West Indies topple South Africa in Tri-Nation arrangement

West Indies topple South Africa in Tri-Nation arrangement..

                             

BRIDGETOWN: Darren Bravo's third hundred and great quick knocking down some pins from Shannon Gabriel impelled the West Indies to a 100-run win over South Africa in the ninth and last preparatory match of the Tri-Nation One-Day International Series. 

Bravo's stroke-filled 102, which earned him the "Man of the Match" recompense, tied down a noteworthy recuperation from 21 for four to lift the West Indies to 285 hard and fast off 49.5 overs batting first at Kensington Oval on Friday. 

Gabriel, in simply his second ODI, then tore through the Proteas' vaunted top-request, taking the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and chief A.B. de Villiers in the space of four fearsome overs. 

It was a mishap from which they never recuperated, in the long run being rejected for 186 off 46 overs in spite of a last-wicket organization of 51 between Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir. 

Sunil Narine guaranteed there would be no getaway for the South Africans after Gabriel's initial impact, the spinner taking three for 28 off ten overs. 

"I've been getting begins in this arrangement without truly continuing," said Bravo after the match. "I worked additional hard in the nets yesterday and things just worked out for me today with the backing of Polly (Kieron Pollard)." 

With their second win in three matches against the Proteas in the competition, the hosts development to face World Cup-holders Australia in the last on Sunday at the same venue. It is additionally the first run through in ten years that South Africa have neglected to achieve the last of a tri-country ODI arrangement. 

Of sympathy toward the West Indies looking ahead to the last however will be the wellness of Gabriel, who left the field nursing a right leg damage in the wake of guaranteeing the noteworthy figures of three for 17 from five overs of amazing pace. 

He ought to have likewise trapped the wicket of Hashim Amla however wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin missed the clear open door offered by the productive opener. 

West Indies were themselves shaken back at 21 for four when pacer Kagiso Rabada drove the strike after de Villiers handled. 

However Bravo's third one-day century, adorned with 12 fours and four sixes off 103 conveyances, demonstrated priceless. He found a capable accomplice in Kieron Pollard, who controlled his standard hard and fast animosity in incorporating 62 off 71 balls. 

Their fifth-wicket stand of 156 was another West Indian record for the wicket against South Africa and wrested the activity from the guests who did not help their cause with distinctively untidy cricket in the field, quick medium bowler Morne Morkel conveying six of the 17 wides surrendered by the Proteas. 

Morkel's nine overs cost 68 runs yet for all that indiscipline, he ought to have still guaranteed the vital wicket at an opportune time of Bravo who, on 11, top-edged an endeavored snare just for Wayne Parnell to misinterpret the catch at fine-leg and repel the ball over the limit rope. 

'Didn't turn up' 

"I don't recognize what turned out badly with our orders today, it resembles we didn't turn up," a disillusioned de Villiers watched. "Credit toward the West Indies for their recuperation yet we didn't play anything like our best here." 

Imran Tahir, who directed the West Indies in their last meeting in St Kitts with record-breaking figures of seven for 45, was kept wicketless through his ten overs without precedent for ODI cricket against these rivals. 

South Africa's knocking down some pins star without uncertainty was Rabada, whose profits of three for 31 were highlighted by a staggering opening burst after Parnell had expelled Andre Fletcher in his opening over. 

Producing huge pace, Rabada actuated an edge from the other opener, Johnson Charles, for Chris Morris to take an agreeable catch at second slip. 

He then evacuated Marlon Samuels' off-stump first ball to have the West Indies tottering at 12 for three. 

Ramdin maintained a strategic distance from the cap trap however along these lines succumbed to the deadly threatening vibe of the 21-year-old quick bowler, first ducking into a short ball to take a blow on the back of the protective cap before being exhaustively knocked down some pins off the following conveyance. 

Bravo and Pollard then countered the wild South Africans with determination and intense strokeplay before the huge hitting all-rounder was gotten at long-on off the affliction Morkel. 

Morris guaranteed three wickets toward the end of the innings with West Indies chief Jason Holder (40) and Carlos Brathwaite (33 not out) pushing the home side to a testing last aggregate.