Shamsi evokes South Africa to one-run T20 win over West Indies

Tabraiz Shamsi enhanced his repute as the highest T20 bowler within the worldwide sport by inspiring South Africa to an exciting one-run victory over the West Indies within the third of their five-match collection on the Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Tuesday.

Defending one other average whole of 167 for eight after they have been put in to bat for the third time within the collection, the left-arm wrist spinner bowled his most economical four-over spell in conceding simply 13 runs for the necessary wickets of Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetmyer.

But in addition to he bowled, and as a lot because the vaunted West Indies power-hitters stuttered for the second consecutive match, the duel nonetheless got here all the way down to the ultimate over bowled by Kagiso Rabada with 15 runs wanted.

Fabian Allen struck an early boundary after which a six off the final ball of the match however the pacer had held his nerve in between these wayward deliveries to restrict the house aspect to 166 for seven.

South Africa now take a 2-1 lead going into the fourth match on the similar venue on Thursday.

Lewis and Nicholas Pooran have been the joint-topscorers for the West Indies with 27 whereas Andre Russell contributed 25.

“We confronted plenty of criticism after we misplaced the primary match so badly so I’m actually happy with how we now have fought again within the final two matches,” mentioned Shamsi after receiving the man-of-the-match award.

“These pitches are getting tougher and tougher to attain runs and whereas I might have clearly appreciated a much bigger whole to defend, I felt we had a superb likelihood as soon as we caught to our plans, and on this event, all of it labored out effectively for us in the long run.”

Earlier Obed McCoy and veteran Dwayne Bravo mixed for seven wickets as South Africa faltered from a promising place.

Quinton de Kock, taking part in in his fiftieth T20 Worldwide, led the Proteas batting effort as soon as once more with a topscore of 72 whereas Rassie van der Dussen contributed 32 and Aiden Markram, introduced into the center order on the expense of Heinrich Klaasen, chipped in with 23.

Nonetheless it was the 24-year-old Vincentian McCoy who stole the present along with his assortment of cleverly-disguised deliveries incomes the seamer the spectacular figures of 4 for 22, bettering his haul of three for 25 simply two days earlier.

Bravo, once more charged with the accountability of bowling within the closing overs of the innings, made his expertise below strain rely in taking two late wickets to complete with three for 25.

After McCoy eliminated opener Reeza Hendricks and captain Temba Bavuma within the fifth over, de Kock placed on 43 with Markram and 60 with van der Dussen to place South Africa in place for a complete nearer to the 180-run mark.

Nonetheless de Kock’s demise to Bravo, for an innings which got here off 51 balls and included two sixes and 5 fours, triggered a slide from 147 for 3 within the sixteenth over with the vacationers shedding 5 wickets for 17 runs.