| After losing the first ODI to the South Africa, the | | | | particularly Ravi Rampaul. Kieron Pollard, with 2/39 off |
| West Indies were hoping for improvements in all | | | | eight overs, was the best bowler for the Caribbean |
| departments of the game. Their batting, bowling and | | | | team. |
| fielding needed serious improvement for them to | | | | Chris Gayle and Dale Richards opened the reply for |
| stand any chance against the disciplined South | | | | the home team. The two batted as though it were a |
| Africans. South Africa was looking a different side | | | | Test match, raising 40 in the 11th over before Morne |
| from the one that disappointed many fans in the | | | | Morkel despatched Gayle for 26 off 35 balls. |
| World T20 held earlier in the Caribbean. The second | | | | Ramnaresh Sarwan joined Richards but had to retire |
| match of the Digicel ODI Series was at Sir Vivian | | | | hurt due to injury. Narsingh Deonarine was next in, |
| Richards Stadium, Antigua, where all matches took | | | | but he struggled to 7 off 17 balls before Tsotsobe |
| place so far. | | | | dismissed him. Dwayne Bravo joined Richards and the |
| For the first time on the tour, South Africa won the | | | | two took the score from 77/2 to 119 before |
| toss. Their captain, Graeme Smith, elected to bat | | | | Richards was mercifully out for 51 off 85 balls. His |
| first. Hasim Amla, the centurion from the first match, | | | | appalling strike rate of 60 seemed selfish in the |
| and Graeme Smith opened the innings for the | | | | circumstances. |
| Proteas. The West Indies' fielding did not improve | | | | Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo mixed caution with |
| much as Ravi Rampaul dropped Graeme Smith off | | | | aggression as they gave the Windies hope. When |
| the bowling of Dwayne Bravo after the South | | | | Pollard (29) was out, the score was 182 and the |
| Africans had a solid start. However, Nikita Miller | | | | West Indies seemed out of the contest. Brave (74) |
| repaired the damage by bowling the South African | | | | departed with the score at 236. It was at this point |
| captain for 37 runs; South Africa was 86/1 at the | | | | that Darren Sammy took over. The St. Lucian |
| end of the 16th over. | | | | allrounder broke the West Indian record for the |
| Stalwart Jacques Kallis joined Amla and the two took | | | | fastest 50 in ODIs. |
| the visitor's score to 168 in the 32nd over before | | | | His 58 off 24 balls made the match into a real |
| Amla fell to Jerome Taylor for 92. In the interim, | | | | contest as the West Indies needed 18 runs off two |
| Nikita Miller's side strain only allowed him to bowl 2.5 | | | | overs. However, with the injured Nikita Miller coming |
| overs in the innings. De Villiers scored 41 off 35 balls | | | | in as the last man, his runner (Kieron Pollard) was |
| in partnership with Kallis (85) before he was the third | | | | brilliantly run out by Graeme Smith to end the match. |
| out at 239. South Africa eventually reached 300/5 | | | | Sammy was unbeaten on 58, but Hashim Amle |
| off their 50 overs, with Amla's 92 being the top | | | | copped the Player of the Match award in a scintillating |
| score. The West Indies' bowlers were ragged, | | | | game. |