The first of three one day internationals between South Africa and West Indies takes place in East London on Thursday and we take a look at the squads, recent form and the all important betting.
South Africa won the recently concluded two match test series 2-0 with victory margins of 87 runs and 284 runs. This is a 3 match series with the second contest also staged in East London on Saturday before the teams move on to Potchefstroom for third match next week. Let's start with the squads.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain) Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Ryan Rickelton, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams, Rassie van der Dussen
West Indies Shai Hope (Captain), Rovman Powell (Vice Captain), Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith
Recent Form
The Proteas were 2-1 winners at home to England in Jan / Feb this year. They claimed the series with wins of 27 runs and then 5 wickets before England came away with a consolation victory of 59 runs in the final match.
South Africa lost 2-1 in India in October last year, winning the first contest by 9 runs but losing the next two by margins of 7 wickets. Prior to that South Africa were in England in July 2022, they won the series opener by 62 runs, lost the second contest by 118 runs and what would have been the decider was washed out.
West Indies haven't seen much ODI cricket of late. In August 2022 they lost 2-1 at home to New Zealand and a month earlier they lost 3-0 at home to India and 3-0 at home to Bangladesh. In June they went down 3-0 in Pakistan and they have now lost 11 of their last 12 ODI's.
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 62 times with South Africa winning 44 to West Indies 15 with 1 tie and 2 no results
The Venue – Buffalo Park, East London
Over the course of the last decade just 2 ODI's have been staged in East London. In January 2015 the Proteas beat West Indies by 9 wickets and in October 2017
SA beat Bangladesh by 200 runs.
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The Betting
At the time of writing South Africa are 0.27/1 to win the match and West Indies are 26/10
South Africa are 11/10 to hit the most sixes with the draw at 6/1 and West Indies are 9/10
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
West Indies ODI record is atrocious so you can understand why the Proteas are so short to win the match.
Although the visitors target 6's I feel SA have enough fire power of their own to clear the ropes more times than the visitors.
Additional interest comes in the shape of Bavuma to score 50.
Bets: Most match sizes, South Africa at 11/10 with Betway
To score a 50, Bavuma at 1.75/1 with Betway
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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