JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The West Indies got a consolation win off South Africa after rain reduced their Twenty20 match to a shootout at the Wanderers on Saturday.
South Africa won the series 2-1 and the West Indies won the last match by six runs on the DLS method in a thrilling finish.
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West Indies bowler Gudakesh Motie, second from right, celebrates with his teammates after taking a wicket during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies bowler Akeal Hosein, right, takes a catch to dismiss South Africa's batsman Aiden Markram during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies bowler Rovman Powell takes a catch to dismiss South Africa's batsman Quinton de Kock during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies batsman Shai Hope plays a stroke shot during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, right, plays a shot as South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock watches on during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Rain delayed the start of the match for nearly two hours and reduced it to 16 overs per side. The West Indies was 66-1 after six overs when an hour-long rain delay reduced the game to 10 overs per side.
West Indies reached 114-3. Captain Shai Hope hit 48 runs off 25 balls and Shimron Hetmyer 48 not out off 22. They hit 10 sixes between them. One by Hetmyer hit a spectator in the head while he was lying on his back. The man quickly stood up and clapped.
South Africa's target was 125 and it fell short at 118-6.
Quinton de Kock took 18 off the first over but captain Aiden Markram was caught off a top-edged pull in the second.
De Kock went for 28 off 14, Ryan Rickelton hit straight to long-on on 15 and Dewald Brevis went two balls later on 17 as spinner Gudakesh Motie took their wickets in eight balls.
Jason Smith hit 20 runs in the eighth over and South Africa arrived at the final over needing 16 runs to win. It was down to nine when Smith was bowled by a Shamar Joseph yorker with two balls left.
South Africa received good news before the game when David Miller was “medically cleared” to play in his sixth T20 World Cup starting next weekend. A groin injury sidelined him from the series with West Indies.
At the World Cup in India, the West Indies will open against Scotland next Saturday in Kolkata. South Africa starts two days later against Canada in Ahmedabad.
West Indies bowler Gudakesh Motie, second from right, celebrates with his teammates after taking a wicket during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies bowler Akeal Hosein, right, takes a catch to dismiss South Africa's batsman Aiden Markram during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies bowler Rovman Powell takes a catch to dismiss South Africa's batsman Quinton de Kock during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies batsman Shai Hope plays a stroke shot during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, right, plays a shot as South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock watches on during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians including several children on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire, a day after Israel accused Hamas of new truce violations.
The strikes hit locations throughout Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis, said officials at hospitals that received the bodies. The casualties included two women and six children from two different families. Another airstrike hit a police station in Gaza City, killing at least 14 and wounding others, Shifa Hospital director Mohamed Abu Selmiya said.
The strikes came a day before the Rafah crossing along the border with Egypt is set to open in Gaza’s southernmost city. All of the territory’s border crossings — the rest are with Israel — have been closed throughout almost the entire war. Palestinians see Rafah as a lifeline for tens of thousands needing treatment outside the territory, where the majority of medical infrastructure has been destroyed.
The crossing's opening, limited at first, will occur as the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan moves into its second phase. Other challenging issues include demilitarizing the strip after nearly two decades of Hamas rule and installing a new government to oversee reconstruction.
Egypt, one of the ceasefire mediators, in a statement condemned the Israeli strikes in the “strongest terms” and warned that they represent “a direct threat to the political course” of the truce. Qatar, another mediator, in a statement called Israel's strikes a “dangerous escalation” and said continuing them poses a “direct threat” to the political process.
Nasser Hospital said the strike on the tent camp in Khan Younis caused a fire, killing seven, including a father, his three children and three grandchildren.
Atallah Abu Hadaiyed said he had just finished praying when the explosion struck. "We came running and found my cousins lying here and there, with fire raging. We don’t know if we’re at war or at peace, or what. Where is the truce? Where is the ceasefire they talked about?”he said, as people inspected ruins including a bloodied mattress.
Shifa Hospital said the Gaza City apartment building strike killed three children, their aunt and grandmother.
“The three girls are gone, may God have mercy on them. They were asleep, we found them in the street,” said a relative, Samir Al-Atbash, adding that the family were civilians with no connection to Hamas. Names were written on body bags lined up at the foot of a wall.
Shifa Hospital said the strike on the police station killed at least 14 including four policewomen, civilians and inmates. The hospital also said a man was killed in a strike on the eastern side of Jabaliya refugee camp.
Hamas called Saturday's strikes “a renewed flagrant violation” and urged the United States and other mediating countries to push Israel to stop them.
“All available indicators suggest that we are dealing with a ‘Board of War,’ not a ‘Board of Peace,’” senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said on X, questioning the legitimacy of the Trump administration-proposed international body meant to govern Gaza.
Israel’s military, which has struck targets on both sides of the ceasefire’s dividing line, said its attacks since October have been responses to violations of the agreement. It said Saturday's strikes followed what it described as two separate ceasefire violations a day earlier, in which Israeli forces killed three militants who emerged from a tunnel in an Israeli-controlled area of Rafah and four who approached troops near the dividing line.
The number reported killed Saturday was several times higher than the daily average since the ceasefire began. As of Friday, Gaza’s Health Ministry had recorded at least 520 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the start of the ceasefire. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.
The war began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 people hostage. The remains of the final hostage in Gaza were recovered early this week.
Magdy reported from Cairo and Metz from Jerusalem.
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This story has been corrected to remove a reference to the Rafah crossing’s opening being part of the ceasefire’s second phase.
Palestinians carry a body from the rubble of police station after it was targeted by an Israeli army strike in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors from the rubble of police station after it was targeted by an Israeli army strike in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man surveys the damage to an apartment building after an Israeli military strike killed several people in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man carries the body of Sham Abu Hadaiyd, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mahmoud Al-Atbash mourns the bodies of his two daughters, Zeina and Maryam, who were killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Relatives carry the bodies of members of the Al-Atbash family, who were killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians survey the damage to an apartment building after an Israeli military strike killed several people in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians mourn over the body of a person who was killed in an Israeli strike, as they sit on a cart during his funeral outside at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians walk amid buildings destroyed by Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
