Vintage Markram, clinical Linde headline South Africa's comfortable win
Linde picked up three wickets while Markram finished on an unbeaten 86 as South Africa chased down 174 with ease
Linde picked up three wickets while Markram finished on an unbeaten 86 as South Africa chased down 174 with ease
Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Ekanth
A one-sided game to begin the series. The Highveld will offer more pace and likely a higher-scoring game. Do join us for that. Thanks for coming on this evening. Hope you had fun.
Aiden Markram, SA captain Nice night out, boys looked good in all departments. Pitch played really well. When we batted, it was coming out even better under lights. Rickelton is in good form. Not easy walking outside the powerplay when you're not used to it. There are guys who aren't here who are good cricketers, we have great depth. It's a good space to be in for the national team.
Roston Chase, WI captain Kudos to SA, restricted us to a below-par total. We wanted to get 190 initially, we didn't have big partnerships. Then we were poor in the powerplay with the ball and they knocked it around with ease. It's up to the batters to take their innings deep. You have to take calculated risks. We had soft dismissals.
George Linde, POTM: Bunch of talented cricketers. Looking forward to the WC. We got knocked out a bit early, body feels good again. I like to bowl wherever the team needs me.
9:27pm Strong start from SA. Markram made WI pay, one for dropping him on 27 and then just for coming after him with easing conditions. He finishes with his highest score in T20Is to take SA home. Rickelton played second fiddle with an unbeaten 40 in a 93-run stand. Both batters played very few dot balls and gave WI's bowlers very little to work with.
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Linde picked up three wickets while Markram finished on an unbeaten 86 as South Africa chased down 174 with ease
Brevis finished the SA20 with scores of 53, 75* and 101*, and could slot in at No. 4 for South Africa
Both teams have been in patchy form in T20Is, and will be looking to build momentum ahead of the big event