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South Africa have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead over the West Indies in their ODI series, after a frankly astonishing victory in Barbados.

There was no doubt as to the Man of the Match: former prison warder Charl Langeveldt delivered a nerveless final over, completing a hat-trick and dismissing the opposition with the penultimate ball of the match. The Windies had looked to be sitting pretty, thanks largely to Gayle's 132. They needed just 4 runs off the last 7 balls, and with 4 wickets in hand, it seemed as though (even) they couldn't lose. But up stepped Langeveldt with a virtuoso performance to silence the Kensington Oval crowd.

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