*Official* South Africa in West Indies
 

Wed May 19
1st T20I - West Indies v South Africa
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Thu May 20
2nd T20I - West Indies v South Africa
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Sat May 22
1st ODI - West Indies v South Africa
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Mon May 24
2nd ODI - West Indies v South Africa
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Fri May 28
3rd ODI - West Indies v South Africa
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Sun May 30
4th ODI - West Indies v South Africa
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Thu Jun 3
5th ODI - West Indies v South Africa
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sun Jun 6 - Mon Jun 7
TBC v South Africans
Chedwin Park, Spanish Town, Jamaica

Thu Jun 10 - Mon Jun 14
1st Test - West Indies v South Africa
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Fri Jun 18 - Tue Jun 22
2nd Test - West Indies v South Africa
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Sat Jun 26 - Wed Jun 30
3rd Test - West Indies v South Africa
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Nicely balanced tour this; 2 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 3 Tests, with everything building up to the TEsts. Would be made better if the tour fixture was longer than 2 days, but will take it.

SA to be undeafeated in the Tests btw, no idea about the limited overs stuff though.

Can anyone give me squads?

West Indies hasn't been announced yet (they always announce things ridiculously late, that's just the way they roll!). The SA squads are:

ODI and T20 squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Kallis (vice-capt), Hashim Amla, Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Charl Langeveldt, Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, David Miller, Alviro Petersen, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe

Test squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Kallis (vice-capt), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Paul Harris, Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

No Rusty? That's sad.

I think the SA would take the tests but I want Duminy to not shine so they can send him back to domestic cricket. 2 or 3 fifty and he'd retain his place. He has technical issues to sort out.

I won't mind if SA lose the ODIs and T20 because they're carrying so many out of form, not-deserved-to guys in their teams.

Gibbs, Bossman, V Der Merve, etc should go back to where they are good at, doemstic cricket.

I can't see Gibbs name anywhere? I don't exactly mind Bossman, I think he actually offers something for SA, he's similar to Warner I guess.

I'm looking forward to the Tests, I don't think SA will win it 3-0.

I have a strange feeling we might win a test but lose the other two. Our test cricket has not been too bad recently and we have JT back from injury to help out young Roach.

The ODI's will be swept by SA as we just have not worked out how to play ODI's against decent opposition. If Gayle fires we might win a match I suppose but that will be about the only joy we take from the limited overs stuff IMHO.

What happened to Fidel Edwards? major injury?

Pretty serious back injury so he's going to be out for at least a year.

At least a year from now, or a year from when the injury occurred?

Who was it that lost lots of money when England lost the series in West Indies?

Anyway whoever that was, I could be that guy in 2010, because I'll be putting a fair bit on SA for the tests I reckon.

Should be back early next year, but to be honest i doubt he'll even be the same player he was before the injury and i'd rather give our young pacers a chance, we've got Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel and Nelon Pascal (who'll probably get his chance in this series) doing well for the A-team so i'd expect one of those to be a fixture in our bowling unit by the time Fidel is fit.

As for this series, in the short games it's a toss up really, the tests will be very interesting though, it will be our first under Gibson and we put up a spirited showing in our last two tests against the Aussies, no doubt the likes of Steyn, Morkel, Amla and Kallis will be hard to overcome but on the other hand i'm confident we'll have a spell where we make them look average, and it's whether we take advantage of that moment that could make all the difference in the end.

Gibbs and Albie Morkel have been dropped, while Alviro Petersen and Amla come into the squad....

As for the WI, their A team is currently playing a couple of unofficial 'Tests' in Bangladesh right now, so I don't expect any players currently on A team duties playing any part in the 20/20 and ODI series.

However, that will probably change for the Test series....

Anyone believe that the Windies might fare well in the tests?