| After South Africa swept the T20I series 2-0, they | | | | before Dwayne Bravo had Graeme Smith caught |
| faced the West Indies in the first of five ODIs in the | | | | behind by wicketkeeper Dinesh Ramdin for 18 off 17 |
| Digicel ODI series. The home side kept the same | | | | balls. Bravo had further success against Jacques Kallis, |
| squad from the T20 series, as did South Africa. | | | | as he induced the batsman to sky a catch to third |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul missed this match with injury. | | | | man; South Africa was 57/2. |
| The Caribbean side was hopeful of turning around its | | | | AB de Villiers joined Hashim Amla and they |
| fortunes while the visitors wanted to maintain their | | | | consolidated at a decent pace, taking South Africa to |
| winning streak. | | | | 186 in the 34th over with a partnership of 129. Ravi |
| The start of the match at Sir Vivian Richards | | | | Rampaul bowled Amla for 102 off 109 balls. Rampaul |
| Stadium, Antigua was delayed by rain. When the toss | | | | breached the defences of JP Duminy with the score |
| was taken, Chris Gayle won the toss and asked | | | | on 240 as well, after Duminy experienced problems |
| South Africa to bat. The game was reduced to 48 | | | | against the short deliveries. AB de Villiers survived a |
| overs per team to address the lost time. South | | | | close lbw call against Rampaul before raising his |
| Africa opened with Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith. | | | | century (102 off 101 balls). |
| The two openers had a half-century stand of 53 | | | | |