| South Africa was already leading the ODI series | | | | delivery forced Botha to retire hurt in the 40th over. |
| against the hosts, West Indies, 2 - 0 by the third | | | | A collapsed ensued, as Pollard Ravi Rampaul and a run |
| match of the series. The West Indies chased in the | | | | out reduced South Africa to 207/8 suddenly. Johan |
| T20s and ODIs before this and experienced no | | | | Botha returned to bat but the West Indies dismissed |
| success because of the frailty of their batting. The | | | | the visitors for 224 after 47.2 overs. The West |
| South Africans were seeking to wrap up the series | | | | Indies sensed that they had a good chance to get |
| with two matches in hand. Injuries and poor form | | | | back in the series. |
| forced the West Indies to make a few changes for | | | | Gayle and Richards began confidently for the West |
| this match. For the first time in the series, the match | | | | Indies, but Gayle departed with the score at 29. |
| was not played in Antigua. Windsor Park, Dominica | | | | Richards and Chanderpaul had a 30-run partnership |
| was the venue for this fixture. | | | | between them, but Richards fell to Morne Morkel; |
| The visitors won the toss and chose to bat first at | | | | West Indies were 59/2. Darren Bravo, playing his first |
| Roseau, with the in-form Hashim Amla opening the | | | | game of the series was lbw to Morkel four runs later. |
| batting with South Africa captain Graeme Smith. | | | | When Jacques Kallis had Chanderpaul caught behind |
| Again, they gave the Africans a good start, with a | | | | for 24, the West Indies were wobbling at 87/4. |
| half-century partnership. Amla (34 off 28 balls) | | | | Although the home side received double-figure |
| departed in the tenth over; South Africa was 53/1. | | | | contributions from the middle order and lots of |
| Smith (29) and Jacques Kallis took the score to 91 | | | | support from the Dominica crowd, the South Africans |
| before Dwayne Bravo trapped Smith lbw. Kallis was | | | | dismissed the Windies for 157 after exactly 38 overs. |
| the next to go to a catch at point off the bowling of | | | | In a low-scoring match, only one man made a |
| Sulieman Benn. Alviro Petersen and AB de Villiers had | | | | half-century. For his well-crafted 70 off 80 balls, AB |
| a good partnership to take the score to 153 before | | | | de Villiers was the Player of the Match. South Africa |
| Kieron Pollard bowled Petersen for 16. | | | | had an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five match series. |
| While South Africa lost Miller (5), with the score at | | | | The West Indies could only hope for consolation |
| 162, there was no need to panic as there were over | | | | victories in the remaining ODIs. |
| 15 overs remaining. However, Ravi Rampaul's short | | | | |