Narine, Pollard deliver winning start for West Indies
Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard, making their international comebacks, combined to give West Indies a four-wicket win against South Africa in the triangular series opener in Providence
03/06Result
1st Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Providence, Jun 3 2016
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
191/6 (48.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
03/06Result
1st Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Providence, Jun 3 2016
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
191/6 (48.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
KA Pollard
67(67) 2x4 - 6x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 24 runs
- 0x4 - 3x6
RR Rossouw
61(83) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 16 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SP Narine
- O9.5
- M0
- R27
- W6
- Eco2.74
| 1W | 2W | |||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
AM Phangiso
- O10
- M1
- R40
- W3
- Eco4.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, First Session 13.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-17.15, Second Session 17.15-20.45
Match days
03 June 2016 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 4, South Africa 0
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 188 (46.5 OVERS)
- AB de Villiers31 (49)
- Rilee Rossouw61 (83)
- Sunil Narine6/27 (9.5)
- Carlos Brathwaite2/35 (8)
WEST INDIES 191/6 (48.1 OVERS)
- Kieron Pollard*67 (67)
- Johnson Charles31 (52)
- Imran Tahir2/41 (10)
- Aaron Phangiso3/40 (10)
Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu
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
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Narine, Pollard deliver winning start for West Indies
Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard, making their international comebacks, combined to give West Indies a four-wicket win against South Africa in the triangular series opener in Providence
