AB de Villiers took centre stage as a record-breaking South Africa side recorded a 148-run one-day international victory over the West Indies in Johannesburg this afternoon.
It would prove to be a fruitless outing for the tourists from the start as Rilee Rossouw and Hashim Amla posted South Africa's highest ever score (247) from an opening partnership.
The removal of Rossouw for 128 only served to bring De Villiers to the crease, though, and the right-hander went on to make the quickest ever ODI half-century (16 balls) and he backed that up by breaking the world record to reach a century (31 balls).
He was eventually dismissed for 149, but he had helped his side to make a South African record 439-2 from their 50 overs, although they were five runs short of toppling Sri Lanka's greatest ever total.
In response to the mammoth victory target, the Windies started brightly through Dwayne Smith, who made 64, but the big-hitting Chris Gayle could only muster a return of 19 runs before he was caught by Farhaan Behardien.
Wickets then proceeded to fall at regular intervals, with the away side eventually ending on 291-7, which has seen South Africa open up a 2-0 series lead.
Liam Apicella
