# West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2022–23

The West Indies men's cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2023 to play two Test matches, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour in October 2022.
South Africa won the Test series 2–0. The ODI series drew (1–1) between the two sides with the first game being abandoned due to rain. West Indies won the T20I series 2–1.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| South Africa | West Indies | South Africa | West Indies | South Africa | West Indies |
| Temba Bavuma (c) Gerald Coetzee Tony de Zorzi Dean Elgar Simon Harmer Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen (wk) Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Wiaan Mulder Senuran Muthusamy Anrich Nortje Keegan Petersen Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton | Kraigg Brathwaite (c) Jermaine Blackwood (vc) Alick Athanaze Tagenarine Chanderpaul Roston Chase Joshua Da Silva (wk) Shannon Gabriel Jason Holder Akeem Jordan Alzarri Joseph Kyle Mayers Gudakesh Motie Raymon Reifer Kemar Roach Devon Thomas | Temba Bavuma (c) Gerald Coetzee Quinton de Kock Tony de Zorzi Bjorn Fortuin Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen Sisanda Magala Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram David Miller Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Wayne Parnell Andile Phehlukwayo Ryan Rickelton Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Rassie van der Dussen Lizaad Williams | Shai Hope (c) Rovman Powell (vc) Shamarh Brooks Yannic Cariah Keacy Carty Roston Chase Shannon Gabriel Jason Holder Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Kyle Mayers Nicholas Pooran Romario Shepherd Odean Smith | Aiden Markram (c) Quinton de Kock Bjorn Fortuin Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen Sisanda Magala David Miller Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Wayne Parnell Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs | Rovman Powell (c) Kyle Mayers (vc) Shamarh Brooks Yannic Cariah Johnson Charles Roston Chase Sheldon Cottrell Jason Holder Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Obed McCoy Nicholas Pooran Raymon Reifer Romario Shepherd Odean Smith |
On 6 March 2023, Anrich Nortje was ruled out of second test due to mild groin discomfort.
Initially, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and Wayne Parnell were selected only for the third match in South Africa's ODI squad. However on 13 March 2023, Parnell added to the squad for first two ODIs as an injury replacement for Wiaan Mulder, while Tabraiz Shamsi replaced injured Keshav Maharaj in South Africa's ODI squad. Temba Bavuma was ruled out of third ODI due to hamstring discomfort, with Aiden Markram captained South Africa in his absence.
On 14 March 2023, Obed McCoy was ruled out from the West Indies' T20I squad due to knee injury, and was replaced by Roston Chase.

## Tour match

* 21–23 February 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)
* South African Invitation XI won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 28 February – 4 March 2023 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 87 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Aiden Markram (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 overs of play was lost on day 1 due to bad light.
* Gerald Coetzee and Tony de Zorzi (SA) both made their Test debuts.
* Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
* Joshua Da Silva (WI) equalled the Test record for the most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper with 7.
* World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, West Indies 0.

### 2nd Test

* 8–12 March 2023 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 284 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Temba Bavuma (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, West Indies 0.
* Simon Harmer became the fourth player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the second innings.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 16 March 2023 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa | v | West Indies |
* Match abandoned Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.

### 2nd ODI

* 18 March 2023 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 335/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 287 (41.4 overs) |
| Shai Hope 128* (115) Gerald Coetzee 3/57 (10 overs) | | Temba Bavuma 144 (118) Alzarri Joseph 3/53 (8.4 overs) |
* West Indies won by 48 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs (SA) all made their ODI debuts.
* This was West Indies' highest total against South Africa in ODIs.
* Temba Bavuma (SA) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.

### 3rd ODI

* 21 March 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| West Indies 260 (48.2 overs) | v | South Africa 264/6 (29.3 overs) |
| Brandon King 72 (72) Marco Jansen 2/46 (9 overs) | | Heinrich Klaasen 119* (61) Alzarri Joseph 3/50 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Heinrich Klaasen (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 25 March 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 131/8 (11 overs) | v | West Indies 132/7 (10.3 overs) |
| David Miller 48 (22) Odean Smith 2/27 (2 overs) | | Rovman Powell 43* (18) Sisanda Magala 3/21 (2 overs) |
* West Indies won by 3 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Rovman Powell (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
* Aiden Markram captained South Africa for the first time in T20Is.

### 2nd T20I

* 26 March 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| West Indies 258/5 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 259/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Johnson Charles 118 (46) Marco Jansen 3/52 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 100 (44) Rovman Powell 1/27 (2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Johnson Charles (WI) and Quinton de Kock (SA) both scored their maiden centuries in T20Is.
* Johnson Charles scored the fastest century by a West Indies cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced, in a T20I (39).
* West Indies achieved their highest total in T20Is.
* West Indies equalled the record of most sixes (22) in a T20I innings.
* Quinton de Kock scored the fastest fifty by a South Africa cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced, in a T20I (15).
* South Africa became the first team to get past the 100-run mark inside the powerplay of a T20I.
* This was South Africa's highest total in T20Is.
* South Africa completed the highest successful run-chase in T20Is.
* The 517 runs scored in this match was the highest match aggregate in T20Is.
* 81 boundaries, including 35 sixes were hit in the match, and 324 runs were scored from the boundaries, all records in any T20I match.

### 3rd T20I

* 28 March 2023 18:00 (N) Scorecard
| West Indies 220/8 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 213/6 (20 overs) |
| Romario Shepherd 44* (22) Anrich Nortje 2/36 (4 overs) | | Reeza Hendricks 83 (44) Alzarri Joseph 5/40 (4 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Alzarri Joseph (WI)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.