ICC World Twenty20, 2007/08 / Commentary

ICC World Twenty20 - 1st match, Group A

South Africa v West Indies

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

13.4

Philander to Samuels, no run

13.5

Philander to Samuels, SIX, What a start by Samuels! Banged in short, chest-high, on the leg stump line, Samuels goes for a pull shot and gets a top edge. But it keeps travelling and ends up over backward square leg boundary

13.6

Philander to Samuels, no run, low full toss, on the stumps, mistimes a drive to midwicket

West Indies 151/1   MN Samuels 6* (3b 1x6)

14.2

Pollock to Samuels, OUT, 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.

MN Samuels c de Villiers b Pollock 6 (3m 4b 0x4 1x6) SR: 150.00

West Indies 152/2   MN Samuels 6 (4b 1x6)
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South Africa v India at Durban - Sep 20, 2007
India won by 37 runs
Bangladesh v Pakistan at Cape Town - Sep 20, 2007
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Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town - Sep 20, 2007
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Photos

Sep 11, 2007

Herschelle Gibbs attempts yet another big shot, South Africa v West Indies , Group A, ICC World Twenty20, Johannesburg, September 11, 2007

Herschelle Gibbs attempts yet another big shot

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Sep 11, 2007

Herschelle Gibbs steered South Africa to victory with an unbeaten 90, South Africa v West Indies , Group A, ICC World Twenty20, Johannesburg, September 11, 2007

Herschelle Gibbs steered South Africa to victory with an unbeaten 90

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