After 18 overs,West Indies 131/4 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 23 , Andre Russell 5)
Dwaine Pretorius is introduced and what a start for him! He gets rid of Chris Gayle right away, who gets a thick edge and gifts it towards Klaasen behind the wockets. Andre Russell comes in and begins with a boundary. A wicket and 10 runs.
OUT! Pretorius strikes in his very first delivery to get rid of the big man Chris Gayle. Gayle attempts to drag down the leg side but gets a thick edge to Klaasen behind the wickets.
After 16 overs,West Indies 111/3 ( Chris Gayle 10 , Kieron Pollard (C) 12)
Tabraiz Shamsi continues. Gayle and Pollard hammer him for a six each in the over, and at least for the moment, we are witnessing the vintage ‘Universe Boss’ in Dubai. 16 runs off the over.
After 14 overs,West Indies 93/3 ( Chris Gayle 2 , Kieron Pollard (C) 3)
Rabada continues his brilliant show. Just four runs and a wicket, that of Lendl Simmons, who’s cleaned up lookng to slog early. SkipperKieron Pollard is the new batter in.
OUT! Cleaned up by Rabada as Simmons departs. Slow ball from Rabada, Simmons slogs early, misses that and the ball hits top of off-stump.
After 13 overs,West Indies 89/2 ( Lendl Simmons 16 , Chris Gayle 1)
Maharaj with another successful over for South Africa. He gets rid of Pooran in the second ball of the over. Chris Gayle is the new man in, and there’s an LBW appeal against him. Original verdict is not out, but SA go for the review. There’s no bat involved, but ball-tracking shows impact is umpire’s call. Gayle survives, but SA don’t lose their review either.
OUT! Maharaj with another wicket, this time getting rid of Pooran. He’s caught by David Miller at long-off.
After 11 overs,West Indies 74/1 ( Lendl Simmons 13 , Nicholas Pooran (W) 1)
Evin Lewis goes for the pull, but Rabada in the deep collects a comfortable catch to get rid of the half-centurion. Breakthrough for Proteas. In at number three is Nicholas Pooran, and not Chris Gayle. Nine runs and a wicket.
WICKET! Evin Lewis goes for that mighty pull shot, hoping to go over the boundary rope, but lofts this towards Rabada at deep midwicket who completes the catch. Keshav Maharaj with the wicket. Lewis c Rabada b Maharaj 56
After 10 overs,West Indies 65/0 ( Lendl Simmons 12 , Evin Lewis 50)
Another over where Lewis runs riot. He’s got to his half-century wit a slog sweep over midwicket for a six. A total of nine runs come off the 10th as players take a break for drinks.