World T20 2016: South Africa v West Indies – Statistical Highlights

West Indies confirmed their semi-final spot after a close win against South Africa at the VCA Stadium, Nagpur. After putting South Africa into bat, West Indies restricted them to just 122/7 after attacking the opposition with spin early on.

Later West Indies looked comfortable in their chase until they lost wickets in quick succession. The equation was brought down to 20 from last 2 overs and Marlon Samuels got out after hitting a couple of boundaries in the penultimate over. On the other side, Carlos Brathwaite kept his cool and stuck a six in the final over to seal the game for his side. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of runs and wickets West Indies’ captain Darren Sammy has in this World T20. Apparently, he faced only 1 balls and is yet to bowl a delivery. The solo ball he faced in this WT20 came in this game on which he got cleaned up by Tahir.

1 – Number of boundaries Imran Tahir has conceded in this WT20 so far. He didn’t concede any boundaries in this game.

1 – Darren Sammy became the first West Indies’ captain to be dismissed for a golden duck in WT20s. He is the 10th captain in overall to be dismissed for a golden duck in WT20 history.

2 – Number of times South Africa and West Indies faced each other in World T20s. South Africa won on both occasions.

3 – West Indies made into World T20 semis for the 3rd consecutive edition. They became the 3rd team to make into semis of WT20 in 3 consecutive editions. Sri Lanka (4*) and Pakistan (3) are the other two teams.

4 – Number of times South Africa lost their first 3 wickets in first 3 overs in a T20I innings including this game. They lost all of the 4 matches.

7 – Number of ducks Rilee Rossouw has in international cricket. He has batted in 42 innings so far.

13 – Runs conceded by Imran Tahir in his 4 overs. These are the fewest conceded by him in a T20I after bowling 4 overs. These are also the joint fewest by a South African spinner in WT20s.

295 – Wickets taken by Dwayne Bravo in Twenty20 cricket. Only Lasith Malinga (299) has more wickets than Bravo.

1001 – Runs scored by Dwayne Bravo in T20Is. He became the 3rd West Indies player to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.

1036 – Runs scored by Marlon Samuels in T20Is. He became the 2nd West Indies player to complete 1000 runs in T20Is. He is one of the 31 players in over to complete 1000 T20I runs.

2003 – Last time when West Indies defeated South Africa in World Cups was in 2003 at Cape Town.

2012 – Last time Chris Gayle bowled in a T20I was in 2012.

2014 – Last time when Chris Gayle scored less than 75 in a T20I innings was in the World T20 2014 semis. Since then he played only 5 T20Is in which one of them got washed out before he came out to bat and wasn’t allowed to bat in last game. In the remaining 3 games, his scores were 77, 90 and 100*.

How did Twitter react to West Indies’ win? – Twitter Reactions: West Indies march their way to the semi-finals