The

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played the

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in August and September 2021. The tour consisted of five

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s (WODIs) and three

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s (WT20Is). The WODI matches were used as the West Indies' preparation for the

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tournament. The first WT20I match ended as a

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due to rain. South Africa then won the second WT20I match by 50 runs, with the West Indies winning the third match by five wickets, with the series being drawn 1–1. In the first two WODI matches, South Africa recorded big wins, of eight and nine wickets respectively, taking a 2–0 lead in the series. South Africa won the third WODI by eight wickets to win the series with two matches to play. South Africa also won the fourth WODI to take a 4–0 lead in the series. The final match ended in a

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, with the West Indies winning the Super Over. Therefore, South Africa won the five-match series 4–1.

Squads

South Africa did not name individual squads for the WODI and WT20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 18 players for the tour.

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(CWI) named

Anisa Mohammed Anisa Mohammed (born 7 September 1988) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL), Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies women's cricket tea ...

as the captain for the WT20I matches, after

Stafanie Taylor Stafanie Roxann Taylor (born 11 June 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off break bowler, Ta ...

was ruled out due to being a close contact of someone with

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. For the third WT20I match, CWI announced that

Cherry-Ann Fraser Cherry-Ann Sarah Fraser (born 21 July 1999) is a Guyanese cricketer who currently plays for Guyana women's national cricket team, Guyana, Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL), Guyana Amazon Warriors and the West Indies women's national cricket team, Wes ...

and

Karishma Ramharack Karishma Ramharack (born 20 January 1995) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL), Guyana Amazon Warriors and the West Indies women's cricket t ...

had been added to the squad, replacing

Shamilia Connell Shamilia Shontell Connell (born 14 July 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm fast bowler, she made her international debut in 2014. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados and Guyana Amazon ...

and

Shakera Selman Shakera Casandra Selman (born 1 September 1989) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season. Later the same month, she was na ...

. CWI also named Anisa Mohammed as the WODI captain, after Stafanie Taylor was unavailable after returning home. The West Indies added

and

Rashada Williams Rashada Williams (born 23 February 1997) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the Jamaica women's national cricket team in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze tournaments. In January 2019, Williams was named in the West Indies's squa ...

to their WODI squad ahead of the third match, and

Britney Cooper Britney Cooper (born 23 August 1989) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados Royals and the West Indies as a right-handed batter. She top-scored during the semi-final of the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 again ...

was ruled out of the rest of the series due to a medical reason.

Reniece Boyce Reniece Boyce (born 3 September 1997) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados Royals (WCPL), Barbados Royals as a right-handed wicket-keeper Batting (cricket), b ...

and

Sheneta Grimmond Sheneta Shanata Grimmond (born 9 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies. She plays primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. In August 2019, she was named in the West Indies squad f ...

were added to the West Indies' squad for the fourth WODI, with

Qiana Joseph Qiana Joseph (born 1 January 2001) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who plays for Windward Islands and Barbados Royals as a left-arm pace bowler. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She made ...

Chedean Nation Chedean Natasha Nation (born 31 October 1986) is a Jamaican cricketer who has represented the West Indies women's cricket team, West Indies internationally. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica women's national cricket team, Jamaica and Guyana ...

, and

all being rested.

Deandra Dottin Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin (born 21 June 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in ...

captained the West Indies for the fifth WODI, after

was ruled out of the match with a fractured finger.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

2nd WT20I

3rd WT20I

WODI series

1st WODI

2nd WODI

3rd WODI

4th WODI

5th WODI

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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