Quinton de Kock smashes 43-ball hundred as South Africa chase record 259 to beat West Indies in T20 run-fest.
Aiden Markram and his troops needed to overhaul 258/5 – the tallest chase in the history of T20 internationals – and duly did so, 17 years after Graeme Smith’s vintage famously surprised the Australians in a world record 50-over chase of 435 at the Wanderers.
Quinton de Kock scored a counter-attacking century as South Africa chased down 259 and beat West Indies in the second T20I at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. De Kock hit 100 off just 44 deliveries as South Africa pulled of highest successful chase by a team in the history of the format.
Earlier, Jonathan Charles registered the joint third-fastest century in T20I history as West Indies piled up a total of 258/5 against South Africa in the second T20I at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. Charles slammed 118 off just 46 balls, smashing 11 sixes and 10 fours as surpassed Chris Gayle to become the West Indies’ fastest centurion in the shortest format of the game.
South Africa’s requirement was 41 from 24 balls after a 16th over in which David Miller (10) was dismissed by Jason Holder, only for Markram to hit two fours and a six in Raymon Reifer’s 18-run 16th before Holder’s 18th was flogged for 14 by Markram and Klaasen.
The match is the highest-scoring in the history of T20 cricket, with 517 runs amassed across the course of a remarkable encounter at SuperSport Park.
The Proteas surpassed both the previous international and domestic T20 run chase records on their way to 259, trumping Bulgaria’s 246-4 to beat Serbia in June of last year and the 248-4 made by Central Districts against Otago in New Zealand’s domestic competition in December 2016.
West Indies’ tally of 22 sixes equalled the record in a men’s T20 international, matching the number Afghanistan smashed against Ireland at Dehradun in 2019.
South Africa levelled the three-match series against West Indies at 1-1.
My Goat Sports 