Presentation time. I wonder who might be Man of the Match? Oh yes, it's Chris Gayle, the fastest fifty for the West Indies. 11 balls for 52 runs in the middle of his innings, incredible stuff today.

Here's Faf du Plessis: "It's a captain's nightmare. Tough for the bowler but a real learning curve for them. He's done that to every attack in the world. If you don't get him out he's going to hurt you. We had a small opportunity with a catch just out of Rilee's reach and you have to take those. I thought we posted a really good total, average at Newlands is about 150. We brought it back well at the end but we were just on the end of Chris Gayle today."

West Indies got on top with the ball quite quickly with regular wickets and it took Rilee Rossouw to ensure the hosts had a solid total to bowl at but nothing was big enough for Gayle in today's mood. He bludgeoned the ball to all parts and having flown in a few days ago, he's blasted his side to a first win on this tour. Amazing how the short format brings out the best in the West Indies. They're one-up in this three-match series.

And Darren Sammy: "We were determined to make up for the Test series. This is a format we're very confident with. The beauty of our team is the power hitters. It was hard to pick the XI. But we're going to play free and fearless, sometime it may look sloppy but that's the way we're going to play. Chris gives himself a chance, sees what the wicket does and then it's helter-skelter. But also, Jason Holder bowled well up front but we didn't start or finish out overs well enough - the first and last balls we conceded too many boundaries."

The chase fizzed out remarkably and West Indies have won by four wickets but in reality this has been a hammering. Chris Gayle produced a real special, we don't often get it nowadays on the international stage but today he was brilliant and destroyed the South Africans. When he got out, West Indies slightly laboured but still got home with plenty in hand, even if they did take almost all the time available to them.

19.2

Wiese to Pollard, FOUR runs

length on the stumps, Pollard whacks it into the leg side, finds the straight midwicket rope and that's the game

So it does need Sammy to finish it off. Well he's off strike so probably not...

19.1

Wiese to Ramdin, OUT

short ball, hooked at, big top edge straight to long leg. Another solid catch by Abbott and again the batsman a little beaten for pace and top-edging a big attempted hook, it flew straight to the fielder

Denesh Ramdin c Abbott b Wiese 2 (5b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 40

What a meal they've made of this chase, how has it lasted until the final over! Pretty dull T20 the last seven overs or so. Wiese needs a miracle...

end of over 193 runs

WI: 164/5CRR: 8.63 • RRR: 2.00

Kieron Pollard4 (8b)

Denesh Ramdin2 (4b)

Kyle Abbott 4-0-30-0

Wayne Parnell 4-0-39-2

18.6

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Abbott to Pollard, no run

bumper, pretty sharp and well ducked

18.5

Abbott to Ramdin, 1 run

length again, just outside off, angled down to third man

18.4

Abbott to Pollard, 1 run

length at the stumps, tucked out to deep square

18.3

Abbott to Ramdin, 1 run

short again, this is uppercut to third man's left

18.2

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Abbott to Ramdin, no run

short ball, tried to be pulled but missed, well outside off

18.1

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Abbott to Ramdin, no run

length just outside off, tried to be late cut and missed

Slip goes in for Abbott...

end of over 186 runs • 1 wicket

WI: 161/5CRR: 8.94 • RRR: 2.50

Kieron Pollard3 (6b)

Wayne Parnell 4-0-39-2

Imran Tahir 4-0-28-3

17.6

Parnell to Russell, OUT

short ball pulled high into the sky, long leg comes under it and takes the catch. Solid take because that went a long way up, misjudgement from the batsman, slightly beaten for pace, top edge that went so high up and very well held

Andre Russell c Abbott b Parnell 6 (6b 1x4 0x6 5m) SR: 100

17.5

Parnell to Pollard, 1 run

shortish again, rode down the leg side for a single to long leg

17.4

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Parnell to Pollard, no run

back of a length, defended dropping it down on the popping crease

One hit will do it now...

17.3

Parnell to Russell, 1 run

slapped down to long-on who's now back on the fence

17.2

Parnell to Russell, FOUR runs

length on the stumps, batsman clears the front leg and hammers it just past mid-on, unkind bounce didn't help

17.1

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Parnell to Russell, no run

length ball just outside off, knocked into the covers

end of over 172 runs • 1 wicket

WI: 155/4CRR: 9.11 • RRR: 3.66

Andre Russell1 (2b)

Kieron Pollard2 (4b)

Imran Tahir 4-0-28-3

Wayne Parnell 3-0-33-1

Decent from Tahir, no support from anywhere else...

16.6

Tahir to Russell, 1 run

fuller, pressed down to long-on

16.5

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Tahir to Russell, no run

covering up in front of off stump, knocks this back to the bowler

16.4

Tahir to Samuels, OUT

down the wicket, playing with bat and pad together and it comes off the pad via the bat and loops to cover point. Can't say as I've seen a bat-pad catch to a fielder that far out before. Tried to kick it away but the ball ran off the outside of the pad and then the splice of the bat and looped into the infield. Tahir celebrates like he's won the world cup

Marlon Samuels c Rossouw b Imran Tahir 41 (32b 5x4 1x6 47m) SR: 128.12

16.3

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Tahir to Samuels, no run

slow leggie just tapped back to the bowler from off stump

16.2

Tahir to Pollard, 1 run

back on the stumps to a slider that's nudged through midwicket

16.1

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Tahir to Pollard, no run

down the wicket to a googly which beats the inside edge and strikes the pad, outside the line for lbw

Tahir back, can South Africa take another with them here...

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PLAYER NAME		R	B
DR Smith	lbw	20	20
CH Gayle	caught	77	31
MN Samuels	caught	41	32
DJ Bravo	caught	8	13
KA Pollard	not out	8	9
AD Russell	caught	6	6
D Ramdin	caught	2	5
DJG Sammy	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1)
Total	168(6 wkts; 19.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
KJ Abbott	4	30	0	7.5
K Rabada	4	38	0	9.5
D Wiese	2.2	20	1	8.57
WD Parnell	4	39	2	9.75
Imran Tahir	4	28	3	7
F Behardien	1	8	0	8

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	78	Chris Gayle	Dwayne Smith
2nd	36	Chris Gayle	Marlon Samuels
3rd	33	Marlon Samuels	Dwayne Bravo
4th	7	Marlon Samuels	Kieron Pollard
5th	7	Kieron Pollard	Andre Russell
6th	3	Denesh Ramdin	Kieron Pollard
7th	4	Daren Sammy	Kieron Pollard

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