South Africa vs West Indies ICC World Cup 2011 Live Score and Updates

Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 11:27 am , filed under World Cup 2011 by Bowman Michael

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South Africa vs West Indies (SA vs WI) ICC World Cup 2011 group B seventh match live match was kicked off at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi at 9.00 GMT and 14.30 IST on 24rd February, 2011.

South Africa won the toss and decided to field first. Graeme Smith is worried of due factor with two spinners in the team. West Indies captain Darren Sammy is happy to bat first.

West Indies opened their innings with Chris Gayle and Devon Smith. Chris Gayle (2) dismissed early in the first over in the bowling of Johan Botha. If Windies has to pose a defendable total infront of South Africa then West Indies batsmen Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo should play their natural game and help the team. If hard hitting batsmen Kieron Pollard can gain the advantage of batting powerplay then West Indies will be great position to close up with a victory.

West Indies batting, Devon Smith (1) and Darren Bravo (10) are on the crease.

This is the opening match for both the teams in the ICC World Cup 2011. South African captain Graeme Smith is very eager to start the tournament with a win. South Africa team is well balanced in all the departments. South Africa batting order is strong with Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, AB De Villiers, Jacques Kallis and their bowling lineup consists of furious Dale Steyn and zippy Morne Morkel. Imran Tahir will spin the ball along with Johan Botha.

Johan Botha and Dale Steyn shared the new ball for South Africa.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel.

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Darren Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy (c), Devon Thomas (wk), Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach.
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