Windies, Proteas face Knockout to Play in the Final

                The Tri-Nation series so far turned team's momentum from heads to tails and it turned teams to face Knockouts at the penultimate stage of the series. Where the winner on Friday at Barbados likely to face on Australia in the final, as hosts and Proteas face up each other in a Knockout Contest.
                The hosts made the series much competitive than expected defeating No.1 and No.3 teams once a piece, but their fortunes would have been much better if their captain hadn't gone through the hamstring against Australia. Where Samuels Ton and Ramdin’s vital knock lost in vain.
               While the hosts looked they are dependent heavily on Narine for wickets and they struggled to restrict appositions most often than not when he hadn't found in wickets column. Although pacers got to do much work on the pitch where it producing true bounce, alongside consistency from their batsmen will be tested in an must win game.
                Meanwhile Proteas too struggled for consistency like other teams, but they moved the radar quite high as the series progressed and now they are in a position where they can extract their best game. Alongside the situation the momentum is in Proteas favour, where they trashed the hosts in all departments at Basseterre in their previous encounter.
               The pitch at Barbados has some pace to work for both batsmen and pacers, while it may not assist for spinners but larger boundaries will keep variations in check.
                Although on the all important Holder's fitness will be in check and if doesn't make it, it allows them to consider for an additional pacer. While Proteas likely to stick with the same playing XI that featured in the rain altered ODI.
                Even Though both sides have a win apiece against each other, it might depend on fielding standards of both the sides where the players struggled to acclimatise with the different conditions on offer in the series so far. At the end the contest determines on how Windies batsmen score against Proteas bowlers.