West Indies Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline

West Indies Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline

As its name suggests, this rivalry dates back to the early days of cricket. From Windies early dominance to South Africa’s brilliant comebacks, their matches have produced some truly unforgettable moments.

In 2024-2025, the Windies defeated South Africa 3-0. Nicholas Pooran led them with three top scores, while Romario Shepherd provided strong bowling performances that helped ensure victory. Check the west indies cricket team vs south africa national cricket team timeline for all key matches and highlights.

DateFormatVenueResultMargin
Mar 21, 2023ODIPotchefstroom, South AfricaSouth Africa won4 wickets
Mar 18, 2023ODIEast London, South AfricaWest Indies won48 runs
Mar 16, 2023ODIEast London, South AfricaMatch abandonedN/A
Aug 28, 2024T20IBrian Lara Cricket Academy, TaroubaWest Indies won (DLS Method)8 wickets
Aug 26, 2024T20IBrian Lara Cricket Academy, TaroubaWest Indies won30 runs

1. 1991-1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup

The 1991-1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup was the inaugural tournament hosted in South Africa and proved disappointing for Proteas captain Brian Lara and team. West Indies easily defeated them all to lift their inaugural world championship trophy trophy.

At the tournament, both teams engaged in three Test matches and four One-day Internationals (ODI). In the latter series, the Windies completely overpowered South Africa by winning all matches;

Brian Lara, Desmond Haynes and Keith Arthurton made notable contributions while Jonty Rhodes and Gary Kirsten played key roles for South Africa’s success.

South Africa took first wicket and set the Windies a target of 181 runs within 40 overs, but they could only manage to score 139 in 37 overs and lost to South Africa due to Daryll Cullinan and Jonty Rhodes who both scored incredible centuries; Jonty Rhodes received the Man of the Match award for his remarkable performance.

Following their early wins against the Windies, South Africa went on to secure their trophy by winning two more matches against them and finally taking down Hansie Cronje’s side for good in the last match of their series. Gary Kirsten, Jacques Kallis, and Hansie Cronje played key roles in their nation’s success.

At the 2006-2007 ICC World Cup, these two teams met again for their 2nd Semi-Final match. At first, South Africa seemed like they would prevail with ease after winning their previous encounter; but, after an incredible comeback effort by the Windies led by AB de Villiers scoring a century he won Player of the Match award; others like Darren Bravo, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels also accomplished notable centuries.

It was an extremely crucial victory for them as it secured qualification into the Final Match which took place at Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg.

2. 1995-1996 Wills World Cup

South Africa and West Indies have shared an intense and emotional rivalry for decades, from Windies early dominance to South Africa’s powerful comebacks. Both teams have met numerous times – from World Cup matches and Test series through to epic encounters such as World Cup finals.

History-making moments have taken place, providing many amazing performances that won’t soon be forgotten.

At its height, South African-West Indies rivalry was best represented during the 1995-1996 Wills World Cup tournament held in Australia and New Zealand, with Eden Park in Auckland playing host to an unforgettable final between South Africa and West Indies.

An epic match featuring some of cricket’s finest talent produced a riveting encounter, ultimately won by South Africa by five wickets thanks to AB de Villiers who scored two centuries in one innings while scoring fifty in another; his brilliant display earned him man-of-match award!

The match featured some of the finest bowling of this decade. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Colin Croft provided West Indies bowlers with some impressive pace bowling to challenge Proteas batsmen. Unfortunately for them however, West Indian batsmen couldn’t cope with South African fast bowlers.

South Africa made a late charge in both innings four and five. Hendricks made an impactful ODI debut and reached fifty in just 34 balls, mixing caution with aggression to reach it in 34 deliveries. But midway through their bowling was back under control: spinner Bjorn Fortuin took two key wickets – including Pooran – as Windies struggled for any form of momentum.

The final match in the series was an intense contest with both teams amassing more than 300 runs between them.

West Indies batsmen Darren Bravo and Kieron Pollard each scored centuries, while Proteas batsman Hashim Amla unbeaten scored an unbeaten 117 from 85 balls for South Africa to take their spot in the semi-finals. Although it was close, South Africa emerged victorious to advance.

3. 2006-2007 ICC World Cup

The ninth ICC World Cup took place from March to April 2007 in the Caribbean region, featuring 51 matches – three less than at its predecessor tournament of 2003 – and 16 teams, making this event unprecedented ever. These included 10 full members with permanent ODI status plus five associate member nations.

All the teams participated in warm-up matches to hone and perfect their tactics before the main tournament began. While these warm-up matches weren’t official ODIs and didn’t count towards rankings, the main tournament consisted of league stage followed by Super 8s round; each team played each of the other four teams twice within its group twice, and then advanced into semi-finals which took place via full round-robin competition.

Preparation for this event was both difficult and costly, with various venue issues at host venues in Jamaica proving costly for preparation.

The Jamaican government spent US$81 million in expenses related to “on-pitch” expenses – such as refurbishing Sabina Park and building Trelawny multi-purpose stadium – while another US$20 million was budgeted for “off-pitch” expenses such as hospitality services for spectators who expected to spend on average US$500 per game.

South Africa was also affected by the ICC World Cup, forcing their five-match T20 series against West Indies to be reduced from five matches to three matches at home – these being scheduled at Wanderers, SuperSport Park Centurion and Boland Park Paarl respectively.

Australia was victorious at this tournament, winning all six of their games to claim the “Wall of Fame”. Other highlights of the competition included Bangladesh’s surprising win against Pakistan and Ireland’s advancement to the “Super 8s”. Mello, an orange, anthropomorphic raccoon-like creature named Mello was unveiled during opening ceremony as official tournament mascot; intended to symbolize diversity of Caribbean islands while embodying spirit of competition.

4. 2015-2016 ODI Series

South Africa have announced they will reduce their summer series against the Windies from five matches to three matches, in line with T20 World Cup support period start date on January 31.

No match will take place at Newlands Cape Town or Buffalo Park East London due to “Pink Day”, an annual fundraising and awareness-raising initiative held on “Pink Day”. South Africa are then due to tour India for two tests, three ODIs, five T20Is starting mid-January as well as hosting three Youth ODIs from January 3-7 at Willowmoore Park Benoni.

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