan respectively kept the scoreboard moving Although both were dismissed before the 50 overs were up, South Africa just scraped to 200 for the first time in the tournament.
It hardly seemed enough against the hard-hitting West Indians. But that was before Pringle stepped in.
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