A short history of Proteas and West Indies ODIs at Buffalo Park: A spot for personal records

By the time the Proteas and West Indies finish their double header of ODIs at Buffalo Park in East London this weekend, they would have doubled the number of matches played between each other at the ground.

Indeed, encounters between the two nations in the 50-over format haven't been bountiful over the years.

However, the split in the two matches' results have been 50-50 and, interestingly, the stadium has been a hunting ground for several personal (and the odd team) records.

News24 Sport takes a short trip down memory lane. 

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1999: THE DAY SHIV CHANDERPAUL BECAME A WORLD-CLASS PERFORMER (West Indies won by 43 runs)

To grasp just how significant this victory was for the Windies, it's important to sketch the context.

Before this match, they'd been embarrassingly whitewashed 5-0 by the Proteas in the Test series and then had to look on as Lance Klusener and Pat Symcox snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a rain-reduced ODI opener at the Wanderers.

Saying morale was low was putting things mildly.

But in a bizarre yet compelling match, the tables turned - even though it would prove to be just for one day.

The first over by Shaun Pollock set the tone.

Philo Wallance was caught at third man off the first delivery of the match.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul then struck his first boundary, took a single and promptly saw pinch-hitter Nixon McLean find mid-on off his first delivery through a poor shot.

The legendary left-hander was unperturbed.

He hit 20 fours in crafting a magnificent 150 off just 136 deliveries, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 226 with Carl Hooper, who made a more measured 108.

That partnership remains a West Indies ODI record.

They did ride their luck though, with Chanderpaul caught off a Pollock no-ball on 33 and Hooper