McLaren captured five wickets for 19 runs from 3.5 overs to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, as
The 27-year-old McLaren finished with the second-best figures in a Twenty20 international behind
Both the West Indies and
“It's a good way to start off the tour having practised indoors and not outdoors for the last few weeks,” said McLaren.
“But it's only the first day, and there's plenty more cricket to come, so hopefully, I can better this performance.
“We all know the nature of T20 cricket - the bowler is always up against it. You can take five wickets one day, and the next day, take a thumping, but I enjoyed it.”
“Playing shots was not easy, and there was a strong wind, so there were a lot of things you had to take into consideration.
“It was obviously nice to start with a win. This was the most important thing for us.
“We have worked really hard over the last few days here in
“We want to have a good tour of the
Earlier veteran South African batsman Jacques Kallis had struck one four and three sixes in 53 from 45 balls, as South Africa laboured to 136 for seven from their 20 overs, after deciding to bat on an uneven pitch.
He added 73 for the second wicket with Smith, whose 37 from 31 balls included three fours and one six.
Once they were separated,
McLaren then became only the fourth bowler to collect five wickets in a T20 match, when he ripped out Andre Fletcher caught behind by stand-in keeper AB de Villiers for a duck, and had the dangerous
Johan Botha snuffed out a
When Roelof van der Merwe had Ramnaresh Sarwan caught at cover off the leading edge in the 11th over,
“It was a disappointing start for us,” said Gayle. “We wanted to put our dismal performance in the T20 World Cup behind us, but this was not the best way to do it, and was not the best start to the series.
“We still have a match on Thursday, so we have to pick ourselves up. This is no time for pointing fingers.
“We have a lot of corrections to make out there, and we have to return to the drawing board to try and get the best out of the players.”
G. Smith st Fletcher b Miller 37
L. Bosman c Fletcher b
J. Kallis c Sarwan b Pollard 53
A. de Villiers c
J. Duminy b Roach 0
J. Botha c Fletcher b Roach 0
A. Petersen run out (Fletcher) 6
R. McLaren not out 6
R. van der Merwe not out 4
Extras (lb3, w4, nb5) 12
Total (7 wkts) 136
Did not bat D. Steyn, C. Langeveldt
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Bosman, 3.1 overs); 2-88 (Smith, 12.1); 3-111 (Kallis, 15.5); 4-115 (Duminy, 16.1); 5-115 (Botha, 16.3); 6-122 (de Villiers, 17.6); 7-127 (Petersen, 18.4)
Bowling Roach 4-0-25-2 (nb5, w1);
Overs 20
C. Gayle c Smith b McLaren 14
A. Fletcher c de Villiers b McLaren 0
D. Bravo c (sub) Amla b Botha 20
R. Sarwan c Petersen b van der Merwe 13
K. Pollard b McLaren 27
D. Sammy st de Villiers b McLaren 17
N. Miller c wkpr de Villiers b Langeveldt 5
J.
S. Benn c Amla b McLaren 4
K. Roach not out 3
Extras (lb1, w11, nb1) 13
Total (all out) 123
Fall of wickets 1-14 (+Fletcher, 2.3 overs); 2-28 (*Gayle, 5.1); 3-48 (Bravo, 9.3); 4-50 (Deonarine, 9.5); 5-52 (Sarwan, 10.4); 6-88 (Pollard, 15.4); 7-99 (Miller, 17.3); 8-111 (
Bowling van der Merwe 3-0-17-1 (w1); Steyn 4-0-23-0 (nb1, w7); McLaren 3.5-0-19-5 (w2); Langeveldt 3-0-31-1; Kallis 2-0-13-0; Botha 4-0-19-2 (w1)
Overs 19.5
Result
Series
Man-of-the-Match Ryan McLaren (RSA)
Toss
Umpires C. Duncan (
TV umpire C. Mack (
Match referee R. Mahanama (SLK)
Reserve umpire G. Greaves (
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