Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph finished off South Africa with three wickets in the 19th over as West Indies won the third T20I by seven runs and took the series 2-1. (More Cricket News)
Joseph collec🌠ted 5-40 after his late burst, which ensured South Africa fell short of West Indies’ challenging total of 220-8.
South Africa threatened for a moment, mainly because of Reeza Hen📖dricks’ 83 from 44 balls, but ultimately o🦩nly managed 213-6 in its 20 overs.
Hendricks fell to Joseph off the first ball of that 19th over for t𝔍he crucial breakthrough when he was caught at long on look💜ing for his third six.
Hendricks had earlier been dropped a couple of t🎃imes on the boundary but West Indies captain Rovman Powell held on thi𝓀s time.
South Africa needed 35 runs off the last two overs and was up against it already, but Joseph then had Heinrich Klaasen caught two ball♍s after Hendricks’ departure and sent a delivery smashing into Wayne Parnell’s stumps two balls after that to set up the victory.
With his team needing 26 off the last over, South Africa captain Aiden Markram (35 not out off 18 balls) hit three fours and the home team took 18 off the last six deliv🅰eries but stꦛill came up short.
West Indies posted its strong total thanks largely to an unbroken stand of 59 off 26 balls for the nin🍌th wicket between Joseph and Romario Shepherd.
The tourists were 161-8 and fading when those two came togethe👍r, but Shepherd thumped 44 not out off 22 balls with two fours and three sixes😼.
Joseph played a supporting role with his 14 not out and their half-century stand right at the end of th𝐆e West Indies innings gave the game a different ♌complexion and South Africa too much to do.
West Indies bounced back after losing to a record-br𒉰eaking 🐈South Africa run chase in the second T20.
