| With the West Indies down 3-0 in the series, | | | | two wickets each. |
| after a number of failures with the bat, the | | | | In reply, Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith began |
| batsmen were hoping to set this right in the final | | | | their innings cautiously for South Africa. After |
| two one-day internationals. South Africa's goal | | | | taking only ten runs off the first three overs, the |
| was merely to sustain the winning momentum | | | | openers posted 59 in 57 balls before Dwayne |
| into the upcoming Test series as well. The visitors | | | | Bravo secured the breakthrough - dismissing |
| rested Dale Steyn, having already secured the | | | | Smith (23) with an off-cutter that disturbed the |
| one-day series in the last ODI at Windsor Park, | | | | stumps. However, Jacques Kallis (51) and Amla |
| Dominica. This venue was the stage for the 4th | | | | (129) had a risk-free century stand to put the |
| ODI as well. | | | | Africans on course for victory. They took the |
| The West Indies won the toss and batted first, | | | | score to 178 in the 30th over before Kallis fell to |
| setting a total for the first time during South | | | | Chris Gayle's part-time "off-spin". Amla and AB de |
| Africa's tour. Gayle and Richards gave the West | | | | Villiers took the score to 224, before Amla - |
| Indies a solid start for once - 64 runs for the first | | | | suffering from exhaustion - departed to a tired |
| wicket. Gayle (28) fell to Morne Morkel in the 11th | | | | slog off Kieron Pollard's medium pace. |
| over. Richards stayed on, in partnership with | | | | JP Duminy and de Villiers kept South Africa on |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul, to take the score to 115 | | | | track, although they allowed the required run rate |
| before he fell to Tsotsobe for 59 off 73 balls. | | | | to increase. The West Indies had an outside |
| Another decent stand between Chanderpaul and | | | | chance of victory, but two dropped catches off |
| Dwayne Bravo ensued, to take the Windies to | | | | Duminy in the latter overs (that also cost six |
| 191, before Bravo (46) was out. The partnership | | | | runs) sealed their fate. Dwayne Bravo's excellent |
| of 76 consumed 90 deliveries. | | | | final over, and the South African's ultra-calm |
| Chanderpaul appeared to suffer from fatigue and | | | | batting took the game to the final ball. South |
| dehydration on a very hot and sunny Sunday in | | | | Africa needed one run off one ball to win. |
| Dominica. His score of 66 came off 89 balls, | | | | AB de Villiers had to scamper a single after hitting |
| contributing to the pedestrian scoring rate in the | | | | the ball straight to a close-in fielder (who did not |
| middle overs. Darren Bravo, with an unbeaten 45 | | | | field the ball properly) to win the game. It really |
| bolstered the innings on conjunction with Pollard | | | | should not have been such a close game, |
| (26 off 18 balls). That late surge ensured that the | | | | especially after the West Indies gave up their |
| home side scored 80 runs off 52 balls after | | | | chance of regaining control of the match. Hashim |
| Chanderpaul's departure. For the South Africans, | | | | Amla was the Player of the Match for his amazing |
| Charl Langeveldt and Lonwabo Tsotsobe took | | | | 129 off 115 balls in the Dominican heat. |