{"id":22500,"date":"2024-09-05T17:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22500"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:28:23","slug":"west-indies-complete-t20-sweep-over-south-africa-with-eight-wicket-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-complete-t20-sweep-over-south-africa-with-eight-wicket-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Complete T20 Sweep Over South Africa with Eight-Wicket Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The West Indies sealed a remarkable 3-0 T20 International series sweep over South Africa with an eight-wicket victory on Tuesday at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, despite rain disrupting the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a revised target of 116 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, the West Indies completed the task with ease, finishing at 116 for 2 with 22 balls to spare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Openers Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran were instrumental in the chase, with Hope remaining unbeaten on 42 from 24 balls, and Pooran smashing 35 off just 13 deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa, batting first, managed to score 108 for 4 off 13 overs before the rain intervened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies made the most of their innings, scoring 82 runs from boundaries, including nine sixes and seven fours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romario Shepherd was named Player of the Match for his exceptional bowling performance, claiming 2 wickets for 14 runs in 2 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His effort was crucial in stalling the South African innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory was particularly sweet for the West Indies, who had been knocked out of the T20 World Cup by South Africa earlier in the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies captain Rovman Powell expressed his satisfaction with the team&#8217;s growth and performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of building a winning culture and finding the right combination of players for future success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Indies sealed a remarkable 3-0 T20 International series sweep over South Africa with an eight-wicket victory on Tuesday at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, despite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22500","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\/22500","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=22500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22521,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22500\/revisions\/22521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}