South Africa pulled off the very best profitable run chase in Twenty20 worldwide cricket on Sunday to beat the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on a day of blistering assault on the ball in addition to the file books.
Opener Quinton de Kock hit a primary T20 century as South Africa scored 259-4 after being set an imposing goal of 13 runs per over to win the match.
Johnson Charles had led the West Indies to 258-5, a brand new file T20 whole on the Pretoria take a look at venue, after IT had been put into bat and amassed a formidable whole.
The 34-year-old from St Lucia set a West Indies file for the quickest century, achieved off 39 balls, eight fewer than Chris Gayle’s earlier finest mark.
Charles scored 118 off 46 balls earlier than being bowled by Marco Jansen, South Africa’s finest bowler with 3-52. He hit 11 sixes — half of the West Indies whole for the innings — which equalled the file 22 in an innings set by Afghanistan’s towards Ireland three years in the past.
Charles was ably supported by Kyle Mayers (51) in a 135-run second-wicket partnership adopted by an unbeaten 41 from Romario Shepherd.
South Africa started at blistering tempo in reply and by scoring 150 with out loss off the primary 10 overs set one other T20 file.
De Kock took 43 balls to achieve his century however departed straight after to finish a 152-run opening partnership with Reeza Hendricks, who made 68 off 28 balls.
The pair succeeded in decreasing the required run fee, permitting captain Aiden Markram (38 not out) to steer his facet dwelling to a exceptional win with seven balls remaining.
The batter-friendly pitch delivered a complete of 35 sixes and 46 fours in a run feast for an enthusiastic crowd, producing 517 runs for the very best mixture in a T20 worldwide.
South Africa tied the three-match T20 sequence with the ultimate sport on the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
West Indies received the primary match by three wickets on Saturday.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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