A career-best 83 off 44 balls by Reeza Hendricks was not sufficient as South Africa fell to a seven-run defeat to West Indies within the decisive third T20 International on the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday (March 28). The right-hander thumped two sixes and 11 fours in his innings, earlier than changing into one among Alzarri Joseph’s 5 victims when he fell within the penultimate over because the run-rate started to soar in South Africa’s pursuit of 221.
In the top they completed with 213 for six – in need of what would have been one other epic chase as they slipped to a 2-1 sequence defeat. Just two days earlier, the hosts had been concerned in a world file chase after they hunted down 259 at Centurion. This time, although, it was to not be regardless of the heroics of Hendricks, who was aided for a big a part of the chase by Rilee Rossouw (42 off 21 balls).
At the beginning, the Proteas tried to comply with the development of the sequence the place the chasing aspect had gained every of the earlier two video games, with captain Aiden Markram successful the toss and bowling in a match that noticed Adrian Holdstock and Shaun George each make their fiftieth appearances as standing umpires. Openers Kyle Mayers (17) and Brandon King (36) offered them with a robust begin by placing on 39 within the first 3.2 overs, earlier than Kagiso Rabada (2/50) cleaned up the previous and Johnson Charles (0), centurion hero from SuperSport Park, in successive deliveries.
King then helped Nicholas Pooran (41 off 19 balls) add 55 for the subsequent wicket to place West Indies in a robust place of 94 for 2 within the ninth over.
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When Anrich Nortje (2/36) struck to take away King, the house aspect started to claw their method again as Lungi Ngidi (2/45) and Markram (1/21) took key wickets to depart the rating on 161 for eight within the sixteenth over. But then got here bother for the Proteas within the type of Romario Shepherd, who bludgeoned an unbeaten 44 off 22 balls, and along with Josephs (14*), placed on an unbroken 61 for the ninth wicket to see their aspect to 220 for eight.
The chase started nicely for South Africa due to Hendricks and fellow opener Quinton de Kock (21). The pair placed on 32 in simply over 4 overs, earlier than the latter held out to deep level off Josephs, the quick bowler bagging his first scalp on his method to figures of 5 for 40. Next in was Rossouw, who mixed for a match-high 80 alongside Hendricks for the second wicket to make sure the house aspect stored with the tempo.
Even after Rossouw fell, the Proteas had been within the combine so long as David Miller (11) was nonetheless within the center. However, as soon as he fell, the scoreboard strain started to construct and Hendricks was left with little selection however to throw his bat. And he went for one shot too many in the beginning of the nineteenth over during which Player of the Match Josephs struck thrice to press residence the West Indian benefit.
In the top, it was left to Markram to try to get the 26 wanted from the ultimate over – too tall an ask in the long run leaving the sequence for West Indies to clinch. Â
