WI VS RSA - 1st T20I, South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024

So West Indies pick up a thumping win and take a 1-0 lead in this series. These teams meet again at the same venue on Saturday. Join for the game then, bye for now!

Brandon King | West Indies Captain and Player of the Match: Leading up to a World Cup, happy to play good cricket. I have the advantage of conditions, so I tried to give the side a good start. I think at the midway point, we wanted 200-220 but this was a difficult pitch to bat on so we were pretty confident. (On Motie) He is a smart, skillful bowler who varies his pace very well. Fordie has a lot of confidence as a player, good to see him get a good start today. The group of guys are coming from a training camp, and we want to play a solid brand of cricket. Very happy with the performance today.

Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa Captain: I think we took a bit of time to get into the match. They won the game in the first 10. This was a 150 par score wicket. The surface played a bit different than anticipated and we took a bit long to adjust, we'll take the learnings. It has been a long few days of travelling. (On Phehlukwayo) In conditions like this, it is very tough to score off him. His cricket in the last year has been very pleasing to see. (On Baartman) He summed up the conditions the earliest, skiddy bowler who is lethal in these low bounce conditions. Glad he could get the debut today after a few months. Me and Reeza were going well in the middle, but the spinners bowled really well. (On Hendricks) He's a world class act, brings a lot of experience and calmness. Showed us exactly how to bat on a wicket like this. I think we need to react and adapt a bit quicker to conditions. Especially against world class players, or they will make us pay.

17:29 Local Time, 22:29 GMT, 03:59 IST: A comprehensive win for West Indies as they brush aside South Africa by 28 runs. Their stand-in skipper Brandon King set the tone with a fiery knock of 79 that saw them race off the blocks. South Africa's bowlers did well to fight back and restrict West Indies to 175, when 200 plus looked on the cards at one stage. In reply, South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and nobody could play around Reeza Hendricks. The opener was fighting a lone battle, as he notched up his highest T20I score, but the hosts were in the ascendency as they kept picking up wickets. Motie bowled a dreamy spell of 3/25 as he made the most of the grip available on the surface, while Matthew Forde capped off the game with two wickets in the final over of the game. Back shortly for the presentations.

Forde to Ottniel Baartman, out Bowled!! All over! Right in the blockhole from Forde and Baartman plays all through that one. He misses and the middle stump takes a beating. Matthew Forde ends with a three-fer, South Africa all out. West Indies win by 28 runs. Ottniel Baartman b Forde 0(1)

Forde to Ottniel Baartman, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Ottniel Baartman, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Forde to Reeza Hendricks, out Caught by Mayers!! After a superb innings, Reeza Hendricks falls off the 118th ball. Pace off and full, Hendricks was a bit early on the big swing across the line. Hits it high but not long enough, holes out to deep mid-wicket Reeza Hendricks c Mayers b Forde 87(51) [4s-6 6s-6]

Forde to Reeza Hendricks, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Forde to Reeza Hendricks, no run, very full on middle and leg, slammed towards long-on

Forde to Reeza Hendricks, SIX, a slot ball onto middle and leg, Hendricks stays still and slogs it over deep mid-wicket for a six. He's not slowing down despite the game being out of reach

Forde to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR, almost a waist high full toss onto leg. Hendricks slams it away towards the fine leg boundary. He asks the umpire for a no ball, but that was not high enough

Matthew Forde [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack

Fabian Allen to Ngidi, no run, full on off, push driven to extra cover

Fabian Allen to Reeza Hendricks, 1 run, very full outside off, driven towards deep extra

Fabian Allen to Reeza Hendricks, SIX, sliding onto middle and leg, slightly shorter length. Hendricks rocks back and dispatches it over deep mid-wicket into the stands for a sixer!! Back-to-back sixes

Fabian Allen to Reeza Hendricks, SIX, fired in full onto off, Hendricks stays low and gives it a baseball tonk over long-on for a maximum. Hit it flat and hard!

Fabian Allen to Reeza Hendricks, no run, full toss outside off, slammed towards deep extra. No run taken

Fabian Allen to Reeza Hendricks, no run, fired in onto off, doesn't spin. Goes under the bat as Hendricks attempted a slog across the line

Shamar Joseph to Ngidi, no run, yorker length at the stumps, pushed back to Joseph