A 3-match T20 series was played between South Africa and the Caribbean team West Indies. West Indies won the first match of the series. South Africa won the second T20 match by six wickets. At the same time, in the series decider, the African team won the toss and invited the West Indies to bat first.
Batting first, West Indies scored 220 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, South Africa could only score 213 runs. Therefore, West Indies won this match by seven runs. With this, the Windies captured the series by 2-1.
Windies Reach Big Score With Shepherd-Nicholas’ Stormy Innings
In the series decider, West Indies’ informed batters were utterly disappointed. Johnson Charles, who scored a century in just 39 balls in the second T20 match, returned to the pavilion with a score of 0 in the third T20. His partner Kyle Mayers also lost his wicket on a personal score of just 17 runs. However, seeing the Windies in trouble, wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran took charge at one end.
After disappointing the bat in the last two matches, Pooran put the team in a good position with his short but fiery innings of 41 runs in the series decider match. After this, Romario Shepherd, who came out to bat at number 10 for the Windies, took the explosive innings of 44 runs in 22 balls to take the team beyond 200.
Reeza Hendrix’s Innings Went In Vain; West Indies Won By 7 Runs
Chasing 221 runs, the host team South Africa got off to a great start. The opener Reeza Hendricks tried to take the team closer to victory by playing a stormy inning of 83 runs. Quinton de Kock supported him by playing an inning of 21 runs. However, the team’s informed batsman David Miller could not do anything special in this match.
At the same time, Riley Rousseau tried his best to take the team towards the series victory by playing a fiery inning of 42 runs in 21 balls. But his effort remained incomplete. Twenty-six runs were needed in the last over of the match, but team captain Aiden Markram and the team could score only 18 runs. Therefore, West Indies won this match by seven runs.
