West Indies vs South Africa – July 1, 2021: Can the West Indies tie up the series?

  • Match: West Indies vs South Africa
  • Date: July 1, 2021
  • Start Time: 6:00pm
  • Stadium: National Cricket Stadium
  • Tournament: Twenty20 International – 2021 – 4th T20I
  • Format: T20I

Result

West Indies won by 21 runs


Trends

West Indies

– The West Indies started this series with a solid win but have been pegged back by South Africa since then. This is a must-win match to tie up the series.
– The West Indies has the firepower to beat South Africa, they just need to perform better. This is especially the case with the bat. We associate the WI batting lineup with runs but they need 1 player at the top of the order to get a decent score (more than 30). In these matches, there has always been a WI player further down the order having to go big to get the run rate up. A score closer to 190- 200 would be expected from this team.
– West Indies have chased a score in all 3 T20s so far. It will be interesting to see how they score if they get to bat first in this match.
– In their last T20 series, WI beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in a 3 match series. West Indies again chased in all 3 T20s and are now on a run of chasing in their last 6 T20 matches in a row!

South Africa

– In the last match we predicted a win for South Africa but we did not expect it to be quite as close as it was.
– de Kock was the top batsman getting 72 runs from 51 balls. South Africa was going very well at 40/0 at the end of the first 4 overs.
– Our other Dream 11 pick, Rassie van der Dussen was the second-highest scorer with 32 runs from 24 balls.
– In the last T20 series South Africa lost 3-1 to Pakistan in a 4 match series. This was a home series. Rassie van der Dussen played well in this tour as well. Despite being 32 he only started playing T20 international cricket in 2018 but has shown his quality for the national team since then. In 2018 he was named as 1 of the top 5 cricketers in South Africa. He is again our player to watch in this match.


West Indies vs South Africa Match Prediction

Despite being 2-1 down the West Indies are still the favourites to win this match! We see them as equals based on the tight games they have so far and we won’t be backing them at their current prices.

Match predictions – South Africa to win

We think South Africa are again the team to back in this match. They are the higher-rated team and are in good form against the West Indies. The bowling attack of South Africa has, in general, kept the West Indies attack quiet and we think that trend will continue.

West Indies vs South Africa Stats

Player Stats This Season

Top Batters This Season

West Indies
RunsSR4s6sAvg Runs
Jason Holder
88106.022644.00
Fabian Allen
81180.0011027.00
Andre Russell
53165.632626.50
South Africa
RunsSR4s6sAvg Runs
David Miller
116156.7678116.00
Rassie van der Dussen
86153.576486.00
Aiden Markram
202174.14231040.40

Top Bowlers This Season

West Indies
WktsOvsRunsEconAvg
Obed McCoy
11241656.8815
Dwayne Bravo
8231667.2221
Jason Holder
5211557.3831
South Africa
WktsOvsRunsEconAvg
Tabraiz Shamsi
14392285.8516
Lizaad Williams
7151479.8021
Dwaine Pretorius
69637.0011

West Indies Last Match vs South Africa

Batting Figures
RunsSR4s6s
Evin Lewis
2712921
Nicholas Pooran
279711
Andre Russell
2515703
Bowling Figures
WktsOvsRunsEcon
Obed McCoy
44226
Dwayne Bravo
34256
Andre Russell
022513

The last match for the West Indies saw them lose by 1 run to go 2-1 behind in the 5 match T20 series. Obed McCoy carried on his excellent form from the 3rd match with close to career-best figures of 4/22 from 4.


South Africa Last Match vs West Indies

Batting Figures
RunsSR4s6s
Quinton de Kock
7214252
Rassie van der Dussen
3213421
Aiden Markram
2312811
Bowling Figures
WktsOvsRunsEcon
Anrich Nortje
24297
Tabraiz Shamsi
24133
George Linde
133311

South Africa took the last match by 1 run with a solid performance from their bowling attack. They moved the West Indies from 89/2 to 104/5 in 5 overs which was key to getting the win.

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