7th Match, Group B -
South Africa v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Feb 24
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
15:00 BDT
Graeme Smith
South Africa
Graeme Smith is a prolific batsman, strong on the front and back foot. He has safe hands in the slips or the outfield but his most valuable asset now is the maturity and charisma he shows as a leader. Under Graeme Smith, South Africa have not won a piece of ICC silverware and the 2011 World Cup will be their last chance to do so, since Smith will step down after the event. He had played just 22 ODIs, and that number was also his age, when he became captain but signs were already there that he would make a formidable player and leader. Smith is aggressive and strategic, both as a captain and as a batsman. His drives through the off-side are merciless and he punishes anything on the pads through midwicket. Smith's average in this format peeps over 40 and he has close to 6000 runs. In 2007, he became the first ODI player to hit six fours in an over.
Darren Sammy
West Indies
Darren Sammy is not the best batsman, bowler or allrounder in the team, but he is the captain of the team. His supporters say his head and heart are in right place and he is passionate about reviving West Indies cricket. And he is increasingly proving to be a valuable player in the ODI squad. In 2010, against Zimbabwe, he took eight wickets at 12.50 and at an economy rate of just 2.85 to play a major role in the series triumph. Later, against South Africa, he was the lone West Indian to have had a good series: he scored his runs at a strike-rate of 145.31, and registered the fastest ever half-century by a West Indian in the second ODI.
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