 The third and the final Test match of the three match series between West Indies
and South Africa will be played at Bridgetown in Barbados. South Africa leads
the series 1-0 after winning the first game and drawing the second one at St.
Kitts. West Indies have been rather abysmal through the entire duration of the
series and will look to make the moves in this third game after the second Test
match ended in a high-scoring draw.
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South Africa's common grouse in the previous game was that the pitch was so
slow and dead and flat, that the bowlers were barely able to make any contributions.
Add the rains to it and it was very obvious that the match result was going
only one way - towards a draw.
Whether or not it was a flat track or rain, the West Indies side would have
been pleased with their batting. After losing five ODIs, two T20Is and a Test
match, the batting seemed to click enough to score more runs than the opposition
in the only innings that was possible.
Having said that, the West Indian side have made a change to their batting
for the third Test match and Travis Dowlin who had opened the innings
for the side in the first two Test match has been dropped due to his continuous
bad form. This has meant that the side will go into the game with a new opener
in Dale Richards, who makes a comeback to the side after the ODIs.
South Africa have no worries per se, except that they would have faced a resilient
West Indian side for the first time in the tour, and that would mean that they
will need to be careful of the hosts. Till now, there have been talks of a 3-0
whitewash and all, but with this game drawn, the South Africans may be under
a slight pressure to not go down in this game.
The South African side will not change around too much for the game and they
should have Smith and Petersen to open the innings. Hashim Amla seems
to have lost form in the last couple of Tests but one can trust him to come
back with a bank and with a huge ton to his name, even as the rest of the side
makes the runs by the plenty.
Difficult to see how West Indies will get the 20 wickets, and I think it is
going to be South Africa win it 2-0.
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