Gorgeous yorker to finish the game. This is WI's biggest win vs SA, informs Samuel Badree. 131ks blockhole ball landed just in front of the crease, beat Baartman's swing through the line, and rocked middle stump
West Indies vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Kingston, WI vs SA, May 23 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
This was fun. Great quotes from the captains in the post-match presentation too. If West Indies can use their knowledge of the conditions as well as they did today, they'll be amazing at the World cup. They can also bag a series win and continue to get their players rolling. So can South Africa if they can come out and play proactively, and maybe get some luck at the toss. Firdose will file the report soon, check it out. Back-to-back games coming in a couple of days. See you for those, bye for now.
Brandon King, WI captain and POTM: Important to win, we played well. Very happy with how we played. I knew the conditions well, which was an advantage. Knew we had to go hard against the new ball as it'd get tougher later. We had 200-220 in mind as we had wickets in mind but fell short on a tough pitch. Motie is a skillful, smart bowler. Changes pace well. Forde has a lot of confidence and did well to come back. Early wickets should give him confidence. (Aim in the series) We're coming from a training camp and had chats on how we want to play in the WC. Bowlers' consistency was impressive today.
Rassie van der Dussen, SA captain: We took long to get into the pitch. They won the game in the first innings. It's a 150-par score wicket. Credit to King and how he played. (Bowling in second half of the first innings) WI played differently to what we anticipated, had they not started so well it'd have been different but we need to learn to adapt quicker. Andile is very clever and skilled, and can use the conditions well. Baartman is one of the guys who summed up conditions the fastest today. He's skiddy, can get low bounce which can be lethal. Big weapon for WC. Three wickets in our powerplay was bad. Lost wickets in the middle too, their spinners bowled well. Credit to them. Hendricks showed how we should have played. He's a world-class act. He'll take confidence from this, will take a lot going forward. In the first ten, we were lax in executing our plans.
For SA, QDK's form might be a concern. His two-ball stay looked amateurish almost. Rickelton and Breetzke falling in the powerplay didn't help. Hendricks held the innings together, he was the only SA batter to find the middle regularly but it wasn't enough.
5:29pm Sweet win for WI and King, in front of his home crowd. The pitch started playing tricks in the second half of the first innings and the hosts used those learnings well in the chase. The spinners were brilliant, Motie's 3-25 is likely to earn him the POTM. Shamar, the big name, was consistent with his lengths early on but couldn't nail his yorkers at the death. He did get his maiden T20I wicket. Forde was great early and at the death. Chase and Hosein could've bowled more but didn't need to. Both teams used seven bowlers, an expected move given they want to give game time ahead of the world cup.
Skied to cow corner, Hendricks won't ton up. Back-of-hand slower one was full and at the stumps, Hendricks' cleared coast and tried to smeared it with a swoosh across the line. Could only balloon it to Mayers
Very full. Fast, whipped to long-on
Oh boy, this has been walloped across the line. Six over square leg. Forde going into the pitch doesn't help. Can that no-ball call be decisive?
Uh oh, that might be a beamer. It's helped away from the body. Lands outside the ring at short fine and goes real fine. Hendricks asks if it's a no-ball, not given.
Forde to finish. He's asked to reload after starting to run in
Around a yorker length outside off, darted at 97ks, Ngidi plinks a cover drive and with 39 needed off 6, WI have all but sealed the game
Wide and full, slapped to deep cover. Single taken
Proper drag-down this time. Allen yells in frustration and Hendricks lumps it with sheer solidity. Pulled over cow corner while maintaining shape
Lumps it flat and to the left of long-off. This was wide and short enough for it to sit up. Lovely cross-batted heave
Hit down to long-off. No single taken
Tries to slay the length ball across the line from outside off, misses
52 off 11 needed. All but done. Around btw
Missed yorker ends up as a knee-roll high full bunger. Ngidi was taken aback a bit and could only defend it back to the bowler. He smiles, Shamar might've in return
Nails the yorker this time. It's at the feet and Hendricks can't turn it across the line properly. But Hendricks manages to sneak a single
Misses the yorker. Not by much but Hendricks, who was deep in the crease, buckled his back knee and oared a square drive over forward point
Top edges the pull, but it lands safely and goes to long-on. Was a back of lengther outside off that might have been slow
Single denied. Was a length ball on the pads that was swatted to deep midwicket
Goes for the cutter and Hendricks slaps it just over the leaping King at mid-off. Was a wide fullish ball that was smeared
Joseph returns with 61 needed off three
Neville Smeda: "West Indies have done well at keeping Hendricks off strike and applying pressure to the other batters. The opener has faced just 36 balls out of the 96 bowled. "
Almost a replay, beaten again.
Slow on a length, it's wide and spins away. Beats Ngidi's attempted slap over cover. "That's it x 3," is the message from the keeper
Bulleted down the ground. Tossed up somwehat, still 92ks. It's wide enough for Ngidi to free his arms and cuff it past the bowler
Over 20 • SA 147/10