West Indian Cricket Team In South Africa In 2022–23
The West Indies men's cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2023 to play two Test matches, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.
The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour in October 2022.
| West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2022–23 | |||
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| South Africa | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 28 February – 28 March 2023 | ||
| Captains | Temba Bavuma (Tests & ODIs) Aiden Markram (T20Is) | Kraigg Brathwaite (Tests) Shai Hope (ODIs) Rovman Powell (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Aiden Markram (276) | Jermaine Blackwood (126) | |
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (12) | Alzarri Joseph (12) | |
| Player of the series | Aiden Markram (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Temba Bavuma (144) | Shai Hope (144) | |
| Most wickets | Gerald Coetzee (5) | Alzarri Joseph (6) | |
| Player of the series | Heinrich Klassen (SA) Shai Hope (WI) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Reeza Hendricks (172) | Johnson Charles (146) | |
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen (3) Anrich Nortje (3) Sisanda Magala (3) | Alzarri Joseph (5) | |
| Player of the series | Johnson Charles (WI) | ||
South Africa won the Test series 2–0. The ODI series drew (1–1) between the two sides with the first game being abandoned due to rain. West Indies won the T20I series 2–1.
Squads
On 6 March 2023, Anrich Nortje was ruled out of second test due to mild groin discomfort.
Initially, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and Wayne Parnell were selected only for the third match in South Africa's ODI squad. However on 13 March 2023, Parnell added to the squad for first two ODIs as an injury replacement for Wiaan Mulder, while Tabraiz Shamsi replaced injured Keshav Maharaj in South Africa's ODI squad. Temba Bavuma was ruled out of third ODI due to hamstring discomfort, with Aiden Markram captained South Africa in his absence.
On 14 March 2023, Obed McCoy was ruled out from the West Indies' T20I squad due to knee injury, and was replaced by Roston Chase.
Tour match
Test series
1st Test
28 February – 4 March 2023 Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 8 overs of play was lost on day 1 due to bad light.
- Gerald Coetzee and Tony de Zorzi (SA) both made their Test debuts.
- Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
- Joshua Da Silva (WI) equalled the Test record for the most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper with 7.
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, West Indies 0.
2nd Test
8–12 March 2023 Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, West Indies 0.
- Simon Harmer became the fourth player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the second innings.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
2nd ODI
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs (SA) all made their ODI debuts.
- This was West Indies' highest total against South Africa in ODIs.
- Temba Bavuma (SA) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
T20I series
1st T20I
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
- Aiden Markram captained South Africa for the first time in T20Is.
2nd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Johnson Charles (WI) and Quinton de Kock (SA) both scored their maiden centuries in T20Is.
- Johnson Charles scored the fastest century by a West Indies cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced, in a T20I (39).
- West Indies achieved their highest total in T20Is.
- West Indies equalled the record of most sixes (22) in a T20I innings.
- Quinton de Kock scored the fastest fifty by a South Africa cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced, in a T20I (15).
- South Africa became the first team to get past the 100-run mark inside the powerplay of a T20I.
- This was South Africa's highest total in T20Is.
- South Africa completed the highest successful run-chase in T20Is.
- The 517 runs scored in this match was the highest match aggregate in T20Is.
- 81 boundaries, including 35 sixes were hit in the match, and 324 runs were scored from the boundaries, all records in any T20I match.
3rd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.
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