Klaasen slams 54-ball century as South Africa beats West Indies by 4 wickets, sequence shared

Heinrich Klaasen slammed a 54-ball century as South Africa beat the West Indies by 4 wickets within the third and last ODI on Tuesday.

South Africa was in bother at 87 for 4 chasing a West Indian whole of 260 however Klaasen went for his photographs and the house aspect chased down the goal with 20.3 overs to spare.

The sequence was shared 1-1 after the primary match was rained off.

“We try to play conditions and not the situation and the conditions were fantastic,” stated Klaasen.

Klaasen completed with 119 not out off 61 balls, hitting 15 fours and 5 sixes in Potchefstroom. He shared partnerships of 55 off 38 balls with David Miller (17) and a match-clinching sixth-wicket stand of 103 off 62 deliveries with Marco Jansen (43).

“It was a good wicket and it was one of my better knocks,” stated Klaasen after notching his second one-day worldwide century and the fourth-fastest for South Africa behind two from AB de Villiers and one from Mark Boucher.

De Villiers holds the world document together with his 31-ball hundred towards the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2014/15.

Alzarri Joseph rocked the South Africans at first of their innings by taking the primary two wickets with aggressive, short-pitched bowling.

He completed with three for 50 however the remainder of the West Indian bowlers took heavy punishment.

Klaasen was notably extreme on spin bowlers Akeal Hosein, who took two for 49 in seven overs, and Yannic Cariah, who conceded 49 runs in 3.3 overs.

West Indies was bowled out for 260 after it was despatched in by Aiden Markram, captaining South Africa within the absence of Temba Bavuma, who had a hamstring pressure.

Brandon King struck 11 fours and a six in making 72 off 72 balls in an innings studded with elegant drives.

But the remainder of the West Indian batsmen failed, aside from Nicholas Pooran, who hit 39 and Jason Holder, who made 36.

“We batted well in parts but we definitely did not perform with the ball,” stated West Indies captain Shai Hope.

The sequence didn’t rely for the World Cup Super League however Markram stated Tuesday’s end result was necessary forward of two matches towards the Netherlands on the finish of the month which South Africa should win if it hopes to qualify mechanically for the World Cup.

“It’s nice to get momentum going into those games,” stated Markram.