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Lloyd Burnard
South African batter Reeza Hendricks plays a cover drive in a T20I. (Richard Huggard/Gallo Images)
The Proteas were walloped in the third and final T20 against the West Indies on Sunday, going down by eight wickets to lose the series 3-0.
If there are any positives for the South Africans to take from this series, the biggest one is surely that the bulk of their T20 World Cup squad was missing due to IPL duty.
Still, the form of players like Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee and Quinton de Kock will be a concern.
Nortje, especially, is struggling, and that was the case once more in this affair as he was taken for 26 runs in two disappointing overs.
Stand-in skipper Rassie van der Dussen, who won the toss and opted to bat first, scored a gutsy 51 (31) to help the Proteas recover from 50/4 to posting a competitive yet modest 163/7.
Wiaan Mulder (36 off 28) also made a valuable contribution.
But any hopes the Proteas had at the innings break were soon dashed as opener Johnson Charles (69 off 26) blasted Coetzee for 23 in one over and took the game away.
There was no coming back for the Proteas, were finally knocked out with just 13.5 overs bowled.
26 May 23:18
INNINGS REPORT
Captain Rassie van der Dussen struck 51 from 31 balls as South Africa set West Indies a target of 164 to win in the third and final game of the three-match series at Sabina Park on Sunday.
The Caribbean side have an unsurmoutable 2-0 lead in the series which comes ahead of the T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States.
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 3-39 in four overs.
Fast bowler Shamar Joseph took 2-26 in four overs while Gudakesh Motie took for 2-21 in his three overs.
26 May 20:46
TOSS REPORT
The Proteas have won the toss and will bat first in the third and final T20.
Tabraiz Shamsi is out with a niggle and Andile Phuhlukwayo is out with a bit of flu.
Patrick Kruger, meanwhile, is picked and is on debut.
Proteas XI
Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke, Rassie van der Dussen (c), Wiaan Mulder, Patrick Kruger, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Nqaba Peter, Anrich Nortje
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