Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Q de Kock
Q de Kock
47(46) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 1 1 10 14 9 3 9
MN Samuels
MN Samuels
43(44) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
13 4 1 5 7 9 2 2

Best performances - Bowlers

Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir
O4
M0
R13
W2
Eco3.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
CH Gayle
CH Gayle
O3
M0
R17
W2
Eco5.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W

Match Details

Toss

West Indies , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-20.55, Interval 20.55-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.40

Match days

25 March 2016 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

West Indies 2, South Africa 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Will Luke

Sammy: "Yes I was smiling because of the position the game was, but there were butterflies in there. We came here to win this match and qualify, and we've done that, so we're really happy."

Faf: "It felt like the whole game we were half a step behind West Indies and we were trying to catch up the whole time. 10 runs maybe more from the batters - 135 deck. But a great fight by the boys. This game makes us all very old, very quickly! West Indies were just a little bit better than us today. It was a little bit frantic that first six overs".

"We've been getting wickets in the powerplay," added Sammy, "and that's been putting pressure on the opposition. Today we were under pressure chasing a low total, and every decision we took out there they responded. But I really want to commend my team on [how my team coped with the pressure]."

11.20pm And that's it for our coverage. I'm Will Luke, and do join us tomorrow for another crucial encounter: England v Sri Lanka. If England win, they're through to the semis. It's all getting thoroughly interesting. Bye!

11.15pm I'm sure you're all dying to hear from the captains, so, hang on in there.

Marlon Samuels: "Sometimes you have to bat accord to situation," he says. The pitch was "a bit on the slow side [but] credit to South Africa, [they] bowled in good areas.

"The bowlers [West Indies] have been doing a wonderful job. Badree up front, then Benn. We have the power and have a mix of different players who [can rotate the strike]."

11.05pm Where this leaves South Africa is less certain, but it'll be almost impossible for them to qualify. Faf looks mortified - so he should be at posting such a lowly total - as the players all shake hands. We'll hear from the captains shortly.

And West Indies have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2016

19.4
1
Rabada to Ramdin, 1 run, he's dropped him - a cut by Ramdin to Amla who let it fly through his hands! West Indies win. Tahir was superb - in fact, all today's spinners were (not least Chris Gayle). In the end, a decent win for West Indies - on what was actually a really difficult pitch. Slow, low, difficult to time the ball.

Ramdin on strike now - 1 from 3. South Africa have brought the field in. Brathwaite towers over Ramdin and has a chat with him mid-pitch

19.3
1
Rabada to Brathwaite, 1 run, short, slow and he turns it to square leg for a single

2 from 4

19.3
1w
Rabada to Brathwaite, 1 wide, Rabada's bottling it here, the poor guy - he's only young. Down the leg side...

3 from 4

19.2
6
Rabada to Brathwaite, SIX, he's picked this one up though - my god, he's hit this miles! It's a huge blow over midwicket, the crisp clunk of the bat reverberating around a joyous crowd. Wow - what a blow
19.1
0
Rabada to Brathwaite, no run, a slower ball outside off, shorter too, and Brathwaite swings and misses! He is not picking these shorter balls up at all

Rabada to bowl the final over

Good grief! 9 from the last over. It's not what we expected, really; I think we all felt 123 was fairly comfortable, didn't we?

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 114/7 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 9.00)

  • Carlos Brathwaite3 (7b)
  • Denesh Ramdin0 (0b)
  • Chris Morris4-0-32-1
  • David Wiese4-0-19-1
18.6
1
Morris to Brathwaite, 1 run, they get a single to leg. The field is deep

Brathwaite on strike

All or nothing

4

Number of times, out of 7 T20I innings v SA, that Gayle has been dismissed under 15. In the other three innings, his scores are 117, 77 and 90

Gayle the bowler emerges

2012

The last time before today, that Gayle bowled more than one over in a T20I

Struggle for SA

122

South Africa's total, their 2nd-lowest in a 20-game versus WI. In 2010 in North Sound, they scored 120 and won by 1 run

Middle-order collapse

20

Runs added by South Africa's Nos. 3-6, their fourth lowest in T20Is (in inngs when all of them have batted)

Losing three in three

3

Number of times, before today's game, that South Africa have lost three or more wickets in the first 3 overs. They lost each of those three matches

Rossouw's ducks

7

Zeroes for Rossouw in 42 innings in international cricket - 5 in ODIs and 2 in T20Is. He has 8 fifty-plus scores in these 42 innings

Advantage South Africa

6-3

South Africa's win-loss record in T20Is against West Indies. They have never played in Asia, though

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super 10 Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI43160.359
ENG43160.145
SA42240.651
SL4132-0.461
AFG4132-0.715
Super 10 Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ44081.9
IND4316-0.305
AUS42240.233
PAK4132-0.093
BAN4040-1.805
First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
BAN32051.938
NED31130.154
OMA3113-1.521
IRE3021-0.685
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG33061.54
ZIM3214-0.567
SCOT3122-0.132
HKG3030-1.017