West Indies in RSA

[TT Boy]

South Africa have never lost a test match at home to the West Indies and naturally they would be rather confident of continuing such a trend.

Fixtures...

December
Fri 14- Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI v West Indies
Buffalo Park, East London

Wed 19 - Sat 22
South Africa A v West Indies
Buffalo Park, East London

Wed 26 - Sun 30
1st Test - South Africa v West Indies
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

January
Wed 2 - Sun 6
2nd Test - South Africa v West Indies
Newlands, Cape Town

Wed 2 - Sun 6
2nd Test - South Africa v West Indies
Newlands, Cape Town

Thu 10 - Mon 14
3rd Test - South Africa v West Indies
Kingsmead, Durban

Fri 18
T20 - South Africa v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 20
1st ODI - South Africa v West Indies
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Fri 25
2nd ODI - South Africa v West Indies
Newlands, Cape Town

Sun 27
3rd ODI - South Africa v West Indies
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

February
Fri 1
4th ODI - South Africa v West Indies
Kingsmead, Durban

Sun 3
5th ODI - South Africa v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

No way West Indies wins a Test in South Africa. But a draw is a possibility. Will be interesting to see how/whether West Indies avoids defeat.

The ODI series should be a lot more of a contest. Hopefully the selectors pick the worthy players, and not the likes of Austin Richards. I'm tempted to also say Lendl Simmons, but in fairness to the man, he played pretty well in the KFC Cup.

 

[sunilreddy]

Will be a great victory for WI if they win atleast one ODI. My prediction is 3-0 (Test Series) 4-1 with doubt(ODI) in favor of RSA.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Will hardly be any great achievement for West Indies to win a one-day international tbh. It's Test matches that they look hopeless in. In ODI cricket the team is far closer to respectable.

 

[roseboy64]

Will be a great victory for WI if they win atleast one ODI. My prediction is 3-0 (Test Series) 4-1 with doubt(ODI) in favor of RSA.

 

[TT Boy]

Will be a great victory for WI if they win atleast one ODI. My prediction is 3-0 (Test Series) 4-1 with doubt(ODI) in favor of RSA.

That’s ambition.

 

[skipper]

Sorry state of cricket for WI. For few months in 2006, they seemed to be getting back to their glory. Everything's fallen back in place after that.

 

[andruid]

Why does Makhaya Ntini get his own Invitational XI?

 

[Jono]

A more appropriate question is why has it taken this long for him to finally have one?

 

[Richard]

No way West Indies wins a Test in South Africa. But a draw is a possibility.

Haha, just spotted this. Can't call it a poor prediction as I doubt many would have disagreed, but one of the most remarkable wrong calls.

 

[pup11]

Haha, just spotted this. Can't call it a poor prediction as I doubt many would have disagreed, but one of the most remarkable wrong calls.

As you yourself said not many would have disagreed with Liam' prediction at the start of the series, but he should have had some hope after having seen both Pakistan and India beat the Proteas in test matches at home.