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As it happpened: SA v Windies - 1st T20

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09 Jan 2015

Thanks for joining Sport24 this evening.  Be sure to join us again on Sunday for the second T20 International, South Africa v West Indies at the Wanderers.

09 Jan 2015

MAN OF THE MATCH

No suprise... Chris Gayle.

09 Jan 2015

THE RESULT LOOKS CLOSER THAN IT REALLY WAS

Although the West Indies only struck the winning runs in the final over and with 6 wickets down, in reality they had destroyed South Africa after a Chris Gayle onslaught in the first six overs.

09 Jan 2015

WEST INDIES WIN BY FOUR WICKETS WITH FOUR BALLS REMAINING

West Indies 168/6 after 19.2 overs

Gayle 77 (31)

Samuels 41 (32)

Tahir 3/28 in 4 overs

Parnell 2/39 in 4 overs

Wiese 1/20 in 2.2 overs

09 Jan 2015

FOUR!  Pollard has ended it by pulling Wiese through midwicket for a boundary.  


09 Jan 2015

Darren Sammy, the captain is the new man in for the West Indies.

09 Jan 2015

WICKET!  Another top edge down to fine leg as Wiese drops it in short to Ramdin.  The catch was taken by Abbott.

D Ramdin c Abbott b Wiese 2 (7m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 164/5 after 19 overs

Run-rate: 8.63

Required Run-rate: 2.00

Wiese will bowl the last over of the match.

09 Jan 2015

2 runs now needed the West Indies.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 161/5 after 18 overs

Run-rate: 8.94

Required Run-rate: 2.50

09 Jan 2015

WICKET!  A steepler..... and Abbot takes the catch.  It was a short ball from Parnell and Russel only managed to hit it high in the air to fine leg.

09 Jan 2015

6 needed off 15 balls needed by the West Indies...

09 Jan 2015

FOUR!  Parnell back into the attack, he drags it down, Russell pulls it past mid on for a boundary.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 155/4 after 17 overs

Run-rate: 9.11

Required Run-rate: 3.66

Tahir 3/28 after 4 overs. 

09 Jan 2015

Andre Russel is the new man in.  12 needed off 28 deliveries.

09 Jan 2015

WICKET!  Tahir strikes again.  Samuels comes down the wicket to him, he manages to just bat/pads it to cover.

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

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 153/3 after 16 overs

Run-rate: 9.56

Required Run-rate: 3.25

09 Jan 2015

FOUR!  A bottom edge from Samuels runs down the vacant fine leg area for a boundary.

09 Jan 2015

WICKET!  Parnell has a wicket!  Bravo tries to play him on the onside, gets a leading edge and is caught at midwicket.

DJ Bravo c Hendricks b Parnell 8 (20m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 61.53

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 147/2 after 15 overs

Run-rate: 9.80

Required Run-rate: 3.80

09 Jan 2015

FOUR! Cut away past point for another boundary...  

09 Jan 2015

DROPPED!  This time Samuels hits it up in the air, Tahir in from fine leg hesitates and doesn't take it.  He should have held that.

09 Jan 2015

SIX!  Abbott is dispatched over midwicket for maximum.  He dropped it short and Samuels was waiting.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 132/2 after 14 overs

Run-rate: 9.42

Run-rate required: 5.66

09 Jan 2015

FOUR! Wiese back into the attack, but he bowls to short and is paddled round to fine leg by Samuels for a boundary.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 125/2 after 13 overs

Run-rate: 9.61

Required Run-rate: 5.85

41 needed of 42

09 Jan 2015

FOUR!  Behadien into the attack, Samuels opens the face and runs the ball past the wicket-keeper to the third man boundary.

09 Jan 2015

Good slower ball by Rabada leads to a spectator catch.  That was 113 km/h.  

West Indies 117/2 after 12 overs

Run-rate: 9.75

Required Run-rate: 6.12

Rabada 0/38 in 4 overs. 

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 115/2 after 11 overs

Run-rate: 10.45

Required Run-rate: 5.66

Tahir 2/26 in 3 overs. 

09 Jan 2015

Dwane Bravo is the new batsman.

09 Jan 2015

WICKET!  Gayle is gone... but what an innings.  He tries to reverse sweep Tahir but only can get a touch behind where Van Wyk takes a good catch.  It actually deflected up off his glove.

CH Gayle c †van Wyk b Imran Tahir 77 (31b 5x4 8x6) SR: 248.38

09 Jan 2015

SIX! This time he sweeps Tahir for maximum.  

09 Jan 2015

SIX! Gayle goes long again, high in the air, but it sails far enough and clears Miller at long off.

09 Jan 2015

HALF WAY IN THE WEST INDIES INNINGS

West Indies 102/1 after 10 overs

Run-rate: 10.20

Required Run-rate: 6.40

Gayle 65* (26)

Samuels 11* (14)

09 Jan 2015

FOUR!  Short and wide from Rabada and Samuels cuts him over point for a boundary.

09 Jan 2015

Gayle having a friendly chat with Rababa, team mates at the Lions earlier this year.

09 Jan 2015

Rabada back into the attack.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 95/1 after 9 overs

Run-rate: 10.55

Required Run-rate: 6.45

09 Jan 2015

SIX! Gayle has seen enough of Tahir and goes long down the ground, over long off for maximum!

09 Jan 2015

Dot ball by Tahir to Gayle... as rare as hen's teeth!

09 Jan 2015

Better over by Parnell with four coming off it.

West Indies 85/1 after 8 overs

Run-rate: 10.62

Required Run-rate: 6.75

09 Jan 2015

Great over by Tahir!  Only 3 off it.

West indies 81/1 after 7 overs

Run-rate: 11.57

Required Run-rate: 6.53

09 Jan 2015

Marlon Samuels is the new man in.

09 Jan 2015

WICKET! Some respite for South Africa as Tahir, fresh into attack gets Smith LBW as he tries to reverse sweep.

09 Jan 2015

West Indies 78/0 after 6 overs.

Run-rate: 13.00

Require run-rate: 6.28

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