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Highlights of South Africa v West Indies

ByReuters

Published 27/02/2015 at 06:38 GMT

Latest from the World Cup Pool B match between South Africa and West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

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South Africa innings
1st over - Quinton de Kock hits two fours off the over but Jerome Taylor also got some menacing bounce off the track. SA: 8-0
2nd over - West Indies skipper Jason Holder starts with a maiden over to Hashim Amla. SA: 8-0
3rd over - Maiden for Taylor. SA: 8-0
4th over - De Kock gets an inside edge that runs for four. SA: 14-0
5th over - Amla gets off the mark with two runs to mid-off and then gets a couple more off the next ball. SA: 18-0
6th over - Holder rewarded for his fine opening spell when de Kock cuts the ball to Andre Russell at cover for 12. Faf du Plessis is the new batsman. SA: 18-1
7th over - Amla loses his boot taking a single. Du Plessis gets off the mark with two runs past Chris Gayle, who is fielding at extra cover. SA: 24-1
10th over - Du Plessis takes a rushed single off the final ball of the powerplay, leaving Holder with figures of 1-9 from his first five overs. SA: 30-1
13th over - The batsmen look more comfortable with the new ball bowlers taking a rest. Du Plessis flirts with danger with a top edge off Russell but it hits the ground for two runs. SA: 46-1
15th over - Du Plessis pulls a short Russell delivery through mid-on for the first boundary since the fourth over. SA: 58-1
16th over - Amla gets his first boundary, again punishing a short ball this time from Sulieman Benn. SA: 68-1
24th over - Amla grabs a single to long-on to bring up the 100 for South Africa. SA: 102-1
25th over - Amla steps down the wicket and smashes a six off Darren Sammy just over the long-on boundary to bring up his half century off 75 balls. SA: 112-1
27th over - Du Plessis tries to match Amla by bringing up his fifty with a six but the ball hits the ground just short of the boundary rope. Reaches the milestone with a single off the following delivery, the 59th he has faced. SA: 128-1
29th over - Du Plessis lofts Marlon Samuels over extra cover for another four that was almost a six. Only his third boundary. SA: 145-1
30th over - Gayle's off-spin gets the breakthough West Indies so dearly needed. Du Plessis (62) steps back but cannot get hold of the ball and Denesh Ramdin takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps. Two balls later and Gayle traps Amla lbw for 65. Skipper AB de Villiers joins Rilee Rossouw at the crease. SA: 147-3
33rd over - Rilee Rossouw hits Sammy for two back-to-back boundaries as South Africa take 12 runs of the over. SA: 171-3.
35th over - Jerome Taylor sends down a short delivery and Rossouw rocks back and pulls it powerfully to the square leg boundary. SA: 186-3.
37th over - Rossouw cover-drives Taylor for a boundary to raise his fifty-run partnership with de Villiers and takes two off the next to take his team to 200-mark. The batsman collects another boundary off the third delivery which is adjudged a no-ball as Taylor had overstepped. Rossouw gets a single off the free-hit delivery but de Villiers hits the next for a four. Taylor concedes 18 runs in the over. SA: 212-3.
38th over - De Villiers joins the party, hitting Holder for back-to-back boundaries. SA: 224-3.
39th over - Rossouw continues punishing Taylor, hits the bowler for a six to bring up his fifty in style. SA 240-3.
40th over - Sulieman Benn is back in the attack and de Villiers hits his third delivery for a six and follows it with two boundaries, the second bringing up his fifty in 30 balls. SA: 258-3. (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney/Amlan Chakraborty; Editing by Ian Ransom/Sudipto Ganguly)
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