West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2025–26
	South Africa	West Indies
Dates	27 – 31 January 2026
Captains	Aiden Markram	Shai Hope [a]
Twenty20 International series

The West Indies cricket team is touring South Africa in January 2026 to play the South Africa cricket team. ^[1] The tour consists of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^{[2] [3]} The series forms part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ^[4] In March 2025, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season. ^[5]

Contents

• Squads
• T20I series
• 1st T20I
• 2nd T20I
• 3rd T20I
• Notes
• References
• External links

Originally, the series included five T20Is. ^[6] Later in September 2025, it was later reduced to three due to a clash with the T20 World Cup. ^{[7] [8]}

Squads

South Africa [9]	West Indies [10]
Aiden Markram (c) Corbin Bosch Dewald Brevis Quinton de Kock (wk) Rubin Hermann Marco Jansen George Linde Keshav Maharaj Kwena Maphaka Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton (wk) Jason Smith Tristan Stubbs	Shai Hope (c, wk) Johnson Charles Roston Chase Matthew Forde Shimron Hetmyer Jason Holder Akeal Hosein Shamar Joseph Brandon King Gudakesh Motie Rovman Powell Sherfane Rutherford Quentin Sampson Jayden Seales Romario Shepherd

T20I series

1st T20I

27 January 2026 18:00 (N) Scorecard

West Indies   173/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 176/1 (17.5 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 48 (32) George Linde 3/25 (4 overs)		Aiden Markram 86* (47) Roston Chase 1/31 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: George Linde (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

29 January 2026 18:00 (N) Scorecard

West Indies   221/4 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 225/3 (17.3 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 75 (42) Keshav Maharaj 2/22 (4 overs)		Quinton de Kock 115 (49) Akeal Hosein 2/41 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

31 January 2026 18:00 (N) Scorecard

South Africa	v	West Indies

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Notes

References

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo