South Africa open their Cricket World Cup campaign on Thursday when they take on the West Indies in Delhi. With a record of 11 wins in a row against the Windies, South Africa will be confident of getting off to a winning start in a competition that has seen them labelled 'chokers' in the past. William Hill make them 1/3 on to win the match and extend that winning run to 12 on Thursday, whilst the unpredictable West Indies are available at odds of 12/5.
The Group B clash is the second match of the tournament to be played between two test cricket playing nations following India's win over Bangladesh. South Africa have been in fine form of late, beating India 3-2 in a recent home series and comfortably beating current world champions Australia by seven wickets in a warm up match.
They are boosted by the return to form of all rounder Jacques Kallis and boast the number one ranked ODI batsman in world cricket in Hashim Amla. The spinning wickets on the sub-continent should suit the wristy Amla and he is favourite to be top South African batsman on Thursday at odds of 3/1 with Hills and he is well worth a look as he has averaged 72.66 in ODI cricket in the last year and hit 116 in the series decider against India last month. They also boast the explosive AB De Villiers in their ranks and it could be worth taking advantage of his odds of 5/2 to score a 50 in the match against the West Indies.
This South African side looks to be one of the most well balanced in years as they boast mystery spinner Imran Tahir, but with a greenish pitch in Delhi it is their pace attack that could cause the damage. Dale Steyn is a formidable opponent but we like the look of number two ranked ODI bowler Morne Morkel who is available at industry best priced odds of 7/2 in the top South African bowler market with Hills.
For the West Indies they need to avert their recent poor form that saw them lose 2-0 to Sri Lanka recently and they haven't been helped by the loss of Carlton Baugh and Adrian Barath to injury. They have fallen to ninth in the ODI world rankings, behind Bangladesh, and last beat South Africa in 2006. But they have plenty of match winners in their side despite their inconsistency and if Chris Gayle explodes at the top of the order they could pull off a surprise win.
WilliamHill.com price Gayle at 3/1 to be top West Indies batsman on Thursday and he is a man with a strike rate of 83, an average of 39 and a high score of 153, and he could single handedly win the game. With so many high class batsmen on both sides, the odds of a century being scored in the match are currently evens, and if the poor side of West Indies' game comes out the odds of over 1.5 run outs in the match at 6/5 are well worth a look.
South Africa v West Indies ODI Tips
Tip #1: Hashim Amla to be top South African batsman @ 3/1 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #2: AB De Villiers to score a 50 in the match @ 5/2 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #3: Over 1.5 run outs in the match @ 6/5 with WilliamHill.com
Match Odds
1/3 South Africa
12/5 West Indies
Top South Africa Batsman Odds
3/1 Hashim Amla
10/3 Jacques Kallis
4/1 Graeme Smith
9/2 AB De Villiers
6/1 Colin Ingram
13/2 JP Duminy
Top West Indies Batsman Odds
3/1 Chris Gayle
4/1 Ramnaresh Sarwan
9/2 Shivnarine Chanderpaul
9/2 Darren Bravo
5/1 Devon Smith
8/1 Dwayne Bravo
Top South Africa Bowler Odds
5/2 Dale Steyn
7/2 Morne Morkel
4/1 Lonwabo Tsotsobe
9/2 Imran Tahir
9/2 Johan Botha
9/2 Wayne Parnell
Top West Indies Bowler Odds
11/4 Kemar Roach
7/2 Dwayne Bravo
9/2 Ravi Rampaul
9/2 Sulieman Benn
5/1 Darren Sammy
5/1 Nikita Miller
Odds provided by WilliamHill.com, who will be operating in-play betting markets throughout the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Posted: Wednesday, 23rd February 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: cricket world cup, south africa, west indies, hashim amla, william hill,
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