South Africa vs West Indies SA vs WI 1st ODI Prediction, Preview & Live streaming Info

Preview will pose the current status and the intuition of the teams while SA vs WI prediction will make it easy to guess who will win today match. Let begin the final phase of ICCCWC 2015 preparation for West Indies and South Africa with the start of One Day international series 2015. Many teams has started its final preparation for the upcoming world cup 2015 in a less than a month to go. West Indies in on tour to South Africa, India, Australia and England will start their final preparation in a Carton Mid ODI Tri Series tomorrow. Sri Lanka is on the tour New zealand with seven ODI series. Ireland, Scotland and Afghanistan are also playing a tri series in Dubai now a days. All these matches will be warm up contests for these teams and to test their 15-man world cup team squads.
South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI will be played at Durban on January 16, 2015. Both teams would try to win but most their main focus will be on testing the world cup guns and to get the Final and the best XI for mega title in the Next month.

South Africa vs West Indies SA vs WI 1st ODI Prediction

Teams Predictions
South Africa had played T20 Internationals to get an experiment to some extent without their key players, Hashim Amla, JP Dumminy. ABD, Styne etx. Now they will appear with their full powerful side as this is the last battle before the mega battle in next month. Rossouw might be the replacement for De Cock. That will also ensure there is space for both Farhaan Behardien and David Miler, despite Duminy’s return. De Villiers confirmed he will take the gloves for now but may not want to do it in all five games. The first-choice attack should be fired up and ready to go after a break from the T20s.
South Africa: (possible) 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Rilee Rossouw, 3 Faf du Plessis 4 AB de Villiers (capt, wk), 5 JP Duminy 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 David Miller, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Dale Steyn 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir
Chris Gayle, the nightmare for South africa in T20s, had taken part in pre-match training and must return to the top of the order. He was rested in the 3rd T20 international. If he is unable to play then Lendl Simmons might replace him. No Darren Sammy or Dwayne Bravo will require to get in an extra batsman.
West Indies: (possible) 1 Chris Gayle/Lendl Simmons, 2 Dwayne Smith, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Leon Johnson, 5 Andre Russell, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Darren Sammy, 8 Jason Holder (capt), 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Sheldon Cottrell

Pitch and conditions

This is the same surface on which T20 was played and we observe that it is not for the fast or furious. Slower balls and cutters were proven to most effective weapon while run-scoring required more discipline than flashiness. Similar can be expected for the ODI. There are some thundershowers forecast in the morning but they should clear to allow for a full game.

SA vs WI 1st ODI Prediction | head to head

South africa has very strong ODI record against West Indies. In 52 ODIs played against west indies south africa has won 38 with 75% winning ratio. These stats are more powerful when they play in a home series. Hence HEAD to HEAD stats are predicting that South Africa will win the match. Pitch conditions are also favoring them, Team Strength as well. Hence according our experts South Africa has more better chances or even strong chances to win the today match.
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South Africa vs West Indies SA vs WI 1st ODI Prediction, Preview & Live streaming Info