Twenty20 World Championship 2007

South Africa vs West Indies

SA vs WI, Group A: South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets

South Africa won the first Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies by 8 wickets at the New Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday. South Africa won the match with some heroic performances by their top order a poor show on the field by West Indies.
West Indies literally gave the match away by bowling and fielding poorly in the match. Gibbs took full advantage of the situation and made things easier for his team. He hammered his second international Twenty20 fifty. His fifty came in 38 balls. South Africa started off slowly but steadily to chase the Gayle led 205 run target. South African captain Graeme Smith departed after making 28 off 21 balls.
South Africa were on 51 runs at the end of five overs with Gibbs on 19 and Smith on 24. AB de Villiers got out for 21 runs off just 9 balls. He was caught by wicketkeeper Ramdin while trying to hit a six.
Earlier, West Indies rode to a total of 205 runs in 20 overs in the first match of the Twenty20 World Cup against South Africa. Chris Gayle became the highest run getter with a score of 117 runs off just 57 balls. Put in to bat first by South African captain Graeme Smith , West Indies got straight into the groove by smashing South African bowlers everywhere on the ground.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup, SA vs WI, Group A: South Africa 208-2 (17.4 overs) beat West Indies 205-6 by 8 wickets

SA vs WI, Group A: South Africa meet West Indies in ICC World Twenty20 opener

Hosts South Africa meet the West Indies in the opening match of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 on Tuesday in Johannesburg.
Both teams are clubbed with minnows Bangladesh in Group A, with only two being able to proceed to the next stage. South Africa have made a late chance to their squad drafting in Andre Nel for the injured Loots Bosman. The West Indies too have had injury worries over Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, but both are expected to be fit for the opener.

South Africa (from): Graeme Smith (capt), Mark Boucher (wkt), Gulam Bodi, A B de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Justin Kemp, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander, Shaun Pollock, Thandi Tshabalala, Johan van der Wath.
West Indies (from): Ramnaresh Sarwan (capt), Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, Devon Smith.

Twenty20 World Championship 2007

South Africa vs West Indies

Scorecard

West Indies Innings 205 for 6 (20.0 overs)

South Africa Innings 208 for 2 (17.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	c Boucher	b van der Wath	117	57	7	10
Smith	c Boucher	b Philander	35	34	3	0
Samuels	c de Villiers	b Pollock	6	4	0	1
Chanderpaul	c Boucher	b van der Wath	11	10	1	0
Smith	c Gibbs	b M Morkel	1	4	0	0
Sarwan	c de Villiers	b Philander	12	8	0	1
Ramdin	not out		6	4	1	0
Bravo	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		1nb 12w 4lb	17
Total		for 6	205	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Pollock 4.0 0 52 1 Ntini 2.0 0 19 0 van der Wath 4.0 0 33 2 M Morkel 4.0 0 30 1 Philander 4.0 0 35 2 A Morkel 1.0 0 16 0 Smith 1.0 0 16 0

Fall of wicket   145 Smith 152 Samuels 178 Gayle 182 Smith 188 Chanderpaul 204 Sarwan

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Gayle	b Rampaul	28	21	4	1
Gibbs	not out		90	55	14	2
de Villiers	c Ramdin	b Edwards	16	9	1	1
Kemp	not out		46	22	5	2
Extras		1nb 23w 4lb	28
Total		for 2	208	(17.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Powell 4.0 0 34 0 Rampaul 4.0 0 52 1 Smith 2.0 0 37 0 Edwards 3.0 0 21 1 Bravo 2.4 0 39 0 Samuels 2.0 0 21 0

Fall of wicket   54 Smith 88 de Villiers

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Umpires: M R Benson, D J Harper
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, de Villiers, Boucher, Kemp, Pollock, A Morkel, van der Wath, Philander, Ntini, M Morkel
West Indies: Gayle, Smith, Chanderpaul, Samuels, Sarwan, Bravo, Ramdin, Smith, Powell, Rampaul, Edwards

Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa

World Twenty20 2007

Group A:

11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg
13 September: West Indies vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg
15 September: South Africa vs Bangladesh at Cape Town

Group B:

12 September: Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town
13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town

Group C:

12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban
14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg

Group D:

12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban
13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban

Super Eight phase:

16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg
16 September: Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
16 September: South Africa vs England at Cape Town
17 September: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
18 September: New Zealand vs England at Durban
18 September: Australia vs Pakistan at Johannesburg
18 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
19 September: South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban
19 September: England vs India at Durban
20 September: Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town
20 September: Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town
20 September: South Africa vs India at Durban

Semi-finals:

22 September: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Cape Town
22 September: India vs Australia at Durban

Final:

24 September at Johannesburg