48.1 -
Duminy to Holder, FOUR, finally! Hallelujah! West Indies open the tri-series with a convincing win over the Proteas. Polly is a relieved man and so is the skipper. Holder steps down the track and clobbers the inside-out drive over extra cover, a couple bounces and into the fence to mark the Caribbean victory. The Champion Jig is on as the crowd try out their own moves, not sure DJ Bravo would be pleased. Pollard leaps and pumps his fist in the air to mark the triumph, the players shake hands and et al...
42.0 -
Rabada to Pollard, FOUR, and yet again Pollard finishes it off with a baaaang! Pitched up and in the slot, he brings his bottom hand into play by thumping it wide of mid-off
39.4 -
Rabada to Brathwaite, FOUR, fuller length just outside off, Brathwaite flexes his arms and dispatches it over extra cover fence
39.0 -
Phangiso to Brathwaite, leg byes, FOUR, pushed through quicker and skidding off the surface, Brathwaite played for the turn, misses and the keeper doesn't collect it as well. The ball brushes the back pad and runs away to the fine leg fence, nutmegged QDK too
36.2 -
Tahir to Pollard, FOUR, floats it just outside off, Pollard lifts it over the in-field on the off-side
34.4 -
Tahir to Darren Bravo, FOUR, muscled! Sees this fullish delivery and belts it powerfully past the bowler. The ball purrs away to the fence
28.1 -
Rabada to Pollard, leg byes, FOUR, that's un-Steyn. Stenched. Steyn-ched. Down leg on a shortish length, Pollard is late and the ball flicks the pads to the fine leg fence
19.3 -
Tahir to Darren Bravo, FOUR, oh, that's a horror ball. A teaser to The Conjuring 2, I tell you. A high, high full toss which Bravo shames over mid-wicket with a pull
9.0 -
C Morris to Charles, FOUR, lovely shot, this should give plenty of confidence to Charles, just a short-arm jab, but the placement and timing was superb. Fraction too short from Morris, Charles swivelled across and got it into the gap at mid-wicket
1.2 -
Rabada to Charles, FOUR, Charles is riding his luck today, another edge goes flying to the third man fence, on a good length and in that channel outside off, drew Charles into a loose drive, the edge goes past Amla at first slip and rolls away to the fence
0.5 -
Kyle Abbott to Charles, FOUR, edged and four, more luck for Charles, on a good length and in that corridor outside off, Charles went hard on the drive, gets a thick edge that flies over Amla at first slip, no luck for Abbott
0.3 -
Kyle Abbott to Charles, FOUR, edged and dropped, de Kock is the culprit, it was a tough chance and the ball was travelling, but you would expect him to take that, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, Charles went sparring at that, gets a thick edge, to the right of the keeper and to the left of Amla. de Kock went for the catch, got his gloves and tips it over Amla - who was diving to his left
41.0 -
Phangiso to Pollard, SIX, oh! The crowd are loving it, aren't they? 6th six for Kieron Pollard! The classic left-arm orthodox stuff from Phangiso, lets the balll rip in around off and gets it to turn away, Pollard was through with the ambitious loft. Skews it off the bottom half and yanks one hand off the bat too - In the air, in the air and just over a flying long-on
36.3 -
Tahir to Pollard, SIX, for a moment Pollard's heart would've been in his mouth. He completly mistimes it. The flatter delivery from Tahir, gets underneath of it and lofts it towards long-on. It just about cleared the ropes. In fact, he got it off the inside half of the bat.
30.1 -
Rabada to Pollard, SIX, takes full toll of the free-hit. Rabada digs it short and offers width, Pollard fetches it from wide of off and butchers it over the mid-wicket fence
26.5 -
Phangiso to Pollard, SIX, there was genuine flight on this and Pollard encashes. Brings his willow straight down and airmiles it down the ground
26.4 -
Phangiso to Pollard, SIX, surreal power. That's just a lift. Makes room for the line on middle stump, the pitch rewards him with a slight turn away, giving him the room for a loft over long-on
25.5 -
Duminy to Pollard, SIX, that's out of nowhere. Just out of nowhere. And you know, this shot's special because this was drifting away. Pollard almost summons it and then cross-bats it nonchalantly, like a flat-batted tee shot in golf, over cow corner
42.3 -
Phangiso to Brathwaite, out Caught by Behardien!! Brathwaite comes and Brathwaite perishes - That's the way he plays. Was trying to be too smart against this generously flighted delivery, went for the loft over long-on but too much power, too much power. As a result, his bat blade turns on impact and hits the bottom half. A regulation catch for Behardien at long-on. Brathwaite c Behardien b Phangiso 8(14) [4s-1]
38.2 -
Phangiso to Darren Bravo, out Lbw!! Phangiso provides the much needed wicket for South Africa. The partnership has been broken. This was pitched just outside off and spun back in to strike Bravo's pad who was lunging forward to defend. The impact was in line with the stumps and the on-field call remained. Darren Bravo lbw b Phangiso 30(69) [4s-2]
25.3 -
Duminy to Ramdin, out Caught by de Villiers!! de Villiers takes the catch, then falls on his back in relief.. because he took it on the rebound. This was a full darter from Duminy, Ramdin drilled the drive but imparted it wings. Looped straight to ABD at short extra cover, the pace meant that the fielder shelled it at first but it's ABD. Recovers and catched onto the ricochet right in front of his chest. Ramdin c de Villiers b Duminy 10(23)
18.3 -
Phangiso to Samuels, out Lbw!! Lots and lots of deliberation mid-pitch between Samuels and Bravo, and finally, they decide against a review. That was LBW at first sight. Arm ball skidding off the pitch voraciously to trap Samuels well below the kneeroll. HawkEye suggests that it was hitting the leg-stump. Samuels lbw b Phangiso 1(4)
17.3 -
Tahir to Charles, out Bowled!! The one fact that's true is that Tahir's celebrations are independent of the ground attendance, the opposition or the weather. Same high-fisted pumping run. And this ball was a beauty. Drew Charles out of the crease with the flight on this googly which Charles of course did not read. Looked to drive but left a big gap between the bat and pad which the ball breaches. End of the story. End of a lynchpin of an innings. Charles b Tahir 31(52) [4s-4]
11.4 -
Tahir to Andre Fletcher, out Bowled!! Tahir has struck for South Africa, a much-needed wicket. It's the googly once again and Fletcher didn't pick it, tossed up just outside off, lured Fletcher into the drive, spun back in sharply, opened up a big gap between bat and pad, the ball went on to hit the top of middle-stump. Tahir is visibly delighted, Fletcher was struggling for momentum and has to take the long walk back to the hut. Andre Fletcher b Tahir 11(40)
39.2 -
Rabada to Pollard, 1 run, clips this back of a length on the pads behind square. Raises his fifty with that single
14.1 -
Phangiso to Darren Bravo, 1 run, darted outside off and Bravo bunts it to point. A vacant point where de Kock runs to and is on his side as he fires a throw wide.. a throw that can't be backed up and finally yields to a single