- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 full, swings into the pads and out lbw! Lovely delivery, classic left-armer's dismissal. Nice full length and the inswing did for the batsman who almost fell over. Would have cannoned middle and leg 30/15.1 full just outside off, tried to run it down to third man but gets an edge and taken at slip! Straightforward catch well taken by Chris Gayle and West Indies bag another. Again, the batsman perhaps beaten for pace and got a healthy edge straight to slip 33/29.5 full toss on the stumps, tried to be flicked leg side but gets a big leading edge that's taken by mid-on! A real bonus wicket, poor ball really but du Plessis totally miscued it and it presented a simple chance for Sammy 79/316.2 got him, full length outside off, Miller tries to scoop it over extra cover but the bat turns in his hands and he picks out the man standing on the boundary. Bit of a soft dismissal when you know what Miller can do to that sort of ball 127/4Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL165/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.25)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Reeza Hendricks, 4.2 ov), 2-33 (Morne van Wyk, 5.1 ov), 3-79 (Faf du Plessis, 9.5 ov), 4-127 (David Miller, 16.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SS Cottrell 4 0 33 2 8.25 11 3 1 2 0 JO Holder 4 0 20 1 5.00 14 3 0 0 0 AD Russell 4 0 43 1 10.75 6 3 2 1 0 AR Nurse 3 0 24 0 8.00 5 2 1 0 0 DJ Bravo 3 0 26 0 8.66 2 2 0 0 0 DJG Sammy 2 0 17 0 8.50 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.1 full, Smith goes for a reverse paddle sweep, misses and is given out lbw! South Africa desperately needed that. Went for something extravagant first ball, made a mistake and was caught in front of off stump. But it looks as if Smith did glove it onto his pad 78/110.5 well outside off, Gayle tries to reverse sweep it and gets a little glove to the keeper! Tahir charges off in celebration and a fabulous innings comes to an end. Cute isn't Gayle's game, he tried to really take the micky out of Tahir and got a little glove on the reverse sweep that was well held by the keeper in the fingertips 114/216.4 down the wicket, playing with bat and pad together and it comes off the pad via the bat and loops to cover point. Can't say as I've seen a bat-pad catch to a fielder that far out before. Tried to kick it away but the ball ran off the outside of the pad and then the splice of the bat and looped into the infield. Tahir celebrates like he's won the world cup 154/415.1 trying to work a full ball leg side gets a leading edge that's taken by midwicket. Trying to play a little too square really and it chipped up straight to the fielder who took the simplest of catches 147/317.6 short ball pulled high into the sky, long leg comes under it and takes the catch. Solid take because that went a long way up, misjudgement from the batsman, slightly beaten for pace, top edge that went so high up and very well held 161/519.1 short ball, hooked at, big top edge straight to long leg. Another solid catch by Abbott and again the batsman a little beaten for pace and top-edging a big attempted hook, it flew straight to the fielder 164/6Extras6 (b 4, lb 1, w 1)TOTAL168/6 (19.2 Overs, RR: 8.68)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Dwayne Smith, 6.1 ov), 2-114 (Chris Gayle, 10.5 ov), 3-147 (Dwayne Bravo, 15.1 ov), 4-154 (Marlon Samuels, 16.4 ov), 5-161 (Andre Russell, 17.6 ov), 6-164 (Denesh Ramdin, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KJ Abbott 4 0 30 0 7.50 9 1 2 0 0 K Rabada 4 0 38 0 9.50 11 3 3 0 0 D Wiese 2.2 0 20 1 8.57 6 4 0 0 0 WD Parnell 4 0 39 2 9.75 8 6 1 0 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 28 3 7.00 13 0 3 1 0 F Behardien 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.20 Interval 19.20-19.40, Second Session 19.40-21.00
Match days
9 January 2015 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 2
- South Africa: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 4
- South Africa: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 5
- RR Rossouw: 50 off 39 balls (5 x 4)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 165/4 in 20.0 overs (RR Rossouw 51, F Behardien 18)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 78 runs, 0 wicket)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (DR Smith 10, CH Gayle 35, Ex 5)
- CH Gayle: 50 off 17 balls (5 x 4, 5 x 6)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 6
- West Indies: 150 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 6
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