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South Africa skipper <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/12492/temba-bavuma/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Temba Bavuma</a> believes <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/59736/heinrich-klaasen/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heinrich Klaasen</a>&rsquo;s ton in the third ODI against West Indies stands out as the perfect example of the brand of cricket the Proteas want to play going forward, and revealed that the right-hander&rsquo;s 119* felt like a &lsquo;watershed moment&rsquo; for South Africa as a team, for that is exactly how they&rsquo;d envisioned batting as a group.South Africa entered the third ODI 0-1 down, and were staring down the barrel at 87/4, chasing 261, but a stunning 54-ball ton from Klaasen helped them not only chase down the target, but do it in record time as they became the first ever side in ODI history to chase a 250+ target in under 30 overs.&nbsp;Bavuma, who himself struck a sizzling ton in the second ODI, was full of praise for Klaasen&rsquo;s knock and approach and attested that the swashbuckling century serves as the blueprint for the Proteas, going forward in 50-over cricket.&quot;Klaasen batted beautifully and the way he went about his business speaks to how we want to play our cricket,&quot; Bavuma said of Klaasen&#39;s ton.&quot;Watching on the sidelines, it felt like a watershed moment for us as a team because we&#39;ve been talking about how we want to play.&quot;The manner in which he batted breathed life in terms of what we&#39;ve been talking about.&quot;But Bavuma feels it&#39;s imperative that his side builds on this performance and starts replicating the same going forward - that too across conditions.&quot;In this game, Klaasen showed what we want to do on a consistent basis, but it&#39;s important that we grow through such games and the other games that&#39;ll come our way,&quot; Bavuma said.&quot;We need to be able to play like this in other conditions.&quot;The emphatic chase in the third ODI against West Indies was, in fact, the second time in four ODIs the Proteas had taken down a bowling attack through a gung-ho approach, having chased down 343 in 49.1 overs against England. Bavuma understands there&#39;s a &#39;learning process&#39; ahead but believes his side are on the right track.He also hoped for the team&#39;s recent showings to play a part in building &#39;trust and belief&#39; among fans.&nbsp;&quot;We&#39;ve taken a few steps towards what perfect would look like for us.&quot;We&#39;ve shown in the last two games against the West Indies and the three games against England that we have confidence in refining our brand.&quot;We know there&#39;s still a learning process that we still need to go through because we&#39;re going to come up against different opposition in different conditions which we&#39;ll have to adapt to.&quot;The three-match series against West Indies, however, was not a part of the ODI Super League. The Proteas, as things stand, have still not sealed automatic qualification for the 50-over World Cup and will have to win both the ODIs against Netherlands, which will be played on March 31 and April 2 respectively, to give themselves the best chance of doing so.Powered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

The skipper was full of praise for Klaasen’s approach and attested that the swashbuckling century serves as the blueprint for the Proteas going forward

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Klaasen’s ton felt like a watershed moment for us as a team: Bavuma

Prior to Tuesday, only two South Africans &mdash; <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/3675/ab-de-villiers/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AB de Villiers</a> and <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/631/mark-boucher/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Boucher</a> &mdash; had smashed an ODI ton in 54 or fewer balls, and the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/59736/heinrich-klaasen/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henirich Klaasen</a> joined the list on the back of a stunning onslaught in the third ODI against West Indies.Klaasen&rsquo;s stroke-making was mind-boggling in itself but even more absurd was the situation in which he managed to do the same. Chasing 261, the Proteas were in all sorts at 87/4 and had only one specialist batter &mdash; David Miller &mdash; left in the sheds. The match situation demanded a slow rebuild that would help the hosts find their way back into the chase, but Klaasen paid no heed to the situation as he went bang, bang, taking down every single Windies bowler in the process.And outrageously enough, the ploy ended up working as South Africa got home in just 29.3 overs, in turn becoming the first team in ODI history to chase a 250+ target within 30 overs. Klaasen finished with 119* off just 61 balls and the hosts ended up leveling the series in the most thrilling fashion imaginable.So how did Klaasen do what he did? How did he, with his side&rsquo;s back against the wall, gather the courage to come out swinging and steamroll the opposition?&quot;It was one of those days where the first couple of shots went into the gap,&quot; Klaasen said after the game.&quot;To be quite honest, the rest was simple for me. We&#39;re trying to play the conditions and not the situations, and the conditions were fantastic to bat on.&quot;I felt like I had a couple of loose deliveries that I capitalised on, and I felt that set the tempo for my innings.&quot;I didn&#39;t have to take too many risks, even though I took one or two, but the good ball I could have respected.&quot;There was no pressure, even when I got in, to chase any sort of big run-rate when the conditions are that good.&quot;You just have to bat through and play each ball on its own merits.&quot;The knock on Tuesday was, by far, the most explosive of Klaasen&rsquo;s ODI career and the 31-year-old said that he fixed a small flaw at the nets in the lead-up to the game that allowed him to free up his game.&quot;We just fixed a little technical thing at the nets after 50 balls of edging and surviving balls,&quot; Klaasen said.&quot;I just tried to stay nice and still and calm. I think after that, I hit a couple of better balls and everything seemed to hit the middle of the bat a bit better.&quot;I took that confidence into today&#39;s game.&quot;Powered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

From 87/4 in 12.1 overs, South Africa remarkably ended up chasing 261 in under 30 overs

Heinrich Klaasen

‘I played the conditions, not the situation’ - Klaasen post his stunning ton

<a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/59736/heinrich-klaasen/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heinrich Klaasen</a> slammed a 54-ball century as South Africa beat the West Indies by four wickets in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday.South Africa were in trouble at 87 for four chasing a West Indian total of 260, but Klaasen went for his shots, and the home side chased down the target with 20.3 overs to spare.The series was shared 1-1 after the first match was rained off. &quot;We try to play conditions and not the situation and the conditions were fantastic,&quot; said Klaasen.Klaasen finished with 119 not out off 61 balls, hitting 15 fours and five sixes in Potchefstroom. He shared partnerships of 55 off 38 balls with <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/5313/david-miller/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Miller</a> (17) and a match-clinching sixth-wicket stand of 103 off 62 deliveries with<a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/69409/marco-jansen/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Marco Jansen </a>(43).&quot;It was a good wicket, and it was one of my better knocks,&quot; said Klaasen after notching his second one-day international century and the fourth-fastest for South Africa behind two from <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/3675/ab-de-villiers/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AB de Villiers</a> and one from Mark Boucher.De Villiers holds the world record with his 31-ball hundred against the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2014/15. <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/64264/alzarri-joseph/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alzarri Joseph</a> rocked the South Africans at the start of their innings by taking the first two wickets with aggressive, short-pitched bowling.He finished with three for 50, but the rest of the West Indian bowlers took heavy punishment. Klaasen was particularly severe on spin bowlers <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/57239/akeal-hosein/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Akeal Hosein</a>, who took two for 49 in seven overs, and Yannic Cariah, who conceded 49 runs in 3.3 overs.West Indies were bowled out for 260 after they were sent in by <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/64219/aiden-markram/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aiden Markram</a>, captaining South Africa in the absence of <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/12492/temba-bavuma/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Temba Bavuma</a>, who had a hamstring strain. Brandon King struck 11 fours and a six in making 72 off 72 balls in an inning studded with elegant drives.But the rest of the West Indian batsmen failed, apart from <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/63726/nicholas-pooran/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicholas Pooran</a>, who hit 39 and Jason Holder, who made 36. &quot;We batted well in parts, but we definitely did not perform with the ball,&quot; said West Indies captain Shai Hope.The series did not count for the World Cup Super League but Markram said Tuesday&#39;s result was important ahead of two matches against the Netherlands at the end of the month which South Africa must win if they hope to qualify automatically for the World Cup.Powered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

South Africa became the first team to successfully chase down a total of over 250 runs in less than 30 overs

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