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West Indies Men will travel to South Africa for an all-format tour which will feature two Tests, three One-Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals. The two-match Test Series will commence at SuperSport Park in Centurion from 28 February to 4 March followed by the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg from 8–12 March. This series will be the final round of matches in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
The three-match ODI Series will begin at Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium in East London (16 March and 18 March) before the series wraps up JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom (21 March). The three KFC T20Is will take the teams back to SuperSport Park (25 March and 26 March) and conclude at the Wanderers (28 March).
West Indies last tour of South Africa was a all format series from December 2014 to January 2015. During that series, Kraigg Brathwaite made a breakthrough Test century at the St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth. In the T20Is West Indies had a famous win, when they made 236-6 to win at the Wanderers. The series also featured an historic century by AB de Villiers – which came off just 31 balls.
FULL TOUR SCHEDULE
21 to 24 February: vs South Africa Invitational XI at Willowmoore Park, Benoni
28 February to 4 March: 1st Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion
8-12 March: 2nd Test at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Thursday, 16 March: 1st ODI at Buffalo Park, East London (day/night)
Saturday, 18 March: 2nd ODI at Buffalo Park, East London (day/night)
Tuesday, 21 March: 3rd ODI at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
Saturday, 25 March: 1st T20Is at SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sunday, 26 March: 2nd T20I at SuperSport Park, Centurion
Tuesday, 28 March: 3rd T20I at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (night)
Name of Author: Cricket West Indies
Cricket West Indies (CWI) governs cricket across the West Indies, a confederation of Caribbean countries. Originally established as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control in the 1920s, it became the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 1996 and was rebranded as Cricket West Indies in May 2017 as part of a restructuring effort.
