{"id":20889,"date":"2024-06-27T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20889"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:28:16","slug":"windies-knocked-out-at-home-as-south-africa-keeps-t20-world-cup-dream-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/windies-knocked-out-at-home-as-south-africa-keeps-t20-world-cup-dream-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Windies Knocked Out at Home as South Africa Keeps T20 World Cup Dream Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Travis Seymour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies team will have to watch the semifinals and final of the T20 World Cup from home after South Africa clinched a tense three-wicket victory in a rain-affected match at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa managed to secure their spot in the semifinal, overcoming both a tricky pitch and the rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match, disrupted by weather conditions, saw the Caribbean team struggle after losing the toss and being put to bat first, ending their innings with a modest 135 for 8 in 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Mayers, who stepped in for the injured Brandon King, provided a steady start with 35 runs off 34 balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Windies faced early setbacks as Shai Hope was dismissed for a golden duck and Nicholas Pooran managed only a single run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roston Chase played a crucial role, scoring 52 runs from 42 balls, including three boundaries and two sixes, but the rest of the lineup failed to make significant contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Tobraiz Shamsi delivered an exceptional performance with his spin, taking 3 wickets for 27 runs and bowling nine overs of dot balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Keshav Maharaj, and Kagiso Rabada each chipped in with a wicket, effectively containing the West Indies&#8217; batting effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their reply, South Africa faced a shaky start with Quinton De Kock scoring 12, Reeza Hendricks going for a duck, and skipper Aiden Markram contributing 18 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a stabilizing partnership between Tristan Stubbs, who scored 29, and Heinrich Klaasen, who added 22, helped to steady their innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A crucial late knock of 21 from Marco Jansen guided the Proteas to victory, as they reached 124 for 7 in 16.1 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This victory allows South Africa to advance in the tournament, leaving the West Indies to reflect on their performance as they are knocked out of their home World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour The West Indies team will have to watch the semifinals and final of the T20 World Cup from home after South Africa clinched a tense three-wicket victory&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20890,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20889\/revisions\/20890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}