West Indies put Proteas to the sword in dominant opening T20 win

The West Indies defeated South Africa by eight wickets in the first T20 international of a five-match series at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Saturday.

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Brief scores: 

South Africa 160/6 (R. van der Dussen 56 n.o., Q. de Kock 37, T. Bavuma 22; F. Allen 2-18, D. Bravo, 2-30)

West Indies 162/2 off 15 overs (E. Lewis 71, C. Gayle 32 n.o., A. Fletcher 30; T. Shamsi 1-27) 

TEAMS:

West Indies

Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (wkt), Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Obed McCoy, Kevin Sinclair

South Africa

Quinton de Kock (wkt), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi