South Africa will take on West Indies in the Group B encounter which will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 27.
It will be one of the key clashes of the Group B as both teams come with a mix of experienced and talented players and SCG could witness an interesting encounter on the cards.
The Group B consists of South Africa, India, Zimbabwe, UAE, Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland. This will be the third match for South Africa as they have already played Zimbabwe and India earlier in the ICC World Cup 2015. While West Indies have faced Ireland and Zimbabwe in the tournament as of now. For West Indies it will be a first major match of the World Cup.
The match will be held at SCG which will also host the second semi-final of the tournament. West Indies will be led by Jason Holder while South Africa will be captained by AB de Villiers.
Head-to-head: South Africa lead West Indies 3-2 in World Cups.
Pool position: West Indies occupy the second spot in the points table with 4 points (won 2 out of 3), while South Africa are on the fourth with 2 points (won 1 out of 2). West Indies (+1.339) also have a better run-rate in comparison to South Africa (-0.680).
Match: South Africa vs West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
Date: Friday, February 27, 2015
Start Time: 14:30 Local | 03:30 GMT | 08:30 PKT | 09:00 IST
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: SJ Davis and IJ Gould
TV umpire: REJ Martinesz
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar
Live Streaming Info:
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TV Channels:
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Live Scorecard
Teams Squads:
South Africa (From): AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso.
West Indies (From): Jason Holder (c), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jerome Taylor, Nikita Miller, Sulieman Benn, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Kemar Roach.
