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twenty20 world championship / Scorecard

ICC World Twenty20 - 1st match, Group A

South Africa v West Indies

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

T20I no. 20 | 2007/08 season
Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
11 September 2007 - day/night (20-over match)


West Indies innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c †Boucher b van der Wath	117	57	7	10	205.26
16.2 Gayle is gone after a fast and furious knock. Short in length, on the middle stump line, Gayle, again took out the front leg outside the line and tried a swipe across the line but got an top edge to Boucher. What a whirlwind and violent knock this has been. Take a bow 178/3
DS Smith	c †Boucher b Philander	35	34	3	0	102.94
13.3 third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1 13.3 third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1 13.3 third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1
MN Samuels	c de Villiers b Pollock	6	4	0	1	150.00
14.2 A six and he is gone. Full-pitched, on the off stump line, Samuels goes for a big heave down the ground but ends up scooping it straight to de villiers at long-off. 152/2
S Chanderpaul	c †Boucher b van der Wath	11	10	1	0	110.00
18.2 Another one goes down. The wickets are suddenly falling in a heap here as West Indies try to hit every ball for a six. Short in length, in the zone outside off, Chanderpaul tries to upper cut it over point but ends up nicking it to Boucher. 188/5
DR Smith	c Gibbs b M Morkel	1	4	0	0	25.00
17.3 Wood on leather but straight to the man at long-off. Full, outside off and Dwayne connected with his big swing down the ground but couldn't clear long-off. Another one goes down as SA claw their way back into the game. 182/4
RR Sarwan*	c de Villiers b Philander	12	8	0	1	150.00
19.5 Gone now. Fullish, on the leg and middle, almost yorker length and Sarwan gets under the ball and hits it straight to long-on 204/6
D Ramdin†	not out	6	4	1	0	150.00

DJ Bravo	not out	0	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 4, w 12, nb 1)	17

Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	205	(10.25 runs per over)

Did not bat DBL Powell, R Rampaul, FH Edwards

Fall of wickets1-145 (DS Smith, 13.3 ov), 2-152 (Samuels, 14.2 ov), 3-178 (Gayle, 16.2 ov), 4-182 (DR Smith, 17.3 ov), 5-188 (Chanderpaul, 18.2 ov), 6-204 (Sarwan, 19.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	4	0	52	1	13.00	(4w)
14.2 to Samuels, A six and he is gone. Full-pitched, on the off stump line, Samuels goes for a big heave down the ground but ends up scooping it straight to de villiers at long-off. 152/2
M Ntini	2	0	19	0	9.50

JJ van der Wath	4	0	33	2	8.25
16.2 to Gayle, Gayle is gone after a fast and furious knock. Short in length, on the middle stump line, Gayle, again took out the front leg outside the line and tried a swipe across the line but got an top edge to Boucher. What a whirlwind and violent knock this has been. Take a bow 178/3 18.2 to Chanderpaul, Another one goes down. The wickets are suddenly falling in a heap here as West Indies try to hit every ball for a six. Short in length, in the zone outside off, Chanderpaul tries to upper cut it over point but ends up nicking it to Boucher. 188/5
M Morkel	4	0	30	1	7.50	(1nb, 1w)
17.3 to DR Smith, Wood on leather but straight to the man at long-off. Full, outside off and Dwayne connected with his big swing down the ground but couldn't clear long-off. Another one goes down as SA claw their way back into the game. 182/4
VD Philander	4	0	35	2	8.75	(1w)
13.3 to DS Smith, third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1 13.3 to DS Smith, third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1 13.3 to DS Smith, third time lucky for Pollock. Quite similar to the first two deliveries, a tad closer to the body, Smith tries to square-cut and feathers a edge to the 'keeper. 145/1 19.5 to Sarwan, Gone now. Fullish, on the leg and middle, almost yorker length and Sarwan gets under the ball and hits it straight to long-on 204/6
JA Morkel	1	0	16	0	16.00	(2w)

GC Smith	1	0	16	0	16.00


South Africa innings (target: 206 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c Gayle b Rampaul	28	21	4	1	133.33
5.2 fullish and quite straight, Smith comes down the pitch and tries to hit inside-out over cover. Chris Gayle bends low and takes a sharp catch and that's the end of Smith's brave stay at the crease 54/1
HH Gibbs	not out	90	55	14	2	163.63

AB de Villiers	c †Ramdin b Edwards	16	9	1	1	177.77
8.2 very quick and very straight, AB de Villiers closes the face of the bat a bit early in trying to work the ball to the leg side. The ball goes straight up in the air. It goes very, very high and Ramdin, the wicketkeeper, settles under the catch 88/2
JM Kemp	not out	46	22	5	2	209.09

Extras	(lb 4, w 23, nb 1)	28

Total	(2 wickets; 17.4 overs)	208	(11.77 runs per over)

Did not bat MV Boucher†, SM Pollock, JA Morkel, JJ van der Wath, VD Philander, M Ntini, M Morkel

Fall of wickets1-54 (Smith, 5.2 ov), 2-88 (de Villiers, 8.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	4	0	34	0	8.50	(4w)

R Rampaul	4	0	52	1	13.00	(1nb, 1w)
5.2 to Smith, fullish and quite straight, Smith comes down the pitch and tries to hit inside-out over cover. Chris Gayle bends low and takes a sharp catch and that's the end of Smith's brave stay at the crease 54/1
DR Smith	2	0	37	0	18.50	(5w)

FH Edwards	3	0	21	1	7.00	(4w)
8.2 to de Villiers, very quick and very straight, AB de Villiers closes the face of the bat a bit early in trying to work the ball to the leg side. The ball goes straight up in the air. It goes very, very high and Ramdin, the wicketkeeper, settles under the catch 88/2
DJ Bravo	2.4	0	39	0	14.62	(2w)

MN Samuels	2	0	21	0	10.50

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Points South Africa 2, West Indies 0

T20I debuts M Morkel and VD Philander (South Africa); FH Edwards and RR Sarwan (West Indies)
Player of the match CH Gayle (West Indies)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire NJ Llong (England)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire KH Hurter

Match notes