There were glimpses when the West Indies were in that chase, Gayle was fortunate but got off to a good start, and later Pollard muscled some hope, but really, West Indies were not good enough again. The talent is there, the execution is not.
Gayle predictably is very disappointed but defends the team selection, arguing that it's up to the top five to set the game up, not get more batsmen to shorten the tail.
Smith is more chirpy and says that South Africa will experiment with their side as the look to find the formula that suits them.
Hashim Amla is named man of the match, as well he should be after his superb century.
Liam is finetuning his bulletin so do check that out. I hope you've enjoyed today, the next game is on Monday so please do join us then.
R Rampaul c Smith b Tsotsobe 3 (6m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50
END OF OVER:44 | 3 Runs | WI: 215/9 (68 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.88, RRR: 17.00)
- Ravi Rampaul3 (7b)
- Nikita Miller13 (16b)
- Ryan McLaren9-1-37-2
- Johan Botha10-0-47-2
END OF OVER:43 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 212/9 (71 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.93, RRR: 14.20)
- Nikita Miller12 (14b)
- Ravi Rampaul1 (3b)
- Johan Botha10-0-47-2
- Ryan McLaren8-1-34-2
JE Taylor lbw b Botha 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
END OF OVER:42 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 205/8 (78 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 4.88, RRR: 13.00)
- Nikita Miller6 (13b)
- Jerome Taylor0 (0b)
- Ryan McLaren8-1-34-2
- Dale Steyn8-0-37-2
DJG Sammy c Kallis b McLaren 2 (10m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
END OF OVER:41 | 2 Runs | WI: 201/7 (82 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 4.90, RRR: 11.71)
- Nikita Miller3 (9b)
- Daren Sammy1 (4b)
- Dale Steyn8-0-37-2
- Morne Morkel8-1-40-3