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Betting Preview of WI v SA at St. Kitts

South Africa will play their second Test match on the tour of West Indies against the hosts at St.

South Africa will play their second Test match on the tour of West Indies against the hosts at St. Kitts. The South Africans lead the series 1-0 and will look to win the series at St. Kitts. West Indies, on the other hand, are still searching for their first win on this tour, so far! Return to form will help>

West Indies’ have had varying problems over the tour. Over the ODIs, their bowling failed to come together and lost them games that they should have probably won with even a trifle better attack. On the other hand, in the first Test match, the team batted so poorly that it was even a surprise that the game went up to the fourth day. Needs to get back to form>

How the West Indian side comeback from this perennial issue will be an interesting aspect of the game. Winning the game is probably a tad far-fetched, and so, what the West Indian side will be looking at is to perform much better than they have in the tour so far.

South Africa have no such issues. Their only problem thus far had been the batting of Graeme Smith, who had not got too many runs. But even that seemed to have got solved in the first test match as he slammed a 90 in the second innings. Alviro Petersen should continue to open the innings with Smith, to be followed by the likes of Amla, Kallis, de Villiers and Prince, making it a really strong line-up.

To say that South Africa will go into the game as favourite, will be an under-statement of gigantic proportions. Totesports offers 1/1 for their win, as compared to a 14/1 given by Bet365 for West Indies to win this one. A draw is currently at 6/4 (Ladbrokes) and that could be the side’s best hope.