WI complete 3-0 T20I series rout of SA

Johnson Charles of the West Indies plays a shot   

The West Indies completed a 3-0 sweep of its T20I series with South Africa after an eight-wicket crushing of the Proteas at the Sabina Park on Sunday.

Set 164 to win, the Caribbean side raced to the target with 6.1 overs to spare and for the loss of just two wickets.

Openers Brandon King and Johnson Charles put on 92 in 6.4 overs with Charles in particular punishing the tourists as he battered 69 off just 26 balls. He hit 14 of those 26 balls for boundaries including five sixes.

Kyle Mayers came in and kept up the momentum and when stand-in Skipper King departed for 44 (28 balls), the West Indies were 130 for two with 9.1 overs remaining.

Mayers ended on 36 not out as the West Indies ensured it heads into the T20 World Cup, which it will co-host with the United States, in confident mood.

South Africa had its stand-in Captain Rassie van der Dussen to credit for even setting a half-decent target.

Van der Dussen hit five sixes in his crucial innings, putting on 77 in 8.1 overs in a fifth wicket partnership with Wiaan Mulder.

West Indies left-arm pace-man Obed McCoy, called into the World Cup Squad on Sunday to replace the injured Jason Holder, took three for 39 in four overs.

Chief scores

South Africa: 163/7 in 20 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 51, Wiaan Mulder 36, Shamar Joseph 2/26, Obed McCoy 3/39, Gudakesh Motie 2/21)
West Indies: 165/2 in 13.5 overs (Brandon King 44, Johnson Charles 69, Kyle Mayers 36 n.o).                              Agencies