South African cricket team in the West Indies and the United States in 2020

The South Africa cricket team were scheduled to tour the West Indies in July and August 2020 to play two Test matches and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The first two T20I matches would have been played at the Central Broward Regional Park in Florida.[2] The Test series would have formed part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.[3][4] However, the series was later postponed, as the West Indies toured England at the same time,[5][6] after those fixtures were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

South Africa against the West Indies in 2019
 
  West Indies South Africa
Dates 15 July – 16 August 2020
Test series
Twenty20 International series

In July 2020, Johnny Grave, chief executive of Cricket West Indies, suggested that the series could take place in September 2020.[8] Also in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed it was their priority to reschedule the matches, along with the five other World Test Championship series that had been postponed due to the pandemic.[9] On 1 August 2020, Graeme Smith confirmed that the tour had been postponed indefinitely, due to schedule clashes with the 2020 Caribbean Premier League and the 2020 Indian Premier League.[10]

Tour match

Four-day match: TBC vs South Africa

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

4th T20I

5th T20I

References
  1. "West Indies announce home series against New Zealand, South Africa and Australia over next three years". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "West Indies International Cricket Calendar for 2020 to 2022 Released". West Indies Cricket. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. "South Africa tours to West Indies put back". Barbados Today. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. "South Africa in West Indies 2020". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  7. "South Africa cricketers could resume training next week after government nod". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. "West Indies want to host South Africa between CPL and IPL, but is there a window?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  9. "World Test Championship progressing as planned, says ICC". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. "South Africa's tours of West Indies and Sri Lanka postponed indefinitely". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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