- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.2 Gayle is gone after a fast and furious knock. Short in length, on the middle stump line, Gayle, again took out the front leg outside the line and tried a swipe across the line but got an top edge to Boucher. What a whirlwind and violent knock this has been. Take a bow 178/313.3 third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/114.2 A six and he is gone. Full-pitched, on the off stump line, Samuels goes for a big heave down the ground but ends up scooping it straight to de villiers at long-off. 152/218.2 Another one goes down. The wickets are suddenly falling in a heap here as West Indies try to hit every ball for a six. Short in length, in the zone outside off, Chanderpaul tries to upper cut it over point but ends up nicking it to Boucher. 188/517.3 Wood on leather but straight to the man at long-off. Full, outside off and Dwayne connected with his big swing down the ground but couldn't clear long-off. Another one goes down as SA claw their way back into the game. 182/419.5 Gone now. Fullish, on the leg and middle, almost yorker length and Sarwan gets under the ball and hits it straight to long-on 204/6Extras17 (lb 4, nb 1, w 12)TOTAL205/6 (20 Overs, RR: 10.25)Fall of wickets: 1-145 (DS Smith, 13.3 ov), 2-152 (MN Samuels, 14.2 ov), 3-178 (CH Gayle, 16.2 ov), 4-182 (DR Smith, 17.3 ov), 5-188 (S Chanderpaul, 18.2 ov), 6-204 (RR Sarwan, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SM Pollock 4 0 52 1 13.00 7 3 4 4 0 M Ntini 2 0 19 0 9.50 6 1 2 0 0 JJ van der Wath 4 0 33 2 8.25 7 4 0 0 0 M Morkel 4 0 30 1 7.50 9 2 1 1 1 VD Philander 4 0 35 2 8.75 12 0 3 1 0 JA Morkel 1 0 16 0 16.00 0 1 1 2 0 GC Smith 1 0 16 0 16.00 1 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 fullish and quite straight, Smith comes down the pitch and tries to hit inside-out over cover. Chris Gayle bends low and takes a sharp catch and that's the end of Smith's brave stay at the crease 54/18.2 very quick and very straight, AB de Villiers closes the face of the bat a bit early in trying to work the ball to the leg side. The ball goes straight up in the air. It goes very, very high and Ramdin, the wicketkeeper, settles under the catch 88/2Extras28 (lb 4, nb 1, w 23)TOTAL208/2 (17.4 Overs, RR: 11.77)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (GC Smith, 5.2 ov), 2-88 (AB de Villiers, 8.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DBL Powell 4 0 34 0 8.50 13 4 1 4 0 R Rampaul 4 0 52 1 13.00 8 5 3 1 1 DR Smith 2 0 37 0 18.50 1 3 1 5 0 FH Edwards 3 0 21 1 7.00 9 2 0 4 0 DJ Bravo 2.4 0 39 0 14.62 3 6 1 2 0 MN Samuels 2 0 21 0 10.50 3 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
First Session 18:00-19:20, Interval 19:20-19:40, Second Session 19:40-21:00
Match days
11 September 2007 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
South Africa 2, West Indies 0
Match Notes
- West Indies: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (CH Gayle 39, DS Smith 10, Ex 3)
- CH Gayle: 50 off 26 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (63 balls), Extras 11
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 63 balls (CH Gayle 64, DS Smith 29, Ex 11)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 13.5 overs (88 balls), Extras 12
- CH Gayle: 100 off 50 balls (5 x 4, 9 x 6)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (127 balls), Extras 17
- Innings Break: West Indies - 205/6 in 20.0 overs (D Ramdin 6, DJ Bravo 0)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (34 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (GC Smith 24, HH Gibbs 19, Ex 7)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 19
- HH Gibbs: 50 off 38 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (HH Gibbs 28, JM Kemp 15, Ex 7)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (99 balls), Extras 24
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 55 balls (HH Gibbs 48, JM Kemp 43, Ex 9)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 17.2 overs (120 balls), Extras 27
- Twenty20 International Scorers: Binoy George and Sajan Nair.
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