The Proteas went into the final ODI at SuperSport Centurion on the back of fantastic support by the South African public. Every ODI in this series has been played in front of capacity crowd and the Centurion fans maintained this form with a sell out of 20 000 spectators.

The pressure was on the Proteas and Graeme Smith as this was both his last home ODI as captain and the last ODI for the team ahead of the world cup.

Sold out on the round about

Driving around Ring Street for the 3rd time I eventually found parking, this is the normal procedure when visiting St Georges Park with sold out seating. The weather was awesome aside from a moderate breeze and the line by the entrance was already extending out onto the street...this match was going to be a cracker!

Power Play!?

With the one day international series between South Africa and India level at one-all, Nelwands was set for a cracking contest and, as usual, it didn’t disappoint.

Whatever their excuses were for leaving work early, the Newlands faithful turned up in their masses to support the Proteas and hopefully see the Proteas grab a series lead in the process.

GRAEME SMITH TO CUT BACK LEADERSHIP ROLE

18 August, 2010

GRAEME SMITH announced on Wednesday his intention to stand down as national captain of the Standard Bank Pro20 International squad with immediate effect and as captain of the Standard Bank ODI squad at the conclusion of the 2011 ICC World Cup next year.

He will remain captain of the Castle Test squad and will be available for selection for the Proteas in all three formats of the game.

The Proteas have made amends for their abysmal performance in the T20 World Cup. White washing the West Indies in both the T20 and ODI formats will certainly go some way towards taking the team into a new era. New combinations have been tried, the top order have been in blistering form, but as good as The Proteas were in this series the West Indies were woeful. We need to be cautious in celebrating this victory.

South Africa have improved their unassailable lead to 4 with one to play as they have beaten West Indies by 7 wickets in Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica.

West Indies played a very well paced and balanced innings with runs from Dale Richards (59), Shiv Chanderpaul (66) and the Bravo bothers (46 and 45), set up a big total of 303 for 6 in their 50 overs. Their demanding total was quickly taken away from them with a superlative innings from Hashim Amla (129) and was given good support by Jacques Kallis (51) and AB de Villiers (57)