SA vs WI 3rd T20I: West Indies captured 2–1 in the three match T20 series played between South Africa and West Indies. West Indies won the series by winning the third and deciding match. The third match of the T20 series was played at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. West Indies won by 7 runs in this match. In the match, West Indies batsman Romario Shepherd scored an unbeaten 44 and fast bowler Alzarri Joseph took 5 wickets.
High scoring match
Like the other two matches of the series, this too was a high scoring match. Both the teams crossed the 200-run mark. The West Indies team, which came out to bat first, put 220 runs on the board for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this, Romario Shepherd, who came to bat at number 9, played an unbeaten inning of 44 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Nicholas Pooran added 41 runs for the team in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Brendan King, who came on the opening, scored 36 and middle order batsman Ramon Reifer scored 27 runs, the rest of the batsmen could not cross the figure of 20 runs.
Chasing the runs, the South African team could only score 213 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Reeza Hendricks scored an inning of 83 runs in 44 balls. His innings included 11 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Riley Rosso also scored 42 runs in 21 balls by hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. However, the brilliant innings of both the batsmen could not take the team to the threshold of victory.
Alzarri Joseph named ‘Player of the Match’, Johnson Charles ‘Player of the Series’
West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who took five wickets in the third match, was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’. Awarded the title of He took 5 wickets in 4 overs, spending 40 runs with an economy of 10, while West Indies batsman Johnson Charles was awarded the ‘Player of the Series’ due to his brilliant innings. Chosen. Charles scored 28 runs in 14 balls in the first match, in the second match he scored 118 runs in 46 balls with 10 fours and 11 sixes.
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