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Russell Domingo, South Africa's coach, has blamed heavy workloads and jaded players for his team's failure to reach the final of the tri-nation series in the West Indies, but insisted the below-par performance would not push him to resign

ESPNcricinfo previews the tri-series encounter between West Indies and South Africa

AB De Villiers' 200th ODI for South Africa ended much the same way his 100th Test did; with rain forcing an abandonment, after just one over, at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday

No team has won two games in a row in the tri-series so far, and they are all tied on points. Australia and South Africa will want to be the ones moving ahead

West Indies captain Jason Holder has conceded that his team's bowling, including his own, was below par in their match against South Africa in St Kitts on Wednesday, where Hashim Amla's century set up a hefty win for South Africa

Hashim Amla's 23rd ODI hundred and Imran Tahir's 7 for 45 led South Africa to a bonus-point win against West Indies at Basseterre

South Africa captain AB de Villiers is looking for a more dynamic performance from his team as they come up against what he believes is a more consistent West Indies team

South Africa need a win to keep pace with the West Indies and Australia as the triangular series moves towards its pointy end

Hashim Amla has called on South Africa's top six to take responsibility for run-scoring and not leave it up to the lower order to finish games in the ongoing ODI tri-series in the Caribbean

Tabraiz Shamsi expects higher totals as the Caribbean tri-series shifts from the slow pitch and sizeable outfield at Providence to a quicker strip and smaller ground in St Kitts

Rilee Rossouw is set to return to South Africa from the Caribbean, to have surgery on the shoulder he injured during the tri-series match against Australia on June 7

South Africa batsman Farhaan Behardien has said they were confident at the halfway mark of their match on Tuesday that their total of 189 would be "tough" to surpass for Australia

South Africa posted only one run more than the 188 they had managed in their triangular series opener against West Indies but it was enough to give them a first win in three meetings against Australia in the Caribbean

Neil McKenzie, South Africa's batting consultant, has called on his line-up to develop "thick skins" and concentrate on rotating strike on the Providence pitch ahead of their second match in the triangular series

Australia can step closer to the tournament final with a victory over South Africa to follow their opening bonus-point win over West Indies

Emerging from one of their worst seasons in recent history, South Africa are still favourites as they take on West Indies in the opening game of the tri-series in Guyana

Former Barbados fast bowler Roderick Estwick has been named West Indies' bowling coach and will replace Curtly Ambrose in the role, the WICB announced on Friday