Cricket Highlights, 26 March: South Africa vs West Indies (2^nd T20I)

South Africa vs West Indies (2nd T20I) – Highlights

Centurion’s Super Sports Park gave an incredible night in T20 cricket. After a rain-soaked 1st match, South Africa and West Indies faced each other in the 2nd match of the 3-match T20I series. Batting first in that exciting match, West Indies set up a huge target with the stormy batting of Johnson Charles.

Later, chasing that target, they left the field with a 6-wicket victory before the end of the scheduled 20 overs. Along with this, South Africa has brought parity in the series by winning this match. On the other hand, Quinton de Kock won the man-of-the-match title with great batting.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first and invited the West Indies to bat. Batting first, South Africa lost the first wicket at 2 runs. Brandon King left the field after playing 2 balls and scoring 1 run. Then Kyle Myers and Johnson Charles made a partnership of 135 runs in 9.4 overs. But Kyle Myers returned to the dressing room after the team scored 137 runs. He scored 51 runs off 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes before getting out.

Nicholas Pooran then entered the field to accompany Johnson Charles. But he also left the field after playing 3 balls and scoring 2 runs. Johnson Charles, who scored the most runs for the team, was bowled out in the last ball of the 14th over. He played the best innings of 118 runs off 46 balls. His innings were studded with 10 fours and 11 sixes.

From there, Captain Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd took the team’s run to 236 runs. Rovman Powell scored 28 off 19 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes before being dismissed. Apart from this, Romario Shepherd was unbeaten with 41 runs from 18 balls with the help of 1 four and four sixes and Odean Smith was unbeaten with 11 runs from 5 balls. In the end, West Indies set a target of 258 runs after losing 5 wickets with 6 extra runs.

For South Africa, Marco Jansen took 3 wickets for 52 runs in 4 overs and Wayne Parnell took 2 wickets for 43 runs in 4 overs.

In the 2nd innings, South Africa chased West Indies’ world record 259 runs to claim victory. That too with 6 wickets and 7 balls in hand. Not only the world record for the run chase. In the T20 series at Centurion, the two teams scored 517 runs. Which is the highest run record in any T20 match.

In the run flood match, South Africa scored 150 runs in 11 overs. De Kock made the joint-sixth fastest century in T20 history off 43-ball. The Protea opener was dismissed for 100 off 44 balls with 9 fours and 8 sixes. 

Another opener Reeza Hendricks played the innings of 68 runs off 28 balls (11 fours and 2 sixes). Rilee Rossouw scored 16 runs off 4 balls. Miller scored 10 runs off 10 balls. Apart from this, Aiden Markram remained unbeaten on 38 off 21 balls (4 fours and 1 six), and Henrich Klaasen was unbeaten on 16 off 7 balls. In the end, they chased down 259 runs in 18.5 overs. 

Jason Holder, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, and Rovman Powell took 1 wicket each for West Indies. 

South Africa vs West Indies Scoreboard

South Africa – 259/4 (18.5)

West Indies – 258/5 (20.0)

Result – South Africa won by 6 Wickets

Player of the match – Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock

South Africa vs West Indies Playing XIs