Gayle leads Windies to world record triumph

JOHANNESBURG: Chris Gayle blasted 90 off 41 balls as the West Indies achieved a world record run chase in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday to beat South Africa by four wickets.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis hit a 46-ball century in his team’s total of 231 for seven — their second highest total in the shortest form of the game.
But it was overhauled with four balls to spare on a record-breaking day at the Wanderers with West Indies captain Darren Sammy finishing the match with a six to take his team to 236 for six.
Man of the match Gayle was again the star for the West Indies as he shared a second wicket stand of 152 off 75 balls with Marlon Samuels, who made 60.
The tempo of the match was set when Du Plessis and David Miller (47) put on 103 off 49 balls for South Africa’s third wicket.
Du Plessis hit five sixes and 11 fours, while Miller’s three sixes and four fours off 26 balls included arguably the biggest hit seen at the ground, a mighty blow over long-on which cleared a four-tier grandstand and sailed into an adjacent golf course.
The West Indies replied with even more brutality at the start of their innings.
They raced to 86 for one in the six-over power play, with Gayle and Samuels posting a fifty partnership off 21 balls.
Gayle, who hit a 17-ball half-century in the first match in Cape Town on Friday, was only marginally slower on Sunday, reaching the mark off 20 deliveries with three sixes and seven fours.
West Indies won toss
South Africa
R R Rossouw c Ramdin b Holder 15
†M N van Wyk c Pollard b Benn 4
*F du Plessis c Bravo b Holder 119
D A Miller run out 47
J L Ontong c Holder b Bravo 19
F Behardien not out 8
D Wiese c Smith b Bravo 6
K J Abbott run out 2
Extras (lb 2, w 7, nb 2) 11
Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 231
Did not bat: M de Lange, I Tahir, A M Phangiso
Fall: 1-5, 2-21, 3-126, 4-156, 5-222, 6-228, 7-231
Bowling: Benn 3-0-42-1; Cottrell 3-0-47-0 (1nb); Holder 4-0-40-2 (2w); Russell 4-0-39-0 (1nb, 4w); D J Bravo 4-0-32-2 (1w); Sammy 1-0-17-0; Pollard 1-0-12-0
West Indies
D R Smith lbw de Lange 17
C H Gayle c van Wyk b Wiese 90
M N Samuels c Behardien b Wiese 60
K A Pollard c Behardien b Wiese 7
A D Russell c Miller b Abbott 14
D J Bravo c Ontong b Phangiso 10
*D J G Sammy not out 20
†D Ramdin not out 7
Extras (b 4, w 7) 11
Total (6 wickets; 19.2 overs) 236
Did not bat: J O Holder, S J Benn, S S Cottrell
Fall: 1-19, 2-171, 3-178, 4-185, 5-198, 6-209
Bowling: Abbott 4-0-68-1 (1w); de Lange 3.2-0-42-1 (2w); Wiese 4-0-43-3 (3w); Phangiso 3-0-33-1; Imran 4-0-29-0 (1w); Ontong 1-0-17-0
Result: West Indies won by 4 wickets
Series: West Indies lead the 3-match series by 2-0
Man of the Match: C H Gayle (West Indies)
Umpires: S George and A T Holdstock. TV umpire: J D Cloete. Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)