Top 5 bowling spells of 2016

#4 Sunil Narine 6/27 vs South Africa at Guyana

Sunil Narine’s guile was too much for the Proteas

They say that ‘One can take a genius away from the game, but can’t take away the game from a genius’. Marred by suspensions, Sunil Narine was up and running in his very first contest against South Africa since his comeback.

Batting first, South Africa’s ship was steadied efficiently by the top-order and after 35 overs the score stood at 160/3. Rilee Rossouw was batting on 61 and threatened to propel the score to a healthy one, but Narine snapped him up through a faint edge, which eventually panned out to be pivotal in the context of the game.

South Africa folded for 188 runs, losing their final seven wickets for 28 runs within a space of 12 overs. Albeit it required Kieron Pollard’s six-hitting prowess to take West Indies home, but it was the guile of Narine that set up the win.