South Africa wins 5th and final T20 match against West Indies....

Times of AthibAn Sunday, July 04, 2021 0

South Africa won the 5th and final T20 match against the West Indies by 25 runs to win the series 3-2.

The 5th and final T20 match between the West Indies and South Africa was played at the National Cricket Ground on Saturday. The last game was the final as both teams won 2 of each of the first 4 games.

South Africa captain Temba Bauma, who won the toss, chose to bat first. Captain Bauma, who pitched with Quinton de Kock as the opening batsman, was ruled out without taking any runs.

Following this, De Gock and Aidan Markram put on a fine performance, scoring fifty. The pair added 128 runs for the 2nd wicket. First, De Gock was dismissed for 60 off 42 balls. Following him, Markram was dismissed for 70 off 48 balls. Dwayne Bravo was out for 1 off the next fielding Vander Duson.

With this, the South African team scored 168 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

David Miller, who was unbeaten until the end, scored 18 and Mulder 9.

For the West Indies, Fidel Edwards took 2 wickets and Bravo and McCoy took 1 wicket each.

Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis were the West Indies openers with a target of 169 runs. Simmons was disappointed to be out for 3 runs. Lewis was the only action-packed fifties scorer. He was unbeaten on 52 off 34 balls. The other batsmen struggled to accumulate runs. Even those who added a partial run could not add a quick run. Thus, the West Indies lost by 25 runs, losing only 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

For South Africa, Lungi Nkidi took 3 wickets, Kagiso Rabada and Vian Mulder took 2 wickets each and George Linde and Tabriz Shamsi took 1 wicket each.

South Africa won the five-match T20 series 3-2.

Markram won the Man of the Match award and Shamsi won the Man of the Series award.