WI VS RSA - 2nd T20I, South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024

Third successive T20I series win for West Indies against South Africa. And, they seal this with a game remaining. They hunted down SA's 174 quite convincingly in the first T20I and came back strongly with the ball after Hendricks's blitz to defend 179. A complete all-round performance from the hosts and they'll be tempted to test their bench strength. Can a bruised South Africa avoid a series whitewash? Tune in on Tuesday for the third and the final match. For now, it's goodbye from all of us down here...

Rovman Powell: When you give guys opportunity and back them, they can do well. Brandon King is our No.1 opener, but Alick has grabbed his opportunity. It's always nice to beat such a team, they are a quality team. (Crowd) It has become the regular here in Trinidad, we are always grateful for the people of Trinidad.

Aiden Markram: In the middle overs (where we lost). They bowled really well in the back end of the middle overs. They made scoring tough. Learning for us a squad. (On Williams) I have known him for quite a while, proper fighter, puts in a lot of work behind the scenes, glad he could grab his opportunity today. We'll identify areas where we can get better at. Looking forward to the next game, hopefully we can put up a better show.

Romario Shepherd | Player of the Match: Very pleased after the first game which didn't go well. I went with the same plans, but the execution was better. I tried to stay calm and went about ball by ball. My role is to come and try and hit the deck as much as possible with the change ups and all that. that is what my captain expects of me. Need to forget about past performances, and today I just had to stick to my lengths and use my variations to execute better.

18:32 Local Time, 22:32 GMT, 04:02 IST: Superb bowling performance from West Indies in front of a vociferous crowd. Inserted to bat, WI got off to a decent start but lost their way a bit before Powell and Rutherford heavy-lifted them to 179. In reply, the Proteas got to a flier with Reeza Hendricks hitting a flurry of boundaries. South Africa raced away to 67/1 in five overs. Romario Shepherd removed the dangerman in the final over of the powerplay and South Africa lost all the momentum post that. Markram too fell to Shepherd and even though Stubbs and Rassie managed to stitch a 43-run partnership, the hosts kept a tight lid on the scoring rate. The two left-arm spinners picked three wickets in three overs and South Africa's innings got completely derailed as they collapsed from 129/3 to 149/10. Shepherd finished with incredible figures of 3/15, Shamar Joseph returned with his career best T20 figures and Forde applied the finishing touches.

Forde to Ottneil Baartman, out Bowled!! West Indies win by 30 runs and seal the series! 128kph, full and straight, Baartman swings across the line, doesn't connect and hears the death rattle as the ball crashes into the off-stump. Ottneil Baartman b Forde 1(5)

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

Forde to Ottneil Baartman, no run, full delivery, Baartman swings and misses

Forde to Kwena Maphaka, 1 run, yorker length, jammed over the bowler and Maphaka keeps running. Ottneil Baartman is late to start and mid-on is a bit lethargic to get to the ball. He scores a direct-hit but Baartman is in

Forde to Ottneil Baartman, 1 run, 136.1kph, off-speed short ball, pulled to deep backward square leg

Matthew Forde [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack

Shamar Joseph to Ottneil Baartman, leg byes, 1 run, full toss, Baartman misses the flick and the ball rolls to backward square leg off his pad. Late appeal for lbw but that's sliding down leg. Best T20 figures for Shamar Joseph - 4-0-31-3

Shamar Joseph to Ottneil Baartman, no run, 141.3kph, full and wide of off, Ottneil Baartman shuffles to drive and misses

Ottneil Baartman, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Can Joseph wrap it up?

Shamar Joseph to Williams, out Lbw!! Williams has been adjudged lbw and he reviews. 120.4kph, middle-stump line, the left-hander is early into his shot against this cutter and gets beaten on the inside edge as he looks to work it into the leg-side. Clearly no bat and it's crashing into the middle-stump on HawkEye! Plumb. Williams lbw b Shamar Joseph 0(2)

Shamar Joseph to Williams, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

DRS!

Shamar Joseph to Kwena Maphaka, 1 run, full toss, Maphaka clears his front leg to flay it to the right of extra cover where Forde makes a diving stop

Shamar Joseph to Kwena Maphaka, no run, short ball, Maphaka moves leg-side to pull and gets hit on the arm/shoulder