West Indies Cricket Team

Shepherd is now the ninth player overall to take a hat-trick in the history of the T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: Pakistan start their campaign with a thrilling 5-wicket win over the Netherlands in the opening game of the tournament

West Indies, champions in 2012 and 2016, are eager to mount a serious title challenge after finishing fifth in the previous edition, played on home soil

Scotland, making their seventh appearance in the T20 World Cup, earned a late spot after Bangladesh's withdrawal.

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The West Indies got a consolation win off South Africa after rain reduced their Twenty20 match to a shootout at the Wanderers. South Africa won the series 2-1 and the West Indies won the last match by six runs on the DLS method in a thrilling finish on Saturday. Rain delayed the start of the match for nearly two hours and reduced it to 16 overs per side. The West Indies was 66-1 after six overs when an hour-long rain delay reduced the game to 10 overs per side. West Indies reached 114-3. Captain Shai Hope hit 48 runs off 25 balls and Shimron Hetmyer 48 not out off 22. They hit 10 sixes between them. One by Hetmyer hit a spectator in the head while he was lying on his back. The man quickly stood up and clapped. South Africa's target was 125 and it fell short at 118-6. Quinton de Kock took 18 off the first over but captain Aiden Markram was caught off a top-edged pull in the second. De Kock went for 28 off 14, Ryan Rickelton hit straight to long-on on 15 and Dewald Brevis went two

South Africa will aim to secure a clean sweep against West Indies in their final T20I assignment before the ICC T20 World Cup 2026

Today's hundred puts de Kock draw level with David Miller and Rilee Rossouw, with all three South Africans now owning two T20I centuries each

South Africa vs West Indies 2nd T20 highlights: With the loss in Centurion, West Indies now have three straight T20I series losses to their name

South Africa will aim to keep the momentum going in Centurion in their final T20I assignment before the ICC T20 World Cup 2026

Shai Hope missed the first match due to a minor injury, and there was no place for Shamar Joseph in the squad. If fit, both are likely to return to the playing XI for this match.

The West Indies will be hoping for the return of their regular captain, Shai Hope, in this crucial match.

With the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 set to be played in India and Sri Lanka starting next month, South Africa's spinners sent out a strong message with a collective impact performance in Paarl

South Africa vs West Indies 1st T20 HIGHLIGHTS: Proteas skipper Aidem Markram (86 not out off 47 balls) was the top scorer of the match

The T20I series between South Africa and West Indies was initially scheduled to be four matches long but was trimmed down to three later on to keep players fresh for T20 World Cup 2026

South Africa have so far played just one T20I match at this venue, against England in 2020. England won the match by four wickets

Mujeeb becomes the third Afghanistan player to take a T20I hat-trick after Rashid Khan and Karim Janat

Afghanistan will look to seal the series with a win in the second T20I after winning the first T20I by 38 runs

AFG bowlers restricted the Windies batters to 143/9 as they went on to register a 38-run win in the 1st T20I.

In an interesting situation, the current top three in the WTC 2025-27 points table are the winners of all three editions of the World Test Championship