West Indies Beaten by South Africa in 5th T 20 of Bilateral Series in 2008

West Indies was scheduled to play a 5 match T 20 series in South Africa in 2008. In the 5th and final match of the International T 20, West Indies won the toss and opts to bat first, so this means South Africa will bowl first and will chase target set by West Indies later in this game.

This is how West indies team and 11 was looking like in this 5th And final T 20 match: Dwayne Bravo (c), S Chanderpaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith, Daren Powell, Jerome Taylor, Fidel Edwards, R Morton, D Ramdin (wk), B Parchment

And South African team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th And final T 20 Match: Jean-Paul Duminy, H Gibbs, M Ntini, Shaun Pollock (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, G Bodi, M van Wyk, Vernon Philander.

West Indies again started poorly and was only able to make 90 runs in allotted 20 over’s of the game and that to with the contributions of D Smith who made 40 runs in 50 balls with 2 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 80 runs in 100 balls faced and S chanderpaul who made 30 runs in 40 balls with 3 four and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 75 runs in 100 balls faced.

South Africa was needed to score 91 runs in 20 over’s to win this match. And they were only needed to score 4.5 runs per over and they will surely win the match.

South Africa batted Superbly well and was able to score the target of 91 runs in  10 over’s at the loss of 1 wicket and with the contributions of G Gibbs  who made  80 runs In 50 balls with 10 4’s and 5 sixes at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls faced.

South Africa won this match by 9 wickets and H Gibbs was the Man of the Match for his great batting display and fielding that won S A the game and series as well.

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