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End of the road for Windies
June 24, 2024
In a nail-biting finish at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua last night West Indies crashed out of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.
South Africa won the do or die match, the final Group Two game of the T20 World Cup, by three wickets (with five balls remaining) under the DLS method. The game was delayed by rain shortly after the start of the South African innings and three overs were deducted.
Scores: West Indies 135 for eight off 20 overs (Roston Chase 52, Kyle Mayers 35; Tabraiz Shamsi 3-27); South Africa 124 for seven off 16.1 overs (Tristan Stubbs 29, Heinrich Klaasen 22; Roston Chase 3-12, Andre Russell 2-19, Alzarri Joseph 2-25). South Africa and England advanced to the semifinals from Group Two. South Africa topped the group with six points, England were second with four and West Indies third with two.
Chasing 123 for victory in 17 overs South African got to 124 for seven when Marco Jansen hit West Indies pacer Obed McCoy out of the ground off the first ball of the 17th over.
South Africa were earlier rocked by Andre Russell when the run-chase began. Reeza Hendricks was caught down the legside by Nicholas Pooran for zero and after hitting three boundaries Quinton de Kock (12) was caught by Sheerfane Rutherford at 15 for two.
Captain Aiden Markham (18), Tristan Stubbs (29) and Heinrich Klaasen (22) batted well in the middle order but failed to go on when looking comfortable. Roston Chase then bagged three late wickets and South Africa were in some trouble before Jansen and Kagiso Rabada got them over the line.
Earlier after being sent in to bat, West Indies were also in early trouble. They lost the wickets of Shai Hope for zero and Nicholas Pooran (1) with just five runs on the board.
Kyle Mayers (35 off 34 balls) and Roston Chase (52) then featured in an 81-run stand which put the West Indies in control. Mayers, however, lost his wicket when he was caught by Tristan Stubbs off the bowling of the impressive spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.
The West Indies then lost wickets regularly and were six down before they reached 100. They got to 135 for eight, helped by some lusty hitting from Russell who scored 15 off nine balls with two big sixes.
Shamsi finished with three for 27 in his four overs to emerge as South Africa's top bowler.
West Indies made one change from their last match, bringing in left-hander Kyle Mayers for Johnson Charles while South Africa also made one change, recalling left-arm spinner Shamsi for pacer Ottneil Baartman.
