03/06Result
1st Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Providence, Jun 3 2016
West Indies won by 4 wkts (11b rem)
Player of the Match
Sunil Narine
Sunil NarineWest Indies
03/06Result
1st Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Providence, Jun 3 2016
West Indies won by 4 wkts (11b rem)
Player of the Match
Sunil Narine
Sunil NarineWest Indies

8.50pm Pollard and Holder exchange hugs. What a return for Narine and Pollard! Narine exploited the slow track and claimed career-best figures of 6 for 27. Ricky and Holder complemented him as WI dismissed SA for 188. Pollard teed off in the chase, his first three scoring shots being sixes over long-on. He then dropped anchor and marshalled the chase. The fans celebrate the hosts' winning start by dancing and jiving in the stands.

Presentation

AB de Villiers: We laid the foundation perfectly well and felt 220-plus would be difficult to chase. But we were short with the bat. We lost our way a bit towards the end. Unfortunately, that cost us at the end of the night. I was pretty happy with the balance of the team. The wicket was tough to bat on and Sunil Narine is one of the best bowlers in the world at the moment. It was slower than any other wickets I had batted on during the IPL. There are no excuses and we lost our way at the end. That's what cost us.

Jason Holder: Great to start the tournament with a win. I thought we summed up the conditions early and pulled it back. Credit should go to Sunil Narine the way he bowled. Polly played a quality innings. Pleasing as a captain and the guys were composed. Australia will be tough and these two teams are quality teams. Pollard backed himself and hit the ball over the top. Credit must go to him.

Narine, Man of the Match: It is good being back in West Indies colours and it is something I enjoy. It is a blessing to be back. Every game there is a bit of nerves. I don't think there is any secret and I just wanted to give 100%. 70-80% I have changed my action. Still getting accustomed to the action.

That is all we have for you. Thanks for tuning in. Goodbye and good night.

48.1
4
Duminy to Holder, FOUR, Holder seals the win for WI. He ventures down the track and loft-drives Duminy over the covers

JP comes back on

END OF OVER:
48 | 3 Runs | WI: 187/6 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 3.89, RRR: 1.00)

  • Jason Holder6 (20b)
  • Kieron Pollard67 (67b)
  • Farhaan Behardien1-0-3-0
  • Kyle Abbott10-1-26-0
47.6
1
Behardien to Holder, 1 run, and again. He moves outside leg, FB chases him. Slapped to long-on
47.5
0
Behardien to Holder, no run, Holder backs away outside leg and the bowler follows him. Bunted to midwicket
47.4
1
Behardien to Pollard, 1 run, back of a length and outside off, punched to long-off
47.3
0
Behardien to Pollard, no run, short roller, slapped to midwicket
47.2
0
Behardien to Pollard, no run, back of a length on middle, punched to midwicket
47.1
1
Behardien to Holder, 1 run, floated full on middle, tapped to long-on

FB into the attack

END OF OVER:
47 | 3 Runs | WI: 184/6 (5 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 3.91, RRR: 1.66)

  • Kieron Pollard66 (64b)
  • Jason Holder4 (17b)
  • Kyle Abbott10-1-26-0
  • Imran Tahir10-0-41-2
46.6
0
Abbott to Pollard, no run, slower cutter on off, squeezed out to point
46.5
2
Abbott to Pollard, 2 runs, back of a length and outside off, chopped down to third man. Positive running. Two. Weak throw from Morris in the deep
46.4
1
Abbott to Holder, 1 run, full toss on middle, milked down to long-on

christian: "First Bravo to 2300, and now, congratulations to KP on reaching 2100 odi runs."

46.3
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, full and shoots low outside off, beats the batsman
46.2
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, yorker on middle, slower yorker at 112ks, dips and tests the batsman. Jammed out
46.1
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, back of a length on off, heaved to the leg side off the inside half

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs | WI: 181/6 (8 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 3.93, RRR: 2.00)

  • Jason Holder3 (13b)
  • Kieron Pollard64 (62b)
  • Imran Tahir10-0-41-2
  • Kyle Abbott9-1-23-0
45.6
1
Imran Tahir to Holder, 1 run, eased to long-off as this was full and outside off
45.5
0
Imran Tahir to Holder, no run, short and the googly turns down leg, off the thigh maybe and Qdk is beaten
45.4
1
Imran Tahir to Pollard, 1 run, too full and outside off, driven to deep cover
45.3
1
Imran Tahir to Holder, 1 run, another legbreak, which is carved through the covers

Veetal: "What a responsible innings by Pollard. Very mature stuff."

45.2
0
Imran Tahir to Holder, no run, too full on off, squeezed to the covers
45.1
0
Imran Tahir to Holder, no run, lovely legbreak draws the right-hander forward and beats the outside edge

END OF OVER:
45 | 2 Runs | WI: 178/6 (11 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 3.95, RRR: 2.20)

  • Kieron Pollard63 (61b)
  • Jason Holder1 (8b)
  • Kyle Abbott9-1-23-0
  • Imran Tahir9-0-38-2
44.6
0
Abbott to Pollard, no run, loopy cutter, dabbed in front of point. Pollard sets off... Pollard is near the middle of the pitch and gives up. A direct hit at the striker's end could have got the batsman. Abbott has a wry mile
44.5
1
Abbott to Holder, 1 run, floated full outside off, helped down to third man
44.4
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, full on middle, Holder gets behind the line in defence
44.3
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, back of a length and stops outside off, check pushed to the off side
44.2
0
Abbott to Holder, no run, short and outside off, played up to short extra cover

Raamis: "Pollard proving his selection right today!!"

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Long time ago

1992

Last time South Africa got all out for a lower total than 188 against West Indies - 152 and 180 in April 1992.

West Indies' best

0

No. of 6-wkt hauls by West Indies spinners in ODIs, before Narine's 6/27 in this match. The previous best figures for a WI spinner were also by Narine - 5/27 v NZ, 2012.

Narine's best

5/27

Sunil Narine's previous best bowling figures in ODIs. He went one better, taking 6/27 in this match.

Applied brakes

42

Runs conceded by WI bowlers between 31st and 41st over of the innings. They also took 4 key wickets of de Villiers, Rossouw, Behardien and Duminy.

Rossouw vs West Indies

4

No. of scores of 50 or more for Rilee Rossouw against West Indies in ODIs, in 7 innings including today. Both his centuries have also come against them.

Got'em both cheaply

51

Runs scored by Amla (20) and de Villiers (31) combined in this match. Amla averaged 91.70 and de Villiers 76.18 against WI in ODIs before this match.

No early breakthrough

9

No. of ODIs where the openers failed to add 50+ runs against West Indies, before Amla-de Kock in this match. Last was 71 runs by Stirling-Porterfield in WC'15.

Opening milestone

3

No. of pairs who have opened in 50 or more ODIs for SA. This is the 50th time for Amla and de Kock. Other 2: Gibbs-Smith (74 matches) & Gibbs-Kirsten (66).

New format

3

No. of D/N ODIs played in West Indies, before this Tri-series since they started hosting ODIs in 1977. In this series, all the 10 matches will be played as Day/Night