Cricket: South Africa vs West Indies 2nd Twenty20 & ODI Series

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The 2nd Twenty20 is at the Wanderers tomorrow. Here's the complete schedule. January 2007

Fri 18 18:00 local, 16:00 GMT	2nd T20I - South Africa v West Indies New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sun 20 10:00 local, 08:00 GMT	1st ODI - South Africa v West Indies SuperSport Park, Centurion
Fri 25 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	2nd ODI - South Africa v West Indies Newlands, Cape Town
Sun 27 10:00 local, 08:00 GMT	3rd ODI - South Africa v West Indies St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
February 2008
Fri 1 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	4th ODI - South Africa v West Indies Kingsmead, Durban
Sun 3 10:00 local, 08:00 GMT	5th ODI - South Africa v West Indies New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

3 for me tomorrow. 10pts West Indies to win 2nd Twenty20 5/2 Sportingbet West Indies are a huge price here. Let's not forget in the rain hit 1st Twenty20 at Port Elizabeth last month the Windies beat South Africa. In the Twenty20 World Cup the Windies made over 200 but their bowlers couldn't defend that. That was here at the Wanderers but this time the Windies bowling attack looks more settled having had a month in the conditions. Chris Gayle is a doubt for this one and is probably unlikely to play but he didn't play in the 1st game which the WIndies won so they've shown they can overcome the loss of their opening batsman and captain. Brenton Parchment will carry on as opener should Gayle not make it. Even without Gayle the likes of Marlon Samuels, Runako Morton, Devon Smith and Shiv Chanderpaul can all still hold the Windies batting together. South Africa have rested a few for this as usual. They bring Morne Morkel back into the side though to partner the hero of the 1st game Dale Steyn. Makhaya Ntini and Andre Nel will be rested. JP Duminy and Justin Ontong come in for Herschelle Gibbs and Ashwell Prince in the batting lineup. South Africa have lost a few of these Twenty20 tour matches though through resting players and at 5/2 the Windies must be the bet. 5pts ew M.Samuels Top West Indies Batsman 9/2 Boylesports (1/4 1,2,3) Marlon Samuels showed in England last summer how well he can play in this format of the game. That 6 he hit at The Oval could well still be travelling. On this batsman friendly deck Samuels has the ability to rip the South African attack apart. Samuels is in decent form having top scored in the test series with a couple of half centuries and a century and with his confidence up Samuels should go well and has to be taken each way. 5pts ew A.Morkel Top South African Batsman 12/1 Boylesports (1/4 1,2,3) Albie Morkel rescued a couple of South African innings in the Twenty20 world cup with his big hitting and here at the Wanderers where the boundaries are short and the pitch is true, he could well go well again. There's a bit of inexperience or players coming back into the side after a long period out in the South African batting lineup so another mini collapse could easily happen, especially if Jerome Taylor and Daren Powell hit the spot straight up. Morkel could also come up the order to give it a bit of a biff and at 12/1, remembering if he doesn't bat we get our cash back, he looks worthy of an ew punt.

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Re: Cricket: South Africa vs West Indies 2nd Twenty20 & ODI Series -10 for the Twenty20 game but it looked like being much much more. 1st ODI is in the morning. 2 for me there. 10pts M.Samuels Performance Pts - 37&Over 5/6 Bet365 Points are scored as follows: 1pt per run, 10pts per catch & 20pts per wicket. Marlon Samuels didn't have a great Twenty20 match with the bat but his tour apart from that has been very productive. He's a very good one day batsman who appears to be getting better with a run in the side. As well as being a solid and destructive batsman he's also a handy spin bowler and with the Windies highly unlikely to play two spinners then his off spin will be vital. That option picked up a wicket in the Twenty20 match and although I expect Samuels to cover this with the bat, the fact that a wicket will cover over half of this target means that the overs looks a good play. 5pts ew AB de Villiers Top South Africa Batsman 9/2 Boylesports (1/4 1,2,3) AB de Villiers is another who had a decent test series. He made 247 runs at an average of 61.25 which included a century along with a couple of half centuries. He also made 50 in the 1st Twenty20 match and made one of the higher scores in the 2nd Twenty20 on Friday. AB averages 59.75 against the Windies in ODI's and with South Africa playing a weakened middle order at 9/2 de Villiers looks a good each way bet here.