Tour of West Indies 2009-10          Captain: Graeme Smith

47th official Test tour

Fourth Test-playing tour of West Indies by South Africa

 (April - June 2010)

South Africa failed to get beyond the semi-finals round of the ICC World T20 twenty-over competition, and had to wait a week before their tour resumed.

The four matches scheduled for Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, were re-allocated to the Sir Viv Richards Stadium owing to elections being called in Trinidad.  Sabina Park was due to host the 5th one-day international and the First Test but these were shifted to Port of Spain because of civil disturbances in Kingston.

The South Africans sealed a 2-0 victory in the three-match Test series and retained the Viv Richards Trophy. 

Dale Steyn was fined his match fee after the third Test for spitting out his chewing gum at Sulieman Benn who made a comment when he was dismissed.

Other South African tours

Previous Tour

India 2009-10

Next tour

To UAE 2010-11 to play Pakistan

Next tour of West Indies

  None scheduled

Original members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen: Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Alviro Petersen.

Middle-order batsmen: AB de Villiers, J-P Duminy, Ashwell Prince, Jacques Kallis

Wicket-keeper: Mark Boucher.

Fast bowlers: Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Ryan McLaren.

Slow bowlers: Johan Botha, Paul Harris.

Representation of Supersport Series teams:   

CC(Bo, WP) - Cape Cobras (2)

D  (KZN) - Dolphins (1)

E  (FS, GW) - Eagles (1)

HL(G, NW) - Highveld Lions (1)

T(Es, No) - Titans (4)

W(EP, Br) - Warriors (6)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match  (10 June 2010 : 28 yrs  7 months.

ICC  Member of the ICC World T20I  championship squad

ODI  Member of the T20 and ODI squad v West Indies

(ODI)  withdrawn

Test Appearances made before the tour

Kallis 137,  Boucher 131,  Smith 83,  de Villiers 58,  Prince 54,  Amla 43,  Steyn 38,  Harris 29,  Morkel 23,  Duminy 12,  Botha 2,  Petersen 1,  McLaren 0,  Miller 0,  Tsotsobe 0.  

Team Officials

Selectors

Andrew Hudson (selection convenor),  …….. with Corrie van Zyl.

Selection

Tour Party Announced:  16 March 2010.

The Test and ODI touring side to West Indies was announced before the World Twenty20 squad was finalised (the World T20 championships preceded the South Africans’ ODI and Test tour)

Fifteen players for the ICC World T20 competition were announced on 30 March.

Not selected: Robin Peterson.

Withdrawal:   Parnell was selected for the whole tour but was unable to play at all.

After the World T20 Boucher was dropped from the ODI squad for matches against West Indies.

Time between selection and departure from South Africa

  8 days

(16 March to 24 April)

Travel

Five members of the Proteas' ICC World Twenty20 squad flew directly to the West Indies from the IPL in India. Vice-captain Jacques Kallis and fast bowler Dale Steyn flew in after the third place play-off and Albie Morkel and JP Duminy and Ryan McLaren came after Sunday’s final.

The remainder of the Proteas squad had left from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, on Saturday evening 24 April. They reverted to their itinerary of flying to the Caribbean via London, following the re-opening of European air space after volcanic ash clouds closed them.

At the end of the T20 championships Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Ryan McLaren, Lonwabo Tsotsobe arrived on 16 May to join the World T20  squad.

David Miller (Dolphins), called up as a replacement for Wayne Parnell (groin injury), and arrived in the Caribbean on approx 15 May.

Paul Harris and Ashwell Prince came in for the Test series.

Time spent in West Indies

   x days

(arrival - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Andrew Hudson (selector on tour),  Graeme Smith  (captain),  Corrie van Zyl (coach).

Andrew Hudson arrived in Antigua on 19 May to join in selecting the sides.

Reinforcements

David Miller replaced Wayne Parnell who failed to recover from a groin injury sustained during the IPL.. He was called up while playing for South Africa A in a tri-series in Bangladesh.

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§  one-day international

⊕ Twenty 20 international

Time spent in  before First Test: 

x days

(arrival - 10 June 2010)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Amla,  Boucher, De Villiers, Harris, Kallis,  Morkel,  Petersen,  Prince,  Smith,  Steyn.

2 -   Tsotsobe

1 -   Botha

0 -   Duminy,  McLaren,  Miller.

Highlights

Steyn took 15 wickets in the series at 18.13, including six in the final Test.

Tour Summary

Return to South Africa

Gibbs, Kleinveldt, Albie Morkel and Theron returned to South Africa at the end of South Africa’s participation in the World T20 tournament.

Bosman, Langeveldt, Miller and van Der Merwe were not required for the Test series and went home.

last match ends 29 June 2010

Arrived home in Johannesburg 3 July

Time away from South Africa    70 days  

(24 April to 3 July)

Finances