News Update
Tezzbuzz|25-08-2024
On the basis of Nicholas Pooran's stormy half-century and Matthew Forde's superb bowling, West Indies defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the first T20 International played at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Saturday (24 August). With this victory, the host team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
In this match, before the batsmen, the West Indies bowlers laid the foundation of victory. On one hand, Akil Hussain and Matthew Ford took wickets by bowling economically, while on the other hand, Shamar Joseph certainly gave away 40 runs in his four overs but he also created a stir in the African camp by taking 2 wickets.
Joseph bowled fast in this match and took 2 wickets for 40 runs. No batsman of the African team looked comfortable against Joseph and the way Reeza Hendricks got out showed how dominant Joseph was looking. This incident happened when he bowled a short of the length delivery to Hendricks. Although this ball was going towards the leg side, Hendricks was deceived by the fast speed and while playing the flick shot, the leading edge of his bat hit the ball and Akil Hussain took an easy catch at third-man. You can see the video of this ball below.
Talking about this match, after being invited to bat first, South Africa scored 174 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. In which Tristan Stubbs scored a brilliant half-century and scored 76 runs in 42 balls with eight fours and three sixes. At the same time, Patrick Kruger also contributed 44 runs in 32 balls. After this, the West Indies team, which came out to chase the target, won by losing only 3 wickets in 17.5 overs. For West Indies, Alick Athanaze and Shai Hope shared a partnership of 84 runs in 8 overs. Hope scored 51 runs in 36 balls and Athanaze scored 40 runs in 30 balls. After this, Nicholas Pooran, who was the Player of the Match, played a stormy innings of 65 runs not out in 26 balls, in which he hit two fours and seven sixes. He was also selected as the Player of the Match for his innings.