King’s 79 leads West Indies to 28-run victory over S Africa

Brandon King

Stand-in captain Brandon King made 79 as West Indies defeated South Africa by 28 runs in the first Twenty 20 international of a three-game series in Kingston on Thursday.

Opener King, deputising for skipper Rovman Powell who has been away on IPL duty, racked up his runs off 45 balls with six sixes and six boundaries as West Indies made 175-8 in their 20 overs. In reply, South Africa laboured to 147 all out despite Reeza Hendricks making his 15th T20 international half-century.

"I know the conditions well, which was an advantage," said man-of-the-match King who was playing at his home Sabina Park ground. "We knew we had to go hard against the new ball as it'd get tougher later. We had 200-220 in mind as we had wickets in hand but fell short on a tough pitch," he added.

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