West Indies crushed South Africa 3-0 in in their three-match T20I series played in August 2024.
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WI vs SA Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall West Indies vs South Africa T20Is Head-to-head: This is quite a close head to head between these two teams in T20I cricket with West Indies leading 14-12 in the 25 matches played between themselves.
- This includes West Indies’ 3-0 win in this series played in the Caribbean.
- Before this series, their most recent meeting came in the T20 World Cup where South Africa chased down a small total against West Indies in the Super Eights stage to grab a semifinal spot.
- That result had also knocked West Indies out of the tournament.
WI vs SA 2024 Tour Schedule
- 1st Test: August 7-11 at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
- 2nd Test: August 15-19 at Providence Stadium, Guyana
- 1st T20I: August 24 at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
- 2nd T20I: August 26 at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
- 3rd T20I: August 28 at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
What Have The Two Teams Done Recently?
This T20I series is part of a tour which has already seen the two teams feature in a Test series in which South Africa won 1-0.
After the first Test ended in a rain-filled draw, South Africa came back on multiple occasions on a seaming pitch to clinch a narrow win and notch up the points on the ICC World Test Championship points table.
As far as T20I cricket goes, both are coming off the T20 World Cup in which there were starkly different performances from them.
While South Africa were a shot or two away from winning their first ever ICC World Cup title before eventually choking in a close one in the final against India, West Indies stumbled in the Super Eights to get knocked out despite being the favourites to go through at one stage.
In the two T20Is that have been played in this series, there has been absolutely no doubt who the better side has been with West Indies winning both games convincingly.
Quick WI vs SA 3rd T20I Preview
Coming into the series, both teams were missing key personnel. But while West Indies have managed to adapt well to the circumstances, South Africa have struggled to do the same.
South Africa’s issues have stemmed from the lack of batting support and for the second game in a row, they were left with a set of batters who could have, and should have done better.
While in the first game, the top half of their batting had fallen apart and that had meant Tristan Stubbs was left to do all the heavy-lifting towards the end, South Africa collapsed from 129/3 in 13.4 overs to 149 all out in the second chasing 180 for a win.
It was a collapse reminiscent of what had happened in the T20 World Cup final and that’s something that will worry the Saffers.
Meanwhile West Indies will be cock-a-hoop with Romario Shepherd jumping in with the ball and carving out the South African discomfiture. Earlier they had Shai Hope top-scoring with 41 but more vitally there were enough number of contributions throughout the innings to get the hosts to a solid 179/6 from their 20 overs.
It’s this concerted effort with the bat and ball that has held West Indies in a good stead in this series while making South Africa’s life difficult.
Possible WI vs SA 3rd T20I Playing XIs
West Indies
South Africa
Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Tristan Stubbs, Patrick Kruger, Ryan Rickelton, Wiian Mulder, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi, Bjorn Fortuin, Ottneil Baartman.
WI vs SA 3rd T20I Predictions with Latest Odds*
WI vs SA Match Winner
- West Indies to win: 4/7 (sign up with 1xbet)
WI vs SA Top Batsman
- Top West Indies Batsman – Nichola Pooran: 3/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top South Africa Batsman – Aiden Markram: 4/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
WI vs SA Top Bowler
- Top West Indies Bowler – Akeal Hossein: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Bangladesh Bowler – Ottneil Baartman: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
WI vs SA Toss Prediction
West Indies to win the toss: 10/11
WI vs SA Score Prediction
First Innings Score – Under 175.5: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
