- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.5 bowled'em. Ricky breaks the opening stand, pumps his fist, and roars. Back of a length on middle, Qdk wants to force this one away to leg with a pull. He can only drag a thick inside edge back onto the stumps. The middle stump is pegged back 52/110.1 Narine pins Amla lbw. The spinner strikes in his second over on return. Two wickets in three balls. Dangled up on the middle stump, Amla had shuffled across off. He nearly topples over. Narine hits the pad with this knuckle ball and traps him in front of middle. Amla flicked and missed. Gone 52/235.2 offbreak again, opens up Rossouw and induces the edge. Nicked to slip. Good, low catch from Ricky. Narine has his second. This turned away from the left-hander, who prodded without moving his feet. Ricky snaffles the outside edge. Credit to Holder as well - he has a slip in the 36th over 160/430.1 gone! Taylor holds on. Massive wicket. Humongous wicket. A very typical wicket in these conditions. Full on off, AB is through the drive a tad too early. Hits it well towards Taylor who sticks out his hands and the ball sticks in his left hand, near his face. A big, flashy smile. Huge moment in the game 130/340.5 chopped on! Another back of a length cutter, JP aimed to cut it away. He played his shot early and played it onto the stumps. Undone by the slowness of the surface 172/635.4 and Narine gets FB for a duck! Pushed through on middle, FB hangs back and does not meet with a flick. Hit on the front pad in line with middle. The tracker shows that it would have nailed the middle stump. The finger goes up. A few WI fans dancing and jiving in the stands 160/544.6 plumb in front! Sharp offbreak again, raps the back pad even before Morris' bat came down to chop it to the off side. The finger goes up! Morris wants a review, perhaps out of desperation. Hit in line. It would have hit middle. Umpire Wilson's call is vindicated 181/745.1 The middle and leg stumps are floored. Skiddy full ball, zips in, beats the defences of Abbott and makes a mess of his stumps 181/846.3 Five wickets on international return for Sunil Narine. He has his hands aloft. He lobs this one up outside off, invites the lower-order batsman to go for a big hit. He flashes a drive and Big Holder completes the overhead catch at short extra cover. Holder leapt and used his height to grab that 185/946.5 Narine ends the innings with a wicket. Make that six on international return for Narine. But, this looked like it was slipping down leg. Dangled up on middle and turns in, the batsman swipes and misses. The tracker shows that it would have turned past leg 188/10Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL188 all out (46.5 Overs, RR: 4.01)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Quinton de Kock, 9.5 ov), 2-52 (Hashim Amla, 10.1 ov), 3-130 (AB de Villiers, 30.1 ov), 4-160 (Rilee Rossouw, 35.2 ov), 5-160 (Farhaan Behardien, 35.4 ov), 6-172 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 40.5 ov), 7-181 (Chris Morris, 44.6 ov), 8-181 (Kyle Abbott, 45.1 ov), 9-185 (Aaron Phangiso, 46.3 ov), 10-188 (Imran Tahir, 46.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JE Taylor 7 0 36 1 5.14 23 4 0 1 0 JO Holder 10 1 37 1 3.70 35 3 0 0 0 CR Brathwaite 8 0 35 2 4.37 22 1 0 0 0 SP Narine 9.5 0 27 6 2.74 39 0 0 1 0 SJ Benn 10 0 41 0 4.10 27 1 0 0 0 KA Pollard 2 0 11 0 5.50 4 0 0 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 another googly, another wicket. The pressure was building. Googly outside off, Charles comes down and the ball sneaks in between a thin gap. Clatters into the stumps again, and off goes Tahir on his celebratory sprint 52/211.4 and that is what happens. A superb googly from Tahir on off, Fletcher pokes loosely. Bat away from pad. The googly swerves between the bat and body and thuds into the stumps. Tahir is ecstatic. End of a stuttering innings 37/138.2 Phangiso gets Bravo lbw. Umpire Illingworth's finger goes up. Bravo challenges the decision immediately. Pushed through on middle, Bravo prods and misses. No inside edge. Looks quite adjacent to the stumps. The tracker shows the it would have hit middle. Umpire's call prevails. Bravo has to go 150/518.3 flat and given. Samuels accepts the decision. He is gone. A flat and full delivery on leg, Samuels plants his front foot forward and the ball skids on with the arm to thud into the pad in front of leg. May have skidded down leg, but with umpire's call a plausible outcome, seemed a good decision not to review. 53/325.3 slapped into the lap of AB. Duminy strikes third ball. Slides across the right hander from round the stumps. Ramdin leans back and hits it hard to short extra cover. Juggled take from the SA captain. The spinners are turning it on at the Providence. AB took into on the second attempt 76/442.3 tossed on off, Brathwaite swings.... He gets more height instead of distance. He was deceived in flight. Holes out to long-on 174/6Extras23 (lb 13, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL191/6 (48.1 Overs, RR: 3.96)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Andre Fletcher, 11.4 ov), 2-52 (Johnson Charles, 17.3 ov), 3-53 (Marlon Samuels, 18.3 ov), 4-76 (Denesh Ramdin, 25.3 ov), 5-150 (Darren Bravo, 38.2 ov), 6-174 (Carlos Brathwaite, 42.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KJ Abbott 10 1 26 0 2.60 45 2 0 0 0 K Rabada 9 1 34 0 3.77 38 3 1 2 1 CH Morris 7 0 22 0 3.14 27 1 0 2 0 Imran Tahir 10 0 41 2 4.10 41 3 1 3 0 AM Phangiso 10 1 40 3 4.00 39 0 3 2 0 JP Duminy 1.1 0 12 1 10.28 3 1 1 0 0 F Behardien 1 0 3 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (Q de Kock 30, HM Amla 18, Ex 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 118 runs, 4 wickets)
- Drinks: South Africa - 69/2 in 16.0 overs (RR Rossouw 10, AB de Villiers 7)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (RR Rossouw 29, AB de Villiers 23, Ex 0)
- RR Rossouw: 50 off 74 balls (1 x 4)
- Drinks: South Africa - 141/3 in 32.0 overs (RR Rossouw 50, JP Duminy 8)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 33.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 18 runs, 5 wickets)
- Over 44.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batsman - CH Morris (Struck down)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 188/10 in 46.5 overs (K Rabada 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 126 runs, 5 wickets)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: West Indies - 52/2 in 17.3 overs (DM Bravo 6)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: West Indies - 126/4 in 33.0 overs (DM Bravo 25, KA Pollard 35)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (DM Bravo 6, KA Pollard 35, Ex 9)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 38.1 overs (230 balls), Extras 18
- Over 38.2: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - DM Bravo (Struck down)
- KA Pollard: 50 off 45 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 1 wicket)
Match Coverage
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Simmons hails Narine's 'grit and determination'
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Narine, Pollard deliver winning start for West Indies
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