West Indies in South Africa 2025/26

The phrase “West Indies in South Africa” denotes the bilateral international touring series contested between the West Indies national cricket team and the South Africa national team. Neither entry represents a domestic club or franchise; the West Indies is a multinational confederation of Caribbean nations, while South Africa operates as a single national entity. The fixture is arranged by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket West Indies (CWI), operating under the sanction of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Each tour typically comprises three distinct formats of play. Test matches are multi-day contests lasting up to five days, with recent editions featuring a two-match sequence. One Day Internationals (ODIs) consist of 50-over matches, frequently scheduled in sets of three. Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) provide a shorter variant of the game, also commonly played as a three-match series. The structure is not fixed permanently but adapts to the specific agreement for each tour.

South Africa hosts the visiting West Indies side for these engagements. The most recent men’s series hosted in South Africa took place in early 2023. In that campaign, the hosts secured victory across all three disciplines, winning the Test series without loss, the ODI series by a margin of one match, and the T20I series by the same margin. A separate Test series followed later in 2024, though it was played on West Indian soil.

Domestic structures remain entirely separate. South Africa features provincial teams and the SA20 franchise league, while the West Indies utilises the Caribbean Premier League and the West Indies Championship for internal competition. Although individual players may cross borders to join foreign franchises as overseas imports, the national teams themselves compete exclusively against one another in these bilateral series.