PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (CMC):

Stand-in West Indies captain, Dwayne Bravo, is thrilled over his team's execution of their game plan on Sunday that led to a vital win over South Africa in the first Twenty20 International.

Bravo, deputising for the injured regular captain Chris Gayle, said their aim to apply early pressure paid off.

"There were times when things got tight but at no time did we feel under pressure. The pressure was on them (South Africa) and they fell apart," Bravo said.

"At the end of the day a win is a win and we will take them as they come," added Bravo.

Playing before a colourful and vocal crowd of 13,000 at the Sahara Oval, the Windies put in an awesome display to defeat the Proteas with more than three overs to spare.

"This is what we came here to South Africa for, to show that we have the ability to play and that we are here to fight for West Indies cricket," Bravo said.

"As we keep saying, we are not just here to play, we are here to compete and we will give 100 per cent on every occasion," said Bravo.

On their last tour here, the Windies lost the Test series 0-3 and the ODI series 1-3.

The star of the night was fast bowler Jerome Taylor, who took a triple-wicket maiden in his first over to win the Man of the Match award.

"It was a brilliant effort by everyone out there tonight. We could not have asked for more. The plan was to come at them hard and get into the batting from early. It worked and everyone deserves credit," said Taylor, who was also Man of the Series in the recent trip to Zimbabwe.

He also noted that there's a "positive vibe" in the camp.

After rain reduced the match to just 13 overs per side, Taylor's opening burst plunged South Africa into deep trouble at an appalling 10 runs for five wickets in the fourth over.

South Africa eventually struggled to 58 for eight off their 13 overs and West Indies replied with 60 for five in 9.5 overs.

"We knew that as long as we went out (after rain) we had to put on our thinking caps and be ready to fire," said Taylor, who finished the marvellous figures of three for six off three overs.

Daren Powell (1-6), Darren Sammy (1-9) and Fidel Edwards (1-14) and run-outs by Bravo and Runako Morton set up the West Indies victory.

The West Indies returned to East London early yesterday morning to prepare for a four-day match against South Africa A, which starts at Buffalo Park tomorrow.