The nearly wicket(s)
Quinton de Kock showed early intent - and some recklessness - when he drove the third ball of the match back to Jerome Taylor without bothering to keep it down. Taylor reacted a fraction late and went for the catch with both hands but only managed a finger-tip, and not enough of a finger-tip to deflect it onto the stumps at the non-striker's end either. De Kock escaped, Hashim Amla escaped, and South Africa got their first boundary.
The drop
When Taylor was brought back in the 27th over, he made the same mistake. This time it was Rilee Rossouw who sent the ball back to Taylor. He hit the ball harder than de Kock had, and Taylor only deflected it towards mid-off, where the fielder fumbled. Rossouw escaped and so did a run.
The redemption
Taylor eventually got it right when he hung onto a return catch off AB de Villiers in the 31st over. Just as de Villiers was settling down, he hit one back to Taylor like de Kock and Rossouw had done earlier. Perhaps, de Villiers hit the ball the hardest, but this time Taylor was ready. He put both his hands up and the ball stuck in his left hand. Taylor's wry smile summed up his day.
Guess who's back...
Sunil Narine had performed well in patches with a reworked action in the IPL, but this was his first international appearance since November 2015. His thrived with a selection of knuckle balls and sliders, but the ball that caught the eye the most was an offbreak. He tossed it up to Aaron Phangiso and induced a booming drive, which lodged into the hands of Jason Holder at short extra cover. This gave Narine his second five-wicket haul in ODIs. Narine's celebrations were typically subdued - arms aloft, cheek to cheek grin - but the magnitude of the occasion would not have been lost on him.
The other drop
While West Indies shelled chances in front of the wicket, South Africa were sloppy behind the wicket. They had their first opportunity off the third ball of West Indies' reply when Johnson Charles, having survived a brace of outswingers, had a proper go at Kyle Abbott. He only managed a thick outside edge, which would have carried to an orthodox slip. Instead, Hashim Amla was at wide slip and de Kock had to dive to his right. The wicketkeeper could only help it to the third-man boundary. Two balls later, Charles teased Amla again, slashing an outside edge over the fielder for four.
The review that wasn't
Chris Morris wasted a review in the first innings innings and it seemed AB de Villiers did not want to risk doing the same during South Africa's defence. He turned down the opportunity to review a Kagiso Rabada appeal against Charles at the end of the fourth over. Rabada hurled in a yorker and roared a belated appeal for lbw. De Villiers held a mini-conference with Rossouw and Amla and they decided against challenging the on-field call, which was not out. Replays showed the ball had hit the boot first before Charles got some bat on it. The tracker then showed the ball crashing into the base of the leg stump. Rabada saw that on the big screen and threw his head back in exasperation.