CWC SouthAfrica150The fourth T20 international between West Indies and South Africa takes place in Grenada on Thursday and as far as the series is concerned the Proteas are 2-1 up with two to play

 

 

 

All 5 of the matches in this series are staged at National Cricket Stadium, St Georges, Grenada and the Proteas have their noses in front after edging the third contest which went right down to the wire.

 

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Quinton de Kock got the Proteas off to a flyer on Wednesday. Batting first de Kock made 72 of their total of 167/8 with van der Dussen next highest scorer with 32. Obed McCoy returned outstanding figures of 4/22.

 

The top 5 in the West Indies batting order all got a start but 27 was their highest individual total (Lewis and Pooran).

West Indies needed 15 to win off the last over and although the final ball went for 6 all Rabada had to do was guard against bowling a wide or no ball and the Proteas were home by 1 run.

 

Tabraiz Shamsi claimed 2 wickets and his 4 overs went for just 13 runs, a crucial contribution in the final outcome which earned him the Man of the Match award.

 

Earlier in the series West Indies drew first blood with n 8 wicket victory and South Africa squared things up with a 16 run win in the second match.

 

Quinton de Kock is top run scorer in the series with 135, Evin Lews has 119 and ven der Dussen 90. Obed McCoy is leading wicket takers with 7, Dwayne Bravo

has 5 and Shamsi and Rabada have 4.

 

This was how the teams lined up for the third T20.

 

West Indies: Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Obed McCoy, Kevin Sinclair

 

South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi

 

 

 

Head to Head

 

Overall the teams have met 13 times with West Indies winning 5 to South Africa's 8

 

The Venue: National Cricket Stadium, St Georges, Grenada You can check the weather forecast here.

 

The Betting

 

West Indies are currently trading at around 8/10 to win the fourth T20 and South Africa can be backed at around even money

 

Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

The Verdict

 

The Proteas can close the series out if they win here, something which seemed unlikely after the opening match was dominated by the hosts.

 

At the time of writing all I had to work with was the match result market and the momentum is with the Proteas who's bowlers seem to be more effective than those of the Windies.

 

Whilst not a confident selection I'll go with the Proteas to make it 3-1 and claim a series victory

 

Bets: South Africa to win at even money

 

Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

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