16 Jan 2015
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16 Jan 2015
MAN OF THE MATCH
AB de Villiers picks up the award tonight for his 81, 4 catches and 1 stumping.
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MATCH SUMMARY
South Africa 278/8 in 48.2 overs
De Villiers 81
Miller 70
Amla 66
Taylor 2/50
Russell 2/51
West Indies 164 all out in 28.2 overs
Gayle 41
Ramdin 32
Smith 29
Steyn 3/27
Philander 3/44
Tahir 3/30
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SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 61 RUNS (D/L METHOD)
A comprehensive victory for South Africa. They will want to improve their batting after struggling in the final overs of their innings. Gayle also put them under some pressure but once Steyn removed him, they took wickets regularly to keep control of the game.
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WICKET! Steyn started it when he removed Gayle and now he has ended it by getting Taylor caught behind by De Villiers.
JE Taylor c †de Villiers b Steyn 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
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WICKET! Holder tries to go after Steyn, but only manages to sky one. Miller does really well to get under that, it could not have been easy with wind.
JO Holder c Miller b Steyn 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
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West Indies 164/8 after 28 overs.
They require 62 off 24 balls.
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Lots of short stuff from Morkel here!
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NOT OUT! Review wasted! South Africa are fairly good at that.
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REVIEW! South Africa think they have Taylor caught behind as he tried to hook Morkel. He doesn't seem to have touched it.
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Morkel returns, he hasn't bowled well today.
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WICKET! Great bowling by Tahir. He tosses it up again, Ramdin tries the same shot, but wants to hit it squarer, misses... TIMBER!
D Ramdin b Tahir 32 (31 ball, 2x4)
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FOUR! Ramdin launches Tahir to cow corner for a much needed boundary.
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TARGET ADJUSTMENT
On over has been lost. Revised target - West Indies need 72 off 36 balls.
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AND.... WE ARE BACK!
Well that didn't last long. As the groundstaff were securing the covers, the rain suddenly stopped.
The players are back out on the field.
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RAIN DELAY
The umpires take the players off the field for the second rain delay of the evening.
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Rain starting again in Durban. The West Indies are well behind the required Duckworth/Lewis target.
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West Indies 148/7 after 25 overs
They require 81 off 48 balls.
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The West Indies captain, Jason Holder strides to the middle.
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WICKET! Philander has his man. Russell after playing two beautiful shots now just swings widely, only to edge behind to De Villiers.
AD Russell c †de Villiers b Philander 19 (8b 1x4 2x6) SR: 237.50
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SIX! Another one, same area, this ball was a full toss from Philander.
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SIX! That is massive from Russell. He has hit Philander over long-off a maximum!
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FOUR! Good shot, Russell backs away slightly and cuts Steyn through the covers. He picked the slower ball there.
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Dale Steyn returns. Expect a few bouncers for Russell. #payback
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Andre Russell is the new man in.
Batting Powerplay taken by the West Indies, it will be 3 overs.
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Absolutely no urgency here from the West Indies, very strange to watch. Almost like a game of cricket down at the park on a Sunday.
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WICKET! Philander strikes in his first over back. Sammy tries to cut, but only succeeds in getting a top edge through to De Villiers.
DJG Sammy c †de Villiers b Philander 4 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
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Philander returns ending the run of the spin twins!
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West Indies 122/5 after 22 overs
They require 107 off 66 balls.
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BOWLING FIGURES
Philander 1/26 in 4 overs
Morkel 0/34 in 4 overs
Steyn 1/14 in 3 overs
Duminy 0/24 in 6 overs
Tahir 2/22 in 5 overs
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Still spin from both ends from South Africa. It is working as the run-rate climbs.
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West Indies 111/5 after 21 overs
Run-rate: 5.61
Run-rate required: 9.25
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Darren Sammy strides to the wicket.
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WICKET! Yes, the third umpire has given him out stumped. Carter is out! Great bowling by Tahir!
JL Carter st †de Villiers b Imran Tahir 17 (26b 3x4 0x6) SR: 65.38
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Carter's foot appears to be on the line, that would be out then, as the line belongs to the wicket-keeper.
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REVIEW! We are going upstairs. We might have a stumping here, the umpire wants to have a look upstairs. Tahir spun a google across him, and De Villiers had the bails off in a flash.
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FOUR! Tahir is too wide on this occasion and Carter cuts him away down to third man.
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West Indies innings in a strange limbo at the moment, they need to start forcing the pace but happy to take singles and put away the occasional bad ball while the run rate climbs and climbs.
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FOUR! Carter sweeps Tahir, Philander should field, but he dives over the ball. Poor fielding.
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West Indies 105/4 after 18 overs.
Run-rate: 5.83
Run Rate-required: 8.26
The run-rate is climbing rapidly now.
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FOUR! A leg stump full toss from Tahir is swept to fine leg for a boundary by Carter.
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South Africa getting through there overs very quickly now. Once 20 overs have passed in the West Indies innings, we have a game if the rain returns.
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West Indies 94/4 after 16 overs
Run-rate:5.87
Required Run-rate: 7.94
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Twin spin now as Duminy returns.
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Jonathan Carter is the new man in on debut for the West Indies. He averages 32 in List A limited overs domestic cricket.
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WICKET! Tahir has struck... he traps Smith LBW with a slider. Great bowling. He is ecstatic!
DR Smith lbw b Imran Tahir 29 (73m 38b 3x4 0x6) SR: 76.31
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Tahir continues. It cannot be easy bowling spin in this wind.