South Africa vs West Indies, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: West Indies tour of South Africa, 2023 Venue: Buffalo Park, East London Date & Time: Mar 18, 01:00 PM LOCAL
Temba Bavuma 144(118)
41.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Temba 'Valiant' Bavuma is gone. The short ball has done it. Bavuma almost tried to snatch a win but it is a pity it won't be happening with his departure. The ONE MAN SHOW is over. Was a short ball, slower, down leg, the tennis ball like bounce induces the edge and the keeper takes it easily. The leap of joy from Alzarri Joseph says it all. End of one of the finest knocks at the Buffalo Park. Bavuma c Shai Hope b Alzarri Joseph 144(118) [4s-11 6s-7]
40.3
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, punches a length delivery into the off-side and sets off for a single
40.1
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, backs away and chops the ball down into the off-side for a single as that was a length delivery outside off
39.3
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, and clipped down to deep mid for a single. Bavuma happy to show faith in Ngidi
39.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 2 runs, a good stop by the man behind square. Was a fuller ball on the pads and the skipper clipped it past the man at short fine. Good stop as he was very close to the ropes. He managed to release the contact on the ball before one of his feet touched the ropes
38.6
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, and he won't retain the strike. That was a quick leggie outside off and Bavuma failed to drive it through the off-side
38.5
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, flighted, turns away, bounces as well. The batter fails to dab it down
38.4
Cariah to Bavuma, SIX, and slog swept for a sixer! That was a flat missile. Was tossed up and Bavuma knelt down to punish it. Third sixer of the over
38.3
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, looks to poke it out through the off-side and misses
38.2
Cariah to Bavuma, SIX, his running might be questionable but his batting continues to be supreme. The bowler drops it short this time and Bavuma slammed the pull over deep mid for a huge sixer
38.1
Cariah to Bavuma, SIX, and down the ground for a sixer. Whatta superb hit. His batting has been pristine and so has been his timing. That was tossed up and Bavuma went down the ground
37.3
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, goes back and across, tucks that but fails to get a second. Happy with a single. Three balls for Ngidi to survive
37.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, no run, right up there and has been jammed out into the off-side as he backed away to power it
37.1
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, no run, back of a length delivery, outside off, stabbed out into the off-side with soft hands. 77 needed off 77 now
36.2
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, gets that through the off-side for a single
36.1
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, no run, almost dragged it on! That was short, outside off, the batter wanted to slap it but inside edged it. That dribbled past the sticks and Bavuma wanted to kick it away
35.5
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, tucks the ball away off the hips and they get a single. One ball for Ngidi to negate
35.4
Holder to Bavuma, 2 runs, short ball, outside off, Bavuma pulls the ball down and the man at deep mid fails to stop the second
35.4
Holder to Bavuma, wide, slower delivery, well down leg, wided as Bavuma let it pass
35.3
Holder to Bavuma, SIX, short ball and hammered! Stood up tall and got hold of it to pull it over the square leg region for a sixer. Again the timing was superb. His highest ODI score now
35.1
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, he is just not thinking right now. That run-out and the wickets around him haven't helped his thinking. Was a fuller ball and dug out into the on-side for a single. First ball and he has given the strike to Ngidi
34.3
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, and dropped! The man at deep mid got to it to his right and the ball bounced out of his hands. Just like some hot popcorn. Hard hands didn't help. They get a single only. That was tossed up, Bavuma went for the slog sweep and the man in the deep dropped it
33.6
Holder to Bavuma, out Gerald Coetzee Run Out!! 1 run completed. This is poor cricket from SA. This time by the skipper himself. Gerald Coetzee is gone! Why did they need the second? Bavuma could have had the strike for the next over with a single. The non-striker also didn't ground his bat in. That didn't help either. SA have imploded. Windies now I feel would find it very hard to lose it from here. A quick finish might be on the cards as well. Unsmart cricket from the skipper this time. He turned that away with soft hands into the on-side and pushed his partner to come back for the second. But was Gerald Coetzee thinking for a second given it was the last ball of the over. Bavuma did say push while playing the shot. But I don't think the second should have been on. Gerald Coetzee run out (Akeal Hosein/Odean Smith) 1(3)
33.2
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, looks to tuck that and misses it. The ball hits him high on the thigh and they race for a single. Make it
33.1
Holder to Bavuma, FOUR, has he decided to go for it? That was short, Bavuma slams the pull and sends it away from deep mid for a four. That was a poor ball and Bavuma hasn't put a foot wrong tonight
32.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, another fumble by a Windies player and that allows the batters to scamper through for a single as Bavuma played the paddle sweep
31.1
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 1 run, steers the ball down to third man for a single
30.1
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, flatter one, outside off and punched into the off-side for a single! A 100 for Temba. A knock laden with class. Has been a superb knock from the skipper. Hope did it for WI, Bavuma has joined in. He doesn't show a lot of emotions as he knows he has a larger task at hand. His timing though today has been a notch above his peers
29.3
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 1 run, short, wide, Bavuma stands up tall and forces it wide of cover for a single
29.1
Odean Smith to Bavuma, leg byes, 1 run, looks to tuck it and the ball goes down to fine leg for a single
28.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, laps the ball down to short fine for a single as that was well tossed up
28.1
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, to point, stabs the ball down into the off-side for a single
27.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, rides the bounce and tucks it down on to the on-side for a single
27.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, wide, terrible delivery down leg, the batter misses the clip and the ball was pocketed by the keeper. They get a wide
27.1
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, no run, angles the ball in, Bavuma stabs it down on to his boot. That nipped in from a length
26.6
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, pats a back of a length delivery into the off-side for a single
26.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 2 runs, tossed up delivery, Bavuma drives the ball away past cover for a couple. Two runs added. Moves to 94
25.6
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 2 runs, creams the drive on the up and the man at sweeper cover slides and tackles it. Two more to the tally. The rate needed is just more than 6 per over
25.4
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, short ball, outside off, Bavuma dabs the ball down to third man for a single as that was played away from the body of the batter
24.2
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, punches the ball away into the off-side for a single
23.4
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, opens the bat face and dabs the ball down to third man for a single as that was outside off
23.3
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, no run, aggression meets defiance as Bavuma drops his wrists and lets the short ball pass to the keeper. The short ball didn't scale much height and was at the batter
22.6
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, that rips away after landing. The batter pushes forward but is beaten on the poke. Didn't play too much away from his body and hence didn't edge it
22.5
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, looks to cut, lack of bounce and pace doesn't help. Ends up chopping it down into the off-side
22.4
Cariah to Bavuma, FOUR, that's a free meal of a delivery and Bavuma gobbles it down with a pull past short fine. That was dragged down and Bavuma went after it to pull it past the dive of the man inside the circle
22.3
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, almost induces a leading edge as he closed the face of the bat a little too early. The ball dribbled out back to the bowler
22.1
Cariah to Bavuma, 1 run, turning on to the pads, the batter tucks it away on to the on-side for a single
21.5
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 1 run, good stop! That was headed to the fence but Brooks dives to his right and stops it. That was short, Bavuma went back to slam the cut. The fielder did well but they get a single
21.3
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 1 run, stands up tall, gets over the bounce and punches it square of the wicket for a single
21.2
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 2 runs, lovely high elbow drive to send it past the dive of the man at cover. The man at sweeper cover hauled it back but easy brace added to the tally
21.1
Odean Smith to Bavuma, no run, length delivery, decks in and Bavuma misses the tuck. Hit the batter high on the pads
20.5
Cariah to Bavuma, 1 run, ah ha! That is lucky. Goes for the sweep, gets a massive top-edge and the ball lands well over the man at 45 degrees. They get a single as the man from deep backward square cuts it off
20.4
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, uhhhh! There is turn. Tossed up ball, Bavuma prods forward and is beaten on the poke
19.6
Odean Smith to Bavuma, SIX, is there a spring in his bat or what? Wow! That was pitched up, Bavuma gets under it and slams it on the up. Didn't hold back and that went well over the fence. The pint sized man means business
19.5
Odean Smith to Bavuma, no run, fuller length delivery and has been mistimed back to the bowler. Came off the cue-end of the blade
19.5
Odean Smith to Bavuma, wide, and loses his radar and left alone for it to be wided
19.3
Odean Smith to Bavuma, 1 run, back of a length delivery, outside off, Bavuma rides the bounce and steers the ball past the dive of the point fielder for a single
18.6
Cariah to Bavuma, FOUR, and slammed away for a four. Bad ball as Cariah missed the mark and Bavuma sent it aerially over short fine for a four. Was well hit over the infield
18.4
Cariah to Bavuma, 1 run, flat, firm, slog sweep down to deep backward square for a single. That was a bit of a top-edge on the attempted shot
18.3
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, well doled up outside off and has been fenced out into the off-side
18.2
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, gets behind the line of the delivery and defends it out into the off-side with a squared up stance
18.1
Cariah to Bavuma, FOUR, lovely improvisation! Bends down, takes it on and reverse paddles the ball down past short third for a four
17.3
Odean Smith to Bavuma, no ball, 1 run, short outside off, Bavuma forehands the cut wide of mid-off for one, Odean Smith has overstepped
17.2
Odean Smith to Bavuma, no run, back of a length and tucks up Bavuma on the stumps, defended down
16.6
Cariah to Bavuma, no run, superb over and a fine delivery to end too, slides on straight from a good length outside off, Bavuma looks to run it down and is beaten
16.3
Cariah to Bavuma, 1 run, tossed up legbreak outside off, Bavuma drives to the right of backward point who dives and keeps it to one
15.6
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, no run, nicely tossed up on middle, pushed back
15.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, FOUR, tossed up and Bavuma sees the flight and slogsweeps it to the deep mid-wicket fence, one bounce over the ropes
15.3
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, tossed up full on the pads, swept hard and straight to the fielder at deep backward square leg
15.2
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, no run, good length and hint of turn away from middle-stump, Bavuma defends
14.6
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, West Indies take the review for LBW. Mayers was the one who was interested and forces Shai Hope to take it. No bat. Missing leg-stump and West Indies have no reviews left now, full and sliding into the pads, Bavuma flicks and misses
14.5
Mayers to Bavuma, FOUR, short ball on off, sits up for Bavuma who swats it away to the deep backward square leg fence, dismissed
14.4
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, fullish outside off, holds its line and Bavuma pushes out, is beaten
14.3
Mayers to Bavuma, SIX, what a shot. Full outside off, Bavuma just lofts through the line and over extra-cover, sails away, fifty too for Bavuma
14.3
Mayers to Bavuma, wide, short and down leg, Bavuma pulls and misses, called a wide
14.2
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, another slower leg-cutter on a length on off, Bavuma looks to dab to third man and inside-edges it on to the back pad
14.1
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, full and slanting into the pads, Bavuma flicks and misses, was the leg-cutter again, missing leg-stump
13.6
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, tossed up full on off, Bavuma drives wide of cover for one
13.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, no run, another lovely delivery, good length and hint of turn away from middle-stump, Bavuma defends to the off-side
13.4
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, no run, superb delivery, drift in on a good length and then spins away from there, to beat the outside-edge as Bavuma gets forward to defend
12.4
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, full outside off, Bavuma gets forward to drive to sweeper cover
12.3
Mayers to Bavuma, FOUR, commanding shot. Full outside off, Bavuma shimmies down the track and and shuffles across to drill that straight down the ground
11.5
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, tossed up on off, Bavuma gets forward to defend in front of backward point for a quick single
11.4
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, FOUR, poor ball to follow the last ball, short and down leg, Bavuma pulls hard and to the deep backward square leg fence
11.3
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 2 runs, sloppy from West Indies. Flat outside off, cut wide of backward point who dives to his right and fields, but the throw is well wide of Shai Hope
11.1
Akeal Hosein to Bavuma, 1 run, nice fullish length outside off, Bavuma punches a single to sweeper cover
10.6
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, the leg-cutter on a back of a length just outside off, run-down to third man
10.5
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, full outside off, Bavuma gets forward to drive nicely but straight to the fielder at mid-off
10.4
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, good length and tight on off, Bavuma defends to gully
10.3
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, good yorker outside off, tails in and Bavuma was late in jamming the bat down, just misses off-stump
9.6
Holder to Bavuma, no run, now the inswinger and catches Bavuma off-guard, snakes back in big and catches Bavuma on the pad, impact outside the leg-stump
9.5
Holder to Bavuma, no run, fullish outside off, steered to short third man
9.4
Holder to Bavuma, no run, loopy low full-toss on the stumps, pushed down to mid-on
9.3
Holder to Bavuma, no run, good length outside off, Bavuma defends to backward point
9.2
Holder to Bavuma, 2 runs, back of a length on off, nudged to deep mid-wicket and Rickelton has to hurry back and does so as the throw is fired in, the bat slips away and he takes a tumble. A direct-hit would have got him out
9.1
Holder to Bavuma, no run, good length outside off, Bavuma shuffles across and taps to backward point
8.3
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, fullish outside off, Bavuma gets across and drives crisply to sweeper cover
8.2
Mayers to Bavuma, FOUR, now to the right of backward point. Full outside off, Bavuma opens the face of the bat and square-drives to the deep backward point fence. Mayers is puzzled
8.1
Mayers to Bavuma, FOUR, just wide of the leaping backward point. Full outside off, Bavuma slices the drive and loses his bottom-hand, backward point leapt to his left but fails to even get a fingertip on this I think
7.5
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, the leg-cutter slower ball on the pads, turned away to backward square leg
7.4
Holder to Bavuma, FOUR, short cutter into the pitch, Bavuma gets forward and pulls wide of mid-wicket, did not get all of it, but got the gap
6.5
Mayers to Bavuma, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Bavuma punches to deep point
6.4
Mayers to Bavuma, no run, good delivery, angling into off-stump and it's the leg-cutter outside off, darts just away past the forward defence and the outside-edge, did not miss off-stump by much either
5.5
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, back of a length on the fourth-stump line, Bavuma runs it down to third man
5.4
Holder to Bavuma, no run, short of length on the stumps, Bavuma goes on the back foot to defend
5.3
Holder to Bavuma, no run, short of length on off, Bavuma gets right behind the line to defend to backward point
5.2
Holder to Bavuma, no run, lovely outswinger outside off, full and moves late to beat the drive of Bavuma
5.1
Holder to Bavuma, no run, extra bounce on this back of a length delivery that nips back in and catches Bavuma on the top of the pad, maybe an inside-edge as well. No inside-edge and hit the thigh
4.5
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, back of a length on the fourth-stump line, Bavuma taps wide of backward point for one
4.1
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, 142kph, good length angling into off-stump, Bavuma opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man
3.4
Holder to Bavuma, 1 run, good length angling into the fourth-stump, Bavuma runs it down to third man
3.3
Holder to Bavuma, no run, back of a length outside off, dabbed to the left of backward point
3.2
Holder to Bavuma, SIX, fabulous shot. A back of a length delivery on off, Bavuma picks it from there and pulls over deep square leg, intentionally hit up and over
2.3
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, 141kph, rising back of a length delivery outside off, Bavuma rises on his tiptoes to guide it down to third man
2.2
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, no run, yorker length just outside off, Bavuma eases it to backward point
1.6
Holder to Bavuma, no run, good maiden over. Tight back of a length delivery outside off, defended to backward point
1.5
Holder to Bavuma, no run, beautiful delivery, short of length and holds its line outside off, Bavuma flirts and is beaten
1.4
Holder to Bavuma, no run, full outside off, Bavuma gets forward to drive to cover
1.3
Holder to Bavuma, no run, fullish outside off, Bavuma gets forward to drive and mistimes it to the right of Holder, came off a thick inside-edge
1.2
Holder to Bavuma, no run, back of a length outside off, Bavuma mistimes the cut and finds cover
1.1
Holder to Bavuma, no run, short of length just outside off, Bavuma defends to backward point
0.3
Alzarri Joseph to Bavuma, 1 run, 139kph, fullish on the stumps, Bavuma pushes to mid-on and gets off the mark with a quick single
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