ICC World Cup 2019: South Africa vs West Indies - Match Preview, Predicted XI, Prediction, Weather, Pitch & Stats

South Africa and West Indies will take on each other in the 15th match of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 at Rose Bowl, Southampton. The Proteas are in a muddle as they have lost three matches on the bounce and they would need to win their remaining matches to stay breathing in the contest. South Africa will need to pull up their socks collectively to bounce back in the tournament. We take a look at Match Preview, Predicted XI, Prediction, Weather, Pitch & Stats.

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On the other hand, West Indies have impressed with its fast bowling. The Windies pacers have been right on the money and they would aim to pepper the South African batting with short stuff. The Carribean nation has savoured success with their bouncers and it is not going to be a surprise if the Proteas batsmen will need to go through the acid test.

The Windies pacers have done a fine job and they would like to continue their good form. However, the Windies will need to pull up their socks in the batting department. In fact, the Windies had the match under their grab against the Australian team. However, unwanted shots at the wrong time cost them the match.

Meanwhile, South Africa has plenty of problems up its sleeve. The Proteas haven’t come up with a good batting performance and they would need to pull up their game. In fact, South Africa’s fast bowling battery had bowled its heart out against India. However, their fielding had let them down as they had dropped sitters in the previous match.

Thus, South Africa will need to turn the tables to get back into the tournament. Hashim Amla hasn’t come up with consistent performances and he is going to hold the key for the Proteas. In fact, South Africa’s batting has been below par.

Date and Venue: 10 June 2019, Rose Bowl Southampton.

Match Prediction: West Indies looks in better space at this moment and they are going to start as favourites against wounded South Africa. However, both teams will need to come up with a better batting performance.

Pitch Report: Rose Bowl, Southampton track is generally a good track for the batting department. However, the last match at this venue between South Africa and India was a low scoring affair.

Windies Predicted XI: Chris Gayle, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Darren Bravo, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Oshane Thomas, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell.

South Africa’s Predicted Playing XI: Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (c), JP Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, R van der Dussen, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Weather Report: Rain is expected throughout the match day. Thus, the rain can play the killjoy in the contest.

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Stats:

Hashim Amla needs another 71 runs to complete 8000 runs in ODI cricket.

Ashley Nurse requires one more wicket to get to the milestone of 50 ODI wickets.

Imran Tahir needs another five wickets to become South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in the World Cup.