South Africa vs West Indies, 3rd T20I: Joseph's Five-fer Helped West Indies to Seal the Series After a 7 Run Win Over South Africa

South Africa and West Indies faced each other in the third and final T20I of the series at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Brandon King and Kyle Mayers came to bat, and Bjorn Fortuin opened the bowling attack. Kyle Mayers smashed two sixes in the second over of the match. Brandon King smashed back-to-back three boundaries including two sixes in the third over. In the 4th over, Kyle Mayers got out on the second ball, and Johnson Charles got out for a duck on the next ball. Nicholas Pooran came to bat and smashed two boundaries. In the 5th over, Nicholas Pooran hit a six, and West Indies reached 50 runs. After 6 overs, West Indies were at 61-2.

In the 7th over, Nicholas Pooran hit three sixes. In the 8th over, Brandon King hit a four, and the partnership between Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran reached 50 runs. In the 9th over, Brandon King hit a four and got out on the next ball after scoring 36(25). West Indies reached 100 runs on the last ball. In the 10th over, Rovman Powell hit a six and got out after scoring 11(4). After 10 overs, West Indies were at 108-4.

In the 11th over, Nicholas Pooran got out after scoring 41(19) on the second ball. In the 12th over, Raymon Reifer hit back-to-back two boundaries. In the 13th over, Jason Holder hit a six on the second ball and got out on the last ball after scoring 13(9). In the 15th over, Roston Chase got out on the second ball after scoring 6(5), and West Indies reached 150 runs on the fourth ball. In the 16th over, R Reifer hit a six on the second ball and ran out on the fourth ball after scoring 27(18). In the 20th over, Shepherd smashed back-to-back four boundaries and West Indies reached 200 runs.In 20 overs, West Indies registered 220 runs with a loss of 8 wickets.

Chasing 221 runs, Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks came to bat, and Sheldon Cottrell opened the bowling attack. R Hendricks hit the first boundary of the second inning in the 2nd over. In the 3rd over, de Kock smashed three fours. In the 5th over, de Kock got out after scoring 21(21) on the second ball. Rilee Rossouw came to bat and hit back-to-back three boundaries. In the 6th over, R Hendricks hit back-to-back two fours, and South Africa reached 50 runs. After 6 overs, South Africa was at 61-1.

In the 10th over, Rossouw hit a six, and South Africa reached 100 runs. In the 11th over, Rossouw hit a six and got out after scoring 42(21) on the fifth ball. In the 13th over, Reeza Hendricks hit a six and scored a half-century. In the 15th over, David Miller got out after scoring 11(11) on the second ball and South Africa reached 150 runs. In the 19th over, R Hendricks got out on the first ball after scoring 83(44), and Heinrich Klaasen came to bat and smashed a six and got out after scoring 6(2). Wayne Parnell got out on the fifth ball after scoring 2(2). In the 20th over, Markram hit a four, and South Africa reached 200 runs. Markram ended the innings with back-to-back two fours, South Africa scored 213-6 and lost the match by 7 runs.

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