West Indies won by 21 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Kieron Pollard
Batter
Bowler
Windies have bounced back and how! Excellent defence of a par total or may be slightly more than par. Even that looked out of reach but captain Pollard had other ideas. He belted a few biggies and took the total beyond 160. SA looked a little rattled in the chase and kept falling behind the 8-ball. That is it from the game, we will have your company soon!
Kieron Pollard, Man of the Match: In a game like this, you have to come out and win. Tried to give myself a chance and be there at the end. We speak about batting down till the end. The batters will continue rotating the strike. We were right into the game. We needed a few wickets in the PP. Chris picking up that wicket helped. Bravo and McCoy have been doing well for us. A total team effort. Dwayne has been phenomenal. The chatter around these guys is very disappointing. He has nothing to prove to anyone. We all want to do well for the Caribbean.
Temba Bavuma: I think looking at our bowling performances, we didn't hit the right straps. 60 odd runs in the last 4 put us on the back foot. Our spinners came to the fore and set it up for us. But at the death, we won't like to put up a display like this. Shamsi has been brilliant. George has been good. The conditions have suited the slower bowlers. Momentum was on their side but we still had to do our job as batters. QDK was the lone ranger. All to play for as it is 2-2.
17:57 Local Time, 21:57 GMT, 03:27 IST: Windies have made it 2-2. This has been a terrific win by the hosts. The skipper turned it around for them with a blitzkrieg, And then the bowlers responded with a massive bowling performance. The wicket did slow down a bit and the batters found it tough to track it down. Third time on the trot that the team chasing has lost. Allen was ruled out early and Pollard decided to have Gayle bowling with the new ball. He managed to remove Hendricks and that gave Windies some headstart while defending this.
END OF OVER 20
8 Runs
RSA: 146 - 9
0 1 4 1 1 1
Kagiso Rabada
16 (12)
Anrich Nortje
4 (6)
Chris Gayle
2-0-11-1
Gayle to Rabada, 1 run, and that is it! Bring on the decider. Windies have won this by 21 runs. That was a fuller length delivery and was dragged away to long-off for a single
Gayle to Nortje, 1 run, backs away and slams the ball away to long-off for a single
Gayle to Rabada, 1 run, drives the ball down to long-off for a single
Gayle to Rabada, FOUR, backs away and slams that over the leaping Gayle for a four. Was hit well
The batter didn't seem ready and jammed it out. Will have to rebowl that
Gayle to Nortje, 1 run, chips down the track and gets it down to long-on
Gayle to Nortje, no run, gets the ball outside off and misses it
Chris Gayle [1.0-0-3-1] is back into the attack
Final over. 30 runs needed.
END OF OVER 19
11 Runs
RSA: 138 - 9
N1 1 1 0 1 6 0
Kagiso Rabada
10 (9)
Anrich Nortje
2 (3)
Obed McCoy
4-0-33-1
Obed McCoy to Rabada, no run, slower, on to the pads, Rabada misses it and the ball dribbled away to short fine
Obed McCoy to Rabada, SIX, fuller length delivery and has been smoked over the fence behind the bowler's arm for a sixer. Huge hit and that really went far enough to bring about a delay in finishing the game
Obed McCoy to Nortje, 1 run, squeezes the ball out and gets a single
Obed McCoy to Nortje, no run, backs away, looks to steer and misses it outside off
Obed McCoy to Rabada, 1 run, gets it away on to on-side for a single
Obed McCoy to Nortje, 1 run, gets it away into the covers for a single
Obed McCoy to Rabada, no ball, ouch! That could have been dangerous as the ball slipped and Rabada somehow gets it away trying to take an evasive action'