WI vs SA Head to Head Records in Tests | West Indies vs South Africa Stats | St Lucia Test

Dixit Bhargav | 10/06/2021
WI vs SA Head to Head Records in Tests | West Indies vs South Africa Stats | St Lucia Test

WI vs SA Head to Head Records: The SportsRush presents for you the Head to Head statistics for the first WI vs SA Test.

Having last played Test cricket against each other in 2015 and in West Indies in 2010, West Indies and South Africa are all set to lock horns against each other in a two-match Test series starting from today at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia.

It is worth mentioning that West Indies and South Africa have just played 28 Tests against each other in their 29-year history. While West Indies have won only three out of these 28 matches, South Africa have 18 victories under their belt. The remaining seven matches had ended in a draw.

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Playing under relatively new captains, both West Indies and South Africa would be looking to start afresh as the series has the potential to unlock hidden talents from both the teams.

WI vs SA Head to Head Records in Tests

Total number of matches played: 28

Matches won by WI: 3

Matches won by SA: 18

Matched played in West Indies: 13 (WI 2, SA 6)

Matches played in South Africa: 15 (WI 1, SA 12)

Most runs for WI (among current players): 183 (Kraigg Brathwaite)

Most runs for SA (among current players): 217 (Dean Elgar)

Most wickets for WI: 8 (Kemar Roach)

Most wickets for SA: 1 (Dean Elgar)

Most catches for WI: 2 (Jermaine Blackwood)

Most catches for SA: 4 (Dean Elgar)

The last time when West Indies and South Africa had faced each other in this format was at Newlands, Cape Town. On the back of the then wicket-keeper batsman AB de Villiers’ 21st Test century, the hosts had registered a convincing 8-wicket victory under Hashim Amla.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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