18.4 -
C Morris to Samuels, FOUR, it's two lucky boundaries in the over for Samuels and Morris is furious. Full delivery outside off stump, Samuels backs away and then had to reach out to get bat on ball, toe-ended that and short third man is not even in the picture. So cruel for the bowler. He did nothing wrong there, but four runs go against his name
18.1 -
C Morris to Samuels, FOUR, edgedddddd and third man is inside the ring. Short of a length slower delivery from Morris, Samuels backs away and tries to cut, gets an outside edge that flies to the left of short third man
15.3 -
C Morris to Samuels, FOUR, that's a timely blow from Samuels and the pressure that was built has been released. Full and in the slot, Samuels backs away and then smashes it back over the bowler's head, even a full length dive from Rossouw at long-off wasn't good enough
12.4 -
Rabada to Samuels, FOUR, another boundary and this time it's a lucky boundary. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Samuels backs away and tries to cut, a thick outside edge flies through the unmanned slip region
12.3 -
Rabada to Samuels, FOUR, easily hit for Samuels. He went leg-side and opened himself up in his stance. Rabada went full and outside off stump with this slower delivery, Samuels slices it over backward point and Tahir wasn't swift enough to cut that off from third man
12.1 -
Rabada to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, poor start to a new spell from Rabada. Short of a length delivery down the leg-side, Bravo flicks it behind square, was in the air and there was a man at short fine leg, but it went well wide of him
8.0 -
Wiese to Samuels, FOUR, this off-cutter grips and that means it goes down the leg-side after pitching around middle and off, Samuels glances fine and fine leg was too square. First boundary for West Indies in 24 balls
4.0 -
C Morris to Charles, FOUR, that's so easily done by Charles. Length ball and Charles backs away. An easy slap over extra-cover and it sailed over the infield
3.2 -
C Morris to Charles, FOUR, Charles opens his stance and waits, Morris offers a juicy full ball, more like following the batsman, but it was right in the slot for Charles to drive and he sent it wide of mid-on
0.4 -
Rabada to Gayle, FOUR, off the mark in style. Rabada goes for the yorker, but bowls a leg stump low full toss, Gayle brings his bat down in time and it goes off the inside half of the bat, fine leg was inside the ring and it went well wide of him
19.2 -
Rabada to Brathwaite, SIX, he's muscled that and West Indies get their noses ahead. The dug-out looks relieved. The batsmen punch gloves. Rabada bowls a bad ball. Length delivery right in the slot, can't bowl there, at least could have been the slower ball, Brathwaite slogs and sends it deep into the stands over deep mid-wicket
10.4 -
Phangiso to Charles, SIX, now that is muscled. He picked the right delivery to advance and that went 101 metres. This wasn't the normal offie from Phangiso, was the slider and went on with the arm, Charles got close to the pitch of the ball and smashed it high and handsome over mid-wicket
3.0 -
Rabada to Andre Fletcher, SIX, now that is from the middle of the bat. Length ball from Rabada, can't bowl those. Especially to these West Indies batsmen who can hit sixes at will. An easy hit over mid-on and it has enough legs to clear the boundary
18.5 -
C Morris to Samuels, out Caught by de Villiers!! In the airrrr, de Villiers is getting under it and he won't drop those. Morris bangs the slower ball short, Samuels goes leg-side and tries to go over the bowler, the ball goes off the bottom half of the bat and flies towards long-on, ABdV runs forward, takes the catch and pumps his fist. Samuels c de Villiers b C Morris 44(44) [4s-6]
16.5 -
Tahir to Sammy, out Bowled!! I told you, I told you that break in play wasn't good for West Indies and look at Imran Tahir now. He runs around the ground with his arms aloft and pats the South African badge on his chest. What a blow for South Africa and Tahir is on a hat-trick now. This was the googly, Sammy horribly leaves a big bat-pad gap and tries to defend. The ball sneaks through those acres of space on offer and crashes into the stumps. Sammy b Tahir 0(1)
16.4 -
Tahir to A Russell, out Caught by D Miller!! In the airrrrr and this one's taken. Finally, Tahir strikes in his final over and the crowd gets behind the South African team. It's a neutral crowd and they will support for every wicket and every boundary. This was the googly on the stumps, Russell slogs across the line, hit it flat and straight to deep mid-wicket. Surely, that break in play hasn't helped West Indies. Samuels was almost caught twice in the first two balls and now Russell has been dismissed. A Russell c D Miller b Tahir 4(8)
14.0 -
Phangiso to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Wiese!! That is straight to the fielder. Bravo wanted to drive inside-out past the man at extra-cover, but this one went off the outside half of the bat and flew straight to Wiese at backward point. Finally, a spinner takes a wicket for South Africa. Unfortunately though, Phangiso has bowled out. Dwayne Bravo c Wiese b Phangiso 8(6) [4s-1]
11.1 -
Wiese to Charles, out Caught by du Plessis!! Now then, now then! Is this the opening South Africa were looking for? Charles swung hard, then suddenly started playing sensibly and now he tries to be aggressive again and perishes. Wiese is key for South Africa's success here as his cutters are gripping on the surface. Slower delivery outside off stump, Charles swings hard, only manages to get the bottom of the bat, the ball goes high in the air, Faf does well at extra cover, moves to his left and reverse-cups it. That was a tough catch, but Faf made it look so easy. Charles c du Plessis b Wiese 32(35) [4s-2 6s-1]
5.3 -
Wiese to Charles, out Andre Fletcher Run Out!! Mix-up and that's a brilliant piece of fielding from Rossouw. He threw off balance, there was no one at the stumps, but he got his radar spot on. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Charles opens the face of the bat and pushes it to the right of backward point, Rossouw didn't have to move much and that might have prompted Charles to think the run wasn't on. His partner though thought otherwise and was racing across. In fact, Charles took a couple of steps out of the crease and then stopped, Fletcher tried to turn but he slipped. He would have had enough to get back if Rossouw missed but unfortunately for him the throw was bang on target. Rossouw roars and pumps his fists in joy. Andre Fletcher run out (Rossouw) 11(11) [6s-1]
0.5 -
Rabada to Gayle, out Bowled!! Oh that's too lazy from the big man and he's disappointed this crowd, who were so happy to see him hit a first-ball four. Nothing great about this delivery, but just that Gayle was so lazy to move his front foot. Massive wicket for the Proteas. There was talk of South Africa not having an off-spinner to contain Gayle at the start, but they've negated him in the very first over with a pacer. Full and aimed on the off stump, just a hint of inswing on this and that was good enough to sneak through the bat-pad gap. Now there is more belief in that South African camp. Gayle b Rabada 4(2) [4s-1]
17.2 -
Wiese to Brathwaite, 1 run, a direct-hit would have been curtains for Brathwaite. Oh! In fact, Brathwaite's bat got stuck before the crease. Slower delivery on the stumps, Brathwaite defends it to the right of the bowler and sets off, Wiese attacks the ball and quickly turns to throw, but he just missed the target. That prompts a nervous smile from Bravo in the dug-out
12.2 -
Rabada to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, 1000 runs in T20Is for Bravo. Slower delivery outside off stump, Bravo guides it to third man
8.2 -
Phangiso to Samuels, 1 run, driven along the ground to long-off
4.1 -
Tahir to Andre Fletcher, 1 run, flatter in trajectory and on the off stump, Fletcher cuts off the back foot, diving stop at backward point and a direct-hit at the bowler's end would have been curtains for Fletcher