Tahir ties up the Windies

Imran Tahir and JP Duminy spun a web which strangled the West Indies and gave the Proteas a 61-run win in the first rain-hit ODI against the West Indies in Durban on Friday.

Proteas look ahead to CWC

Once again, there will be an element of experimentation in the Proteas five-match ODI series against the West Indies, starting Friday in Durban, as there was with the T20 series.

SA v WI T20 series: the stats

Who did what in the three-match T20 series between South Africa and the West Indies

I’ve done my bit, says Van Wyk

Morne van Wyk, hero of the T20 victory over the West Indies, accepts that he may have had his 15 minutes of fame.

Van Wyk, Wiese crush Windies

Morne van Wyk’s excellent innings of 114, and David Wiese’s five-wicket haul set up the Proteas for a 69-run win in Durban on Wednesday night.

SA’s best T20I bowling figures

David Wiese achieved South Africa’s second best figures in Twenty20 Internationals, against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.

Highest individual T20I scores

Morne van Wyk’s 114 not out against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday weighed in as the eighth-highest score in the relatively brief history of Twenty20 International cricket. His mammoth knock keeps illustrious company, including Richard Levi and Faf du Plessis.

McLaren’s CWC absence will be felt

The omission of Ryan McLaren from the World Cup squad is a bad choice. He has been good over a long time.

Ontong speaks to media

Watch stand-in Proteas captain Justin Ontong talk to the media ahead of the third and final T20I against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.

Faf takes break from final T20

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has been rested for the final T20 International series against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.

Faf: We can’t stop Gayle

Proteas captain Faf du Plesssis admitted that they have no answers to counter big-hitting Chris Gayle.

Gayle does it again, even better

For a while, there was hope after the Proteas posted a demanding target of 232. Then Chris Gayle stepped on to the field and produced an innings which destroyed all that had gone before, helping the West Indies to a four-wicket win with four balls to spare.

Highest individual T20I scores

Faf du Plessis’ 119 against the West Indies in Johannesburg on Sunday weighed in as the third-highest score in the relatively brief history of Twenty20 International cricket. His mammoth knock keeps illustrious company.

Faf: We were the better team

If the Proteas can get rid of the of the ‘world’s most dangerous T20 player’, we have a chance of winning, says Faf du Plessis.

Gayle blows away Proteas

Chris Gayle’s brilliant 77 off 31 balls set up the West Indies for a four-wicket win over the Proteas in the first of three T20s, at Newlands on Friday night.