he's dropped him - a cut by Ramdin to Amla who let it fly through his hands! West Indies win. Tahir was superb - in fact, all today's spinners were (not least Chris Gayle). In the end, a decent win for West Indies - on what was actually a really difficult pitch. Slow, low, difficult to time the ball.
South Africa vs West Indies, 27th Match, Super 10 Group 1 at Nagpur, Mar 25 2016 - Match Result
122/8
(19.4/20 ov, T:123) 123/7
West Indies won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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Scores: Sanjay Murari | Comms: Will LukeScorecard summary
South Africa • 122/8(20 overs)
47 (46)
2/20 (4)
28 (26)
2/17 (3)
West Indies • 123/7(19.4 overs)
43 (44)
2/13 (4)
32 (35)
1/19 (4)
Sammy: "Yes I was smiling because of the position the game was, but there were butterflies in there. We came here to win this match and qualify, and we've done that, so we're really happy."
Faf: "It felt like the whole game we were half a step behind West Indies and we were trying to catch up the whole time. 10 runs maybe more from the batters - 135 deck. But a great fight by the boys. This game makes us all very old, very quickly! West Indies were just a little bit better than us today. It was a little bit frantic that first six overs".
"We've been getting wickets in the powerplay," added Sammy, "and that's been putting pressure on the opposition. Today we were under pressure chasing a low total, and every decision we took out there they responded. But I really want to commend my team on [how my team coped with the pressure]."
11.20pm And that's it for our coverage. I'm Will Luke, and do join us tomorrow for another crucial encounter: England v Sri Lanka. If England win, they're through to the semis. It's all getting thoroughly interesting. Bye!
11.15pm I'm sure you're all dying to hear from the captains, so, hang on in there.
Marlon Samuels: "Sometimes you have to bat accord to situation," he says. The pitch was "a bit on the slow side [but] credit to South Africa, [they] bowled in good areas.
"The bowlers [West Indies] have been doing a wonderful job. Badree up front, then Benn. We have the power and have a mix of different players who [can rotate the strike]."
11.05pm Where this leaves South Africa is less certain, but it'll be almost impossible for them to qualify. Faf looks mortified - so he should be at posting such a lowly total - as the players all shake hands. We'll hear from the captains shortly.
And West Indies have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2016
19.4
1
Rabada to Ramdin, 1 run
Ramdin on strike now - 1 from 3. South Africa have brought the field in. Brathwaite towers over Ramdin and has a chat with him mid-pitch
19.3
1
Rabada to Brathwaite, 1 run
short, slow and he turns it to square leg for a single
2 from 4
19.3
1w
Rabada to Brathwaite, 1 wide
Rabada's bottling it here, the poor guy - he's only young. Down the leg side...
3 from 4
19.2
6
Rabada to Brathwaite, SIX runs
he's picked this one up though - my god, he's hit this miles! It's a huge blow over midwicket, the crisp clunk of the bat reverberating around a joyous crowd. Wow - what a blow
19.1
•
Rabada to Brathwaite, no run
a slower ball outside off, shorter too, and Brathwaite swings and misses! He is not picking these shorter balls up at all
Rabada to bowl the final over
Good grief! 9 from the last over. It's not what we expected, really; I think we all felt 123 was fairly comfortable, didn't we?
end of over 1911 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 114/7CRR: 6.00 • RRR: 9.00
Carlos Brathwaite3 (7b)
Denesh Ramdin0 (0b)
Chris Morris 4-0-32-1
David Wiese 4-0-19-1
18.6
1
Morris to Brathwaite, 1 run
they get a single to leg. The field is deep
Brathwaite on strike
10 from 7
Easy catch, that, to a pretty lazy stroke. 10
18.5
W
Morris to Samuels, OUT
he's got him - it's a huge wicket! Samuels stepped to leg, as he so often has in this innings, and tried to pull the ball over midwicket but could only sky it to AB de Villiers running in at long-on
Marlon Samuels c de Villiers b Morris 43 (44b 6x4 0x6 65m) SR: 97.72
18.4
4
Morris to Samuels, FOUR runs
wide of the off stump, Samuels once again edges it down to third man for four! A square cut straight down into the ground. South Africa look peeved by it, but really, if it's short and wide ...
14 from 9. Samuels on strike. Two balls left in the over and Samuels will want the strike for the final over
Spiere: "Blockhole! Blockhole! Blockhole!!!"
18.3
1
Morris to Brathwaite, 1 run
slower ball bouncer, rides it and nudges to leg for one to get Samuels back on strike
15 from 10
18.2
1
Morris to Samuels, 1 run
crashed out to deep extra for one
16 from 11
18.1
4
Morris to Samuels, FOUR runs
four! Horrible bumper from Morris, and Samuels slaps it with ugly but effective intent over the vacant slips to the vacant third man
20 from the last two overs. To be even clearer, 20 from 12. Crikey moses, it's getting tasty
end of over 183 runs
WI: 103/6CRR: 5.72 • RRR: 10.00
Carlos Brathwaite1 (5b)
Marlon Samuels34 (40b 4x4)
David Wiese 4-0-19-1
Imran Tahir 4-0-13-2
17.6
•
Wiese to Brathwaite, no run
dear oh dear! I think Brathwaite may have been waiting for the umpire to call that a wide, but it really wasn't that short (or high).
17.5
•
Wiese to Brathwaite, no run
another slower ball - this is superb from Wiese. Brathwaite swings at it so hard, and misses it completely
A dot ball, ladies and gentlemen...
17.4
•
Wiese to Brathwaite, no run
massive slog to a slow bouncer but he gets an underedge to the keeper.
...but only a single
17.3
1
Wiese to Samuels, 1 run
short, wide but slow, and Samuels gets a single...
17.2
1
Wiese to Brathwaite, 1 run
slower ball, tucked to leg and sets off for a single - Wiese picks up and shies at the stumps but misses! Very, very close!
22 from...18
17.1
1
Wiese to Samuels, 1 run
slower ball, late-cut to short third man
end of over 171 run • 2 wickets
WI: 100/6CRR: 5.88 • RRR: 7.66
Carlos Brathwaite0 (1b)
Marlon Samuels32 (38b 4x4)
Imran Tahir 4-0-13-2
Chris Morris 3-0-21-0
Massive over, that. He loves it, Tahir - quality bowler under pressure
16.6
•
Tahir to Brathwaite, no run
ooh and survives the hat-trick, punching it back to Tahir
He's on a hat-trick!
Well, hello. Captain Sammy bowled through the gate. It was a wonderful delivery. Not just a wrong'un, but he gave it enough flight to drag him forward, too
16.5
W
Tahir to Sammy, OUT
bowled him with a wrong'un! A stunning delivery given the pressure, and Tahir's off on one of his celebrations - quite rightly too!
Daren Sammy b Imran Tahir 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
Um, is this getting a wee bit tasty, do we think? 23 from 20. South Africa have very energetic, positive body language out there. They look like they believe
16.4
W
Tahir to Russell, OUT
huge slog across the line from Russell and Miller takes the catch easily at deep midwicket, barely moving a muscle!
Andre Russell c Miller b Imran Tahir 4 (8b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 50
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
47 runs (46)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
cover drive
10 runs
1 four0 six
Control
91%
43 runs (44)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
cut shot
11 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
82%
Best performances - bowlers
O
4
M
0
R
13
W
2
ECO
3.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W | ||||
WI
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
2
ECO
5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | |
| Toss | West Indies, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2015/16 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | T20I no. 549 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-20.55, Interval 20.55-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.40 |
| Match days | 25 March 2016 - night (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | West Indies 2, South Africa 0 |
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