Centurion's T20 run avalanche: Not bad bowling, but a freak of nature, Proteas bowlers told

Despite hardly covering themselves in glory, Reeza Hendricks believes there is no need for the Proteas attack to be admonished for their struggles in Sunday's momentous second T20 victory over the West Indies at SuperSport Park.

It's eminently possible that most people forgave and forgot anyway the moment South Africa spectacularly mowed down a target of 259 - a world record T20 chase - with something to spare, but the numbers still look unflattering.

Kagiso Rabada ended as the most economical bowler across both teams in conceding 39 from his four-over spell, a rate of 9.75.

Wayne Parnell was relatively respectable, too, with 2/43 at 10.75, but the rest boasted patently ugly figures.

Sisanda Magala, the Proteas bowling hero in the first match, came within a run of Kyle Abbott's record for the worst figures for a South African in a T20 international, bleeding 16.75 runs per over in his spell of 0/67 and Tabraiz Shamsi (16.50) and Marco Jansen (13) who at least took three wickets.

Is that something to worry about? 

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"Definitely not," Hendricks, whose sublime 68 was vital to the hosts' victory charge, told News24 Sport.

"You're not going to blame any bowler on a day like this. You actually have to feel a bit sorry for them. It's part of the game, which became very clear when both teams bowled on that pitch.

"It is what it is. They'll probably 'complain' it's a batters' game this. 

"I suppose, in the end, when you've won, you can say you're happy they restricted the opposition to that total. But overall, it's just how things went and to be honest, we're really happy as a team."

Vinnie Barnes, Cricket South Africa's high performance manager and