West Indies will host South Africa for a Test and T20I series in June and July 2021 – here’s the complete schedule and live TV details for the WI v SA clash.
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With the T20 World Cup not far away, West Indies announced veterans Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards and Andre Russell, among others, for the T20I series. The side, led by Kieron Pollard, will host South Africa for five T20Is, all of which will be played in Grenada.
South Africa, too, announced their squad for the white-ball leg led by Temba Bavuma. The biggest absence was AB de Villiers, whose exclusion confirmed that the legendary batsman’s international career had indeed come to a close.
Before the short-format games, the two teams will feature in a two-Test series, which begins with the first match on June 10 in St Lucia. South Africa announced a 19-member Test squad as part of the larger contingent, with off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen receiving his maiden South Africa call-up, while Lizaad Williams also earned his first Test call-up.
WI v SA 2021 live telecast: TV channel
The matches are set to be broadcast on the SuperSport channels in South Africa and 54 other African countries, as per the new multi-year broadcast deal with WICB for television and digital platforms in February. In the UK, the series will be shown on BT Sport.
In the Caribbean, the matches are likely to be broadcast on the Flow Sports (TV and app), which also showed the West Indies-Sri Lanka series earlier this year.
In the USA, the matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
WI v SA 2021 live telecast: streaming
The FanCode mobile app will stream the matches in India, having completed a media rights partnership with WICB in April.
WI v SA 2021 schedule: Full list of fixtures
Test series
June 10 – 14: 1st Test, Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, 10am
June 18 – 22: 2nd Test, Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, 10am
T20I series
June 26: 1st T20I, National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, 2pm
June 27: 2nd T20I, National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, 2pm
June 29: 3rd T20I, National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, 2pm
July 01: 4th T20I, National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, 2pm
July 03: 5th T20I, National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, 2pm
*all local times
