JO­HAN­NES­BURG–AB de Vil­liers struck the fastest ever one-day hun­dred and led three oth­er bats­men in triple fig­ures as South Africa in­flict­ed a se­vere 148-run drub­bing on West In­dies in the sec­ond One-Day In­ter­na­tion­al here yes­ter­day.

Opt­ing to bat first, the Pro­teas ruth­less­ly pound­ed the Windies bowl­ing to amass 439 for two off their 50 overs, with open­er Hashim Am­la (153 not out), cap­tain AB de Vil­liers (149) and Rilee Rous­souw (128) all com­pil­ing cen­turies.

The to­tal was a record for South Africa, nar­row­ly sur­pass­ing their 438 against Aus­tralia in 2006, and was just four short of the world record of 443 set by Sri Lan­ka against Hol­land al­so nine years ago.

De Vil­liers grabbed the op­por­tu­ni­ty to al­so rewrite the record books, rac­ing to a phe­nom­e­nal hun­dred off a mere 31 de­liv­er­ies to eclipse the old mark set by New Zealan­der Corey An­der­son who reached his land­mark off 36 balls, al­so against West In­dies last year.

Re­quir­ing to score at near­ly nine and over, West In­dies were nev­er re­al­ly in con­tention when they chased, es­pe­cial­ly af­ter big-hit­ting tal­is­man Chris Gayle fell cheap­ly for 19 with the score on 36 for one in the fifth over of the in­nings.

His part­ner Dwayne Smith top scored with 64, wick­et­keep­er De­nesh Ramdin hit 57 while Mar­lon Samuels and Jonathan Carter both struck 40.

Dar­ren Sam­my chipped in with an un­beat­en 25 down the or­der and cap­tain Ja­son Hold­er, 21 not out, with the match long gone.

Seam­ers Morne Morkel, with two for 43, and Ver­non Phi­lan­der, two for 69, fin­ished with two wick­ets apiece.

Am­la and Rossouw took com­mand of the game for South Africa with a record open­ing stand of 247, as West In­dies leaked runs at five an over through the first 20 overs.

The right-hand­ed Am­la faced 142 balls and hit 14 fours in com­pil­ing his 18th ODI hun­dred while Rossouw count­ed 11 fours and two six­es in a 115-ball knock, that brought him his maid­en one-day cen­tu­ry.

Even then, their stand nev­er hint­ed at a to­tal be­yond 400 as South Africa eased to 142 with­out loss at the half-way point of the in­nings.

The left-hand­ed Rossouw, 25, was the first to his hun­dred with a sin­gle to deep mid-wick­et off the last ball of the 34th over bowled by seam­er An­dre Rus­sell, al­so rais­ing the 200-run mark.

Am­la fol­lowed him three balls lat­er in the next over from Dwayne Smith, carv­ing the slow medi­um bowler to back­ward point for four. (CMC)

SCORE­BOARD

South Africa vs West In­dies

South Africa In­nings

Hashim Am­la not out 153

Rilee Rossouw c Benn b Tay­lor 128

AB de Vil­liers c Carter b Rus­sell 149

David Miller not out 0

Ex­tras: (4lb, 4w, 1nb) 9

TO­TAL: (for 2 wick­ets) 439

Overs: 50.

Fall of wick­ets: 1-247, 2-439.

Bowl­ing: Jerome Tay­lor 10-0-95-1, Ja­son Hold­er 9-0-91-0, Sulie­man Benn 10-0-49-0, An­dre Rus­sell 10-0-78-1, Dar­ren Sam­my 4-0-26-0, Mar­lon Samuels 3-0-28-0, Dwayne Smith 4-0-68-0.

West In­dies In­nings

Dwayne Smith c Du­miny b Be­har­di­en 64

Chris Gayle c Be­har­di­en b Morkel 19

Leon John­son lbw b Phi­lan­der 1

Mar­lon Samuels c Be­har­di­en b Phi­lan­der 40

De­nesh Ramdin c du Plessis b Morkel 57

Jonathan Carter c sub (Par­nell) b Steyn 40

An­dre Rus­sell c du Plessis b Im­ran Tahir 0

Dar­ren Sam­my not out 25

Ja­son Hold­er not out 21

Ex­tras: (4b, 8lb, 10w, 2nb) 24

TO­TAL: (for 7 wick­ets) 291

Overs: 50.

Fall of wick­ets: 1-36, 2-63, 3-122, 4-148, 5-231, 6-232, 7-253.

Bowl­ing: Morne Morkel 10-0-43-2, Ver­non Phi­lan­der 10-0-69-2, Dale Steyn 10-0-29-1, JP Du­miny 4-0-39-0, Im­ran Tahir 10-0-60-1, Farhaan Be­har­di­en 6-0-39-1.