Twenty20 World Cup 2024: Match 50, WI vs SA Stats Preview - Players approaching milestones, stats, and records
South Africa have continued their dream runs in the T20 World Cup with six wins in the trot including two Super 8 games.
West Indies (WI) will take on South Africa (SA) in Match 50 of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on June 24. West Indies have been put down under the whole by England as they lost their first Super 8 fixture by eight wickets. They made amends by beating United States of America by nine wickets and saw themselves on the positive side of the Net Run Rate.
On the other hand, South Africa have continued their dream runs in the T20 World Cup with six wins in the trot including two Super 8 games. They won against USA and England by 18 and seven runs respectively and are perched atop the table. Their semi-final berth will be officially named if they manage to outclass the hosts in Monday’s game.
Surprisingly, West Indies’ bowling has been the show-stopper in the T20 World Cup 2024, with the pacers ruling the outings. Alzarri Joseph in particular has been splendid picking 11 wickets in six games at an average of 13.82. Another contribution in the bowling department has come from Akeal Hosein, as the spinner has managed to pluck nine wickets in six games at an average of 12.22.
South Africa will be relying heavily on their star pacer, Anrich Nortje to deliver big having already claimed 11 wickets in six games at an average of 12.91. With no substantial contribution from other bowlers barring Kagiso Rabada, who has claimed nine wickets, the onus falls upon their top scorer Quinton de Kock to flourish. The wicket-keeper batter has amassed 187 runs in six innings with David Miller being the second-best for Proteas, scoring 144 runs.
Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Match 50 between WI vs SA T20 World Cup clash:
Head-to-Head Record
| Matches | 22 | |
| Won by West Indies | 11 | |
| Won by South Africa | 11 | |
| Tied | 00 | |
| No Result | 00 | |
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10 - Rovman Powell (3990) needs 10 runs to complete 4000 runs in T20s.
4 - Alzarri Joseph (46) needs 4 wickets to complete 50 wickets in T20Is.
2 - Akeal Hosein (48) needs two wickets to complete 50 wickets in T20Is.
1 - Kyle Mayers (49) needs 1 six to complete 50 sixes in T20Is.
1 - Obed McCoy (49) needs 1 wicket to reach 50 wickets in T20Is.
6 - Andre Russell (8494) needs 6 runs to reach 8500 runs in T20s.
1 - Anrich Nortje (49) needs one wicket to complete 50 T20I wickets.
1 - Heinrich Klaasen (249) needs 1 six to reach 250 6s in T20s.
9 - Heinrich Klaasen (291) needs 9 fours to reach 300 fours in T20s.
1 - Aiden Markram (49) needs one six to reach 50 sixes in T20Is.
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