West Indies Tour Of South Africa | SA vs WI | 1st Test, 28 Feb, 1:30PM | Match Preview

West Indies tour of South Africa, 2023

South Africa vs West Indies, 28th Feb 1st Test one thirty PM

SuperSport Park, Centurion

South Africa are hosting West Indies for 2 match Test Series, of which the first match will be played on 28th February 2023 at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Both teams are out of the race to qualify for the ICC Test Championship 2023’s final.

South Africa lost 2 back-to-back Test series against England and Australia, respectively. They have not won any game from the last 5 tests played in recent times.
West Indies, on another side, won the 2-match series against Zimbabwe.

After getting defeated against Australia n the last test series, the South African team is looking forward to claiming a win against West Indies in home conditions.
The first test from the West Indies tour of South Africa will start on Tuesday at Centurian.

South Africa’s batters throughout the series failed before the Australian attack. The team lost the first 2 test matches while managing to draw the 3rd one against the Aussies.
Kagiso Rabada was a lone warrior in the bowling unit to put pressure on opponents’ batters. He took 11 wickets in the series at an average of 32.00.

South Africa have good records at Centurian. The team’s batting unit looks solid for an upcoming series against West Indies. Captain Dean Elgar scored 445 runs in the last 10 tests,
whereas Temba Bavuma scored 479 from the previous 7 games. The team’s bowling unit mainly depends on pacers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje.

Pitch Report:
One of the newer stadiums and Test venues in South Africa it has been described by various International Captains as “One of the grounds with the best players’ facilities in the world”.
A pavilion at the north end of the ground completes the 22,000 spectator capacity.
Known for being one of the quicker pitches in South Africa, it also gives plenty of opportunity to batsmen, with the ball generally coming onto the bat.
It has never been seen as a spinners paradise. The outfield is level, lush and fast with a drainage system on par with any in the world.

Key batters: Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen, Kraigg Brathwaite, Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Key bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach.

Predection: By looking at both units, South Africa have an upper hand in the first test against the West Indies. Africa’s pace attack looks better than to the West Indies bowling unit.
Also, South Africa’s batting depth will help them to tackle the West Indies bowling attack at Centurion. We predict that South Africa will defeat the West Indies.

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