Heinrich Klaasen hit an unbeaten 119 off 61 balls as South Africa registered a four-wicket win over West Indies within the third and closing one-day worldwide at Senwes Park on Tuesday, sharing the honors within the collection.
South Africa gained the toss and selected to bowl, dismissing the vacationers for 260 all out.
They bumped into hassle early of their reply as they slumped to 87-4, solely to win due to a stunning century from Klaasen with 123 balls remaining within the innings.
“It’s a very good wicket and one of my better innings,” Klaasen mentioned on the post-match presentation. “We tried to play in line with the circumstances, not the state of affairs, and I needed to battle hearth with hearth initially in opposition to some wonderful bouncers from Alzarri (Joseph).
“But the conditions dictate how aggressive you can be and it’s great to get the team over the line.”
The house group was with out in-form captain Temba Bavuma on account of a hamstring damage, and so they rested regulars Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje.
West Indies’ innings was boosted by a one-ball 72 from opener Brandon King, however Nicholas Pooran (39) and Jason Holder (36) have been the one two others to put up stable scores on an in any other case good wicket to bat.
There have been some wild pictures from the guests as they have been decided to assault each ball, and extra endurance and focus would have seen them posting a goal of over 300.
South Africa made a poor begin to their innings, nevertheless, as they misplaced 4 wickets within the house of 13 overs.
But then it was Klaasen’s time to shine. First he added 55 with David Miller (17), after which added 103 for the sixth wicket with all-rounder Marco Jansen, who made a career-best 43 off 33 balls, earlier than Marco Jansen turned the third sufferer. West Indies bowler, Joseph (3-50).
Klaasen introduced up his second ODI hundred in 54 balls and noticed the innings via to the top as South Africa avenged their 48-run defeat within the second ODI on Saturday. The first match was washed out by rain with no ball being bowled.
West Indies captain Shai Hope mentioned, ‘They outplayed us clearly in the present day. “I assumed we batted nicely in lots of elements however we weren’t good with the ball in the present day.
“We solely have ourselves guilty. You cannot give away 260 in 29 overs.
The groups start a three-match Twenty20 International collection in Pretoria from Saturday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
