Australia and South Africa in West Indies Tri-Series 2016

Scorecard - 6th Match, West Indies vs South Africa at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies (15 Jun 2016)

South Africa

343/4 (50) RR:6.86

South Africa won by 139 runs

MOM: Imran Tahir

West Indies

204/10 (38) RR:5.37

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49.0 - Jerome Taylor to du Plessis, FOUR, fingers rolled, yes. Follwing the batsman, yes. But du Plessis had enough power and time to make room as he went deeper into the crease and drilled it down the ground.. all along the pitch

48.2 - Jerome Taylor to du Plessis, FOUR, Taylor goes for the wide yorker and du Plessis nonchalantly protracted his arms, took his bottom hand as he met this on the full and sliced it away wide of the third man in place

47.0 - Brathwaite to de Villiers, FOUR, a brutal shot down the ground. All along the pitch as de Villiers frees his arms and bullets this between a falling Brathwaite and the stumps. 300 up. Only fair to do that with that shot. Well, replays suggest that it wasn't a tumble. Brathwaite was on the ground and on his back to mourn that shot

45.4 - Holder to du Plessis, FOUR, backs away to a back of a length cutter, swings and the top-edge flies well wide of the keeper through third man

44.3 - Brathwaite to du Plessis, FOUR, he's just digging them out and directing them well, the edges! Gets a fuller length, pokes his front leg away to make room and pipes it between backward point and cover-point

44.1 - Brathwaite to du Plessis, FOUR, scurries out of the crease, had the room made, gets too close but du Plessis squeezes it out to third man

43.5 - Narine to du Plessis, FOUR, can't stop this time. Backs away and places the sweep over Pollard at mid-wicket this time

36.2 - Jerome Taylor to C Morris, FOUR, this was a goooood shot. A yorker aimed wide of off, Morris opened up, waited and then took it on the full - yes, he could do it to my amazement - and carved it away to the third man fence

35.3 - Pollard to C Morris, FOUR, that's a mediocre delivery. Really is. Cuts the pace on this but veers this short down leg. Morris swiveled and helped it with the tamest of pulls through fine leg

34.5 - Jerome Taylor to du Plessis, byes, FOUR, is that the greatest free hit delivery ever bowled? Funny actually. An intended full toss I would put it as. Dips in front for du Plessis to miss out as he stayed put and just threw his bat. And this ball is too good. Dips further to roll through the keeper's legs

32.5 - Jerome Taylor to Amla, FOUR, goes hard on this fuller length outside off. There's no slip and the wristy drive ekes out an edge that runs through third man

32.4 - Jerome Taylor to Amla, FOUR, well, they say that age gets you. In cricket, centuries do that. Amla shuffles across outside off very late, had the bat shaped for the scoop but wasn't crouching. Stood tall and just jabbed the ball away to fine leg

26.1 - Benn to de Kock, FOUR, yes, the fuel press. Gets the reverse sweep out and squeezes this very full delivery to third man

24.2 - Benn to de Kock, FOUR, shortened length from over the wicket, just enough short and following de Kock with the turn. Does well to delay this cut and slots it through point

23.3 - Pollard to de Kock, FOUR, bullied away! Cutter again but this was pinged short, allowing de Kock to read it well before wielding his bat on the pull through mid-wicket. Authoritative!

18.3 - Benn to Amla, FOUR, too poor a line down leg. Sliding across, Amla half-turns and tickles it away

15.2 - Narine to de Kock, FOUR, this darts away from the stumps from over the wicket, de Kock fetches it from outside off and barrels it down with a sweep behind square on the leg side

13.1 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, poor effort from Narine at mid-off, Amla times the drive well just wide of mid-off who ran to his left and let it go under his hands

11.5 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, fuller in length on the stumps, Amla clubs the drive down the ground for his 9th boundary of the day

11.2 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, short delivery on the stumps, Amla pulls in behind square and finds the gap to perfection between fine leg and deep square leg

10.3 - Brathwaite to de Kock, FOUR, full delivery on the stumps, de Kock gets well forward to drive this straight down the ground, top shot that from de Kock

7.5 - Narine to Amla, FOUR, shorter and outside off again, Amla doesn't miss out on this, gets well back in the crease and punches it past cover, the fielder had no chance of stopping that

6.3 - Jerome Taylor to Amla, FOUR, fullish length delivery outside off, Amla drills the drive past cover point region, the bat made a wonderful sound as soon as he hit that, three in three now for Amla

6.2 - Jerome Taylor to Amla, FOUR, short and just outside off, Amla rocks of the back-foot and pulls it well in front of square, the ball races away to the fence in no time

6.1 - Jerome Taylor to Amla, FOUR, fine inside the circle and Amla makes full use of it, gets right across to this back of a length delivery on the stumps and clips it wide of short fine leg, no chance for the fielder

5.1 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, back of a length delivery outside off, Amla gets on top of the bounce and punches it to sweeper cover region, Amla find the gap to perfection

3.5 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, fullish length delivery well outside off, Amla goes under the ball and lofts it over cover and ball hits the fence in hurry

3.1 - Holder to Amla, FOUR, full length delivery on the stumps, Amla gets forward and shows the full face off the bat, drills the drive straight down the ground for his first boundary

2.4 - Jerome Taylor to de Kock, FOUR, short and wide, asking to the hit, de Kock gets on top of the bounce and cuts it well past the man at point and find the fence at deep backward point

49.1 - Pollard to Duminy, SIX, good shot. Shimmies out in sync with the pace on this cutter and lifts it over long-off

48.1 - Jerome Taylor to du Plessis, SIX, that's been airlifted. Bigggg! Full length at Taylor's pace and du Plessis got under this loft nicely to carry it well past the ropes down the ground

47.2 - Pollard to de Villiers, SIX, length to de Villers in the slog overs has long been banned but only if bowlers listened. Gets lower and absolutely murders it over deep mid-wicket. Wasn't the cutter and Pollard will repent it not being so. ABD read it nicely and took his front leg out to give him the room to swing

46.3 - Brathwaite to de Villiers, SIX, fifty partnership off 36 deliveries only. Just throws his bat at this. Lengths and pace didn't matter as this flat-batted shot soared over long-on

45.5 - Holder to du Plessis, SIX, the full tosses were working, except on this occasion. Swings it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 13 runs already from the over..

40.2 - Brathwaite to C Morris, SIX, oh he's a cutter devourer, this Morris. A butcher. Spots this cutter pinged very short, stands tall, waits and pulls it over cow corner

35.1 - Pollard to C Morris, SIX, comes just a step forward, reads the bezeesus of this slower delivery and lofts this over cow corner with a bat followthrough that could light a bulb

47.3 - Pollard to de Villiers, out Caught by Charles!! If men could roar, they would want to like that. Like Pollard. That mini-delay to change the ball from a harder one to a slightly softer one has worked. But de Villiers contributed too. Slogged too early for this cutter to hit the splice and mistimed it to a shuffling long-on. de Villiers c Charles b Pollard 27(19) [4s-1 6s-2]

40.3 - Brathwaite to C Morris, out Caught by (sub)J Carter!! Well, one shot too many. Tries to swat it similarly but this was fuller and quicker. Takes the top-edge and deposits into the hands of an onrushing deep mid-wicket. There goes another platform and South Africa need one soon. Talking about that, here walks out de Villiers. Finally. C Morris c (sub)J Carter b Brathwaite 40(26) [4s-2 6s-2]

34.1 - Jerome Taylor to de Kock, out Bowled!! What these gigantic partnerships do is usher a bromance. One goes, the other follows. But this was a rippah from Taylor. Yorker that was always headed for the stumps, de Kock was a touch late. Even dared to flow into a drive back as he had the room. But this was too quick for anything. Shoots on, past the inside edge and into the off-stump brutishly. de Kock b Jerome Taylor 71(103) [4s-6]

33.1 - Pollard to Amla, out Caught by Narine!! Wait, there's a wicket. Yes, yes, there is. 182 runs later but Amla walks off after a splendid hundred. The sort of hundred that convinces the critics. Had enough time for a double hundred but.. Coming to the delivery: this was a full cutter from Pollard. Amla tries to loft it over long-off but can't quite get under it to power it away. Result is a pie catch in the deep. Amla c Narine b Pollard 110(99) [4s-13]

47.1 - Pollard to du Plessis, 1 run, fifty for du Plessis. Good innings on a pitch slower than your old neighbour. Tucked round the corner to bring the milestone up

29.2 - Pollard to Amla, 1 run, 23rd ODI ton for the Mighty Hash! And he's done it so easily. Stood tall, opened the bat face and punched it away serenely - like always - to the sweeper cover

26.4 - Benn to de Kock, 1 run, nudged round the corner

25.1 - Pollard to de Kock, 2 runs, not even that wide but he manages to somehow extend arms and chops it away wide of backward point to bring a fifty that wasn't fluent but tinfoiled Amla's innings well. Still is

17.1 - Narine to Amla, 1 run, flatter length, Amla decides to stay back and flashes it through covers to bring the century stand

11.4 - Holder to Amla, 2 runs, 31st ODI Fifty for Amla, looks in superb touch today, punches this back of a length delivery wide of the sweeper fielder and gets a couple, raises his bat to his teammates

36.2 - Rabada to Jerome Taylor, FOUR, and again! He continues to squeeze runs, shortish and outside off, went back and flayed it behind backward point

36.1 - Rabada to Jerome Taylor, FOUR, length on the stumps, Taylor goes for a big heave-ho wide of long-on and gets a one-bounce four

36.0 - Tahir to Narine, FOUR, oopsy! Faf lets it go through. Tossed up on middle and leg, Narine gives it a full monty and swings it over mid-on. Went on the bounce towards Faf at long-off but he decided to attack the ball and hence the ball slipped through his fingers

34.3 - Tabraiz Shamsi to Narine, FOUR, outside edge and just past the lone slip. Narine went for a flashy drive and the away turn meant he got a thick outside edge which just evades Amla. A desperate effort from third man but wasn't good enough

34.1 - Tabraiz Shamsi to Narine, FOUR, down leg, that's poor bowling from Tabraiz Shamsi, Narine flicked it off his pads and got a boundary through short fine

28.5 - Rabada to Holder, FOUR, 130ks short and wide, Holder stays deep inside the crease and uses the width to slice the punch behind backward point. Well-timed!

20.2 - Tahir to Samuels, FOUR, delicacy from Marlon Samuels! Sits deep inside the crease and uses the width on this legspinner to glide it wide of the lone slip, no-one at third man meant it's an easy boundary

19.5 - Parnell to Ramdin, FOUR, too much of width and Ramdin takes full toll of it. Jumps on the back foot and flays it behind backward point for a boundary

9.3 - C Morris to Darren Bravo, FOUR, fuller in length delivery well outside off, Bravo sees the width and throws his bat at this, driven well past the mid-off fielder and ball hits the ropes in no time

8.3 - Tahir to Charles, FOUR, googly on the stumps, Charles slogs this over mid-wicket and gets and other boundary

5.1 - Rabada to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, fifty partnership off just 31 balls for the duo, Fletcher picks this short delivery early and pulls it hard in front of the wicket

4.4 - Parnell to Charles, FOUR, fuller in length on the stumps, Charles clears his front foot and clubs this over mid-on, du Plessis leaps high but can't get hand to it, races away in no time

3.1 - Rabada to Charles, FOUR, short and wide from Rabada, Charles cuts past backward point and gets his fifth boundary in just 11 deliveries

3.0 - Parnell to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, fuller length delivery on the stumps, Fletcher slogs it to deep mid-wicket fence, the ball just bounces once before hitting the mid-wicket fence

2.5 - Parnell to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, this time makes full use of the free-hit, slogs this over deep mid-wicket and into the fence in a hurry

2.5 - Parnell to Charles, no ball, FOUR, Charles gets down and slogs this over mid-wicket of the inner half of the bat, no-ball called for overstepping

1.4 - Rabada to Charles, FOUR, good length delivery but a little width on offer, Charles doesn't move his feet, slashes at it hard and the ball races away to the deep backward point fence, third man ran across to his right but in no avail

1.0 - Parnell to Charles, FOUR, short and well wide of off, Charles cuts it past backward point. Second boundary in the over for Charles and WI are up and running in this run chase

0.4 - Parnell to Charles, FOUR, short delivery down leg, Charles helps it round the corner fine towards fine leg fence, the ball races away in a jiffy

37.5 - Tahir to Jerome Taylor, SIX, Jerome Taylor is trying to improve his ODI batting average as much as he can. Slightly short and he is quick to rock back and maul it into the mid-wicket orbit

32.1 - Tabraiz Shamsi to Pollard, SIX, enough's enough! Pollard wants to have a bit of fun now, sees the fullish ball drift in towards him and smokes it over the long-on fence. Fetch the ball please...

22.4 - Tahir to Samuels, SIX, top-shot Sir! Came down and ensured he was close enough to the pitch of the delivery and went baaaaang over long-on! Crrrunched

5.5 - Rabada to Charles, SIX, short delivery just outside off, Charles goes for the pull and gets a thick edge that flies over the keeper and over the fence for a maxmimum

38.0 - Tahir to Jerome Taylor, out Bowled!! That's it - Imran Tahir becomes the first South African player to claim a seven-fer in an ODI. He collects a stump as a souvenir as he walks back to the pavilion, now he gets the ball from umpire Nigel Llong and screms "Yaaaay, that's the ball." What a fantastic night he's had. Coming to the final nail in the coffin: It was a slider and fullish in length, Taylor went too deep inside the crease and failed to put bat to ball. Hears the death rattle and throws his head down in disappointment. So, with this win South Africa seal the top spot in the points table. GAME OVER! Jerome Taylor b Tahir 16(11) [4s-2 6s-1]

35.3 - Tahir to Benn, out Caught by Tabraiz Shamsi!! Imran Tahir has a broad grin, the wickets keep coming and South Africa are just one wicket away from a spectacular win. The googly outside Benn's off-stump, he threw the kitchen sink sans any feet movement. Ends up slicing it straight into Tahir's partner in crime at backward point. Benn c Tabraiz Shamsi b Tahir 0(2)

34.0 - Tahir to Pollard, out Caught by Behardien!! Fifer for Imran Tahir! What a night he's having... This time much serene are the celebrations, just trundles around the mid-wicket region and does the Sajda. At the moment, he also has his career best fgures. Tossed up nicely around the pads, Pollard looks to marmalize it over mid-wicket. Off the toe-end and Behardien settles under a good low catch at deep mid-wicket. With that the crowd have started to leave the ground... Pollard c Behardien b Tahir 20(34) [6s-1]

33.2 - Tahir to Brathwaite, out Bowled!! Someone please catch hold of Imran Tahir - He's running, running and......still running. Finally one of his teammates engulf him. Ah! Whattay delight, he's on a hat-trick now. Bowls a googly to the new batsman and Carlos Brathwaite is beaten neck and crop. Plays across the line as he wanted to swipe it through mid-wicket, misses and the timbers take the beating. Brathwaite b Tahir 0(1)

33.1 - Tahir to Holder, out Lbw!! And he strikes straightaway. That's plumber than professor plum. It was flatter in trajectory, bowled it straight and quick, Holder bends his back knee and looks for a reverse sweep. Misses the line of the delivery and is pinged in front of middle, the finger goes up in a flash. Holder lbw b Tahir 19(31) [4s-1]

22.5 - Tahir to Samuels, out Caught by de Kock!! There it is....Imran Tahir goes for a celebratory run. Imran Tahir is now the quickest to reach 100 ODI wickets for South Africa, 4th overall. Whattay comeback delivery from him, bowled a lovely legspinner and enticed Samuels to go for a cut shot. Request obliged but Samuels ends up feeding a feather of an outside edge and QDK shows sharp reflexes behind the stumps. Musthaq, Bond and Brett Lee are ahead of Tahir. Samuels c de Kock b Tahir 24(30) [4s-1 6s-1]

21.5 - Tabraiz Shamsi to Ramdin, out Caught by C Morris!! Shamsi is having a terrific day, picks up his second wicket and pumps his fists in delight. To be fair, it wasn't a wicket-taking delivery but Ramdin played a poor shot and perished. Smidgen short and slipping in towards leg-stump, Ramdin premeditated the slog-sweep and went through with the shot. Was a fraction too early and as a result a big, booming top-edge is gobbled by Morris at deep backward square. Ramdin c C Morris b Tabraiz Shamsi 11(18) [4s-1]

16.0 - Parnell to Darren Bravo, out Bowled!! No.3 goes down for WI. Parnell bowls an off-cutter and foxes Bravo, gets forward and is way too early into his shot, the ball sneaks through his bat-pad gap and rattles the stumps. Darren Bravo b Parnell 11(19) [4s-1]

12.5 - Tabraiz Shamsi to Charles, out Caught by du Plessis!! South Africa are chipping in with the wickets, another googly from Shamsi. Charles steps down the track and mistimes the loft towards long-off, du Plessis runs to his right and takes the simplest of catches to send the set opener back to the hut. Charles c du Plessis b Tabraiz Shamsi 49(41) [4s-7 6s-1]

9.0 - Tahir to Andre Fletcher, out Caught by Behardien!! South Africa draw first blood, Fletcher goes for the big heave and finds Behardien who is stationed at deep mid-wicket who just had to move a couple of steps to his left and takes a tumbling catch inches off the ground. Andre Fletcher c Behardien b Tahir 21(30) [4s-3]

26.3 - Rabada to Holder, 1 run, for the umpteenth time today, South African fielders have failed to hit the stumps. Holder tapped it to Faf at cover-point and was looking for a quick single, sent back. The throw was a bit wide and Holder breathes a sigh of relief after the ball went past the stumps. Sneaks in a overthrow

19.2 - Parnell to Ramdin, 1 run, a direct hit and Samuels would have been in the shower. Ramdin dropped this length delivery and ran for an ill-advised quick single, the fielder rushes in and has a shy. Samuels wasn't even in the frame at the striker's end