South Africa scripted historical past by beating West Indies within the third and ultimate ODI in Potchefstroom on Tuesday and reaching a novel feat. By registering a four-wicket win, the Proteas leveled the series 1-1. The first ODI between the 2 groups was deserted by rain and West Indies received the second ODI by 48 runs.
Heinrich Klaasen performed a powerful knock to information his crew to chase the goal of 261 in simply 29.3 overs. With this South Africa turned the primary crew ever to chase down a goal of 250 or extra in lower than 30 overs. The closest any crew got here to this feat was again within the yr 2019, when India chased 255 against West Indies, off 32.3 overs in Port of Spain.
“Pretty good wicket, probably one of my better knocks, and am really proud of it. We were trying to play conditions and not the situations, conditions were fantastic today. Took Joseph on today and it was my day today. The conditions dictate how aggressive you can play and conditions were great today,” Klaasen mentioned after his knock.
“Test cricket is hard, I ponder every time I make a mistake. I never doubt myself, I was hitting the ball well in the nets and I calmed everything down; my confidence stays up. I’m riding the wave at the moment and would like to keep it going. Always a good feeling to get the team over the line, very pleased to play a knock like this,” he added.
Earlier within the match, South Africa received the toss and opted to bowl first. Coming to bat, Team West Indies have been bundled out for 260 runs with Brandon King scoring 72 runs off 72 balls. Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell additionally contributed runs by scoring 39 runs and 36 runs, respectively. Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, and Bjorn Fortuin scalped 2 wickets every.
When it comes to South Africa’s batting, Heinrich Klaasen performed an unbeaten knock of 119 runs off 61 deliveries with 15 boundaries and 5 sixes. Marco Jansen too contributed 43 runs off 33 balls. Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein picked three and two wickets, respectively.
