World Cup Warm-up Live: West Indies opts to bowl against South Africa

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World Cup Warm-up Live: West Indies opts to bowl against South Africa

 FOUR - Quinton de Kock gets off the mark with a boundary and that's a beautiful shot through the covers.

Sheldon Cottrell, left-arm fast medium, into the attack.

◙ FOUR- First runs on the board. Beautiful shot from Hashim Amla as he gets off the mark with a boundary. On the pads and he flicks it  through the mid-wicket.

◙ Cool conditions greet the players as the two sides make their way. The Wet Indies players are warming up and are out there in the middle and out come the South Africa openers, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock. Jason Holder to open the attack. Here we go!

◙ Toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first.

◙  Jason Holder at the Toss: We're going to field first. It looks like a green wicket with a bit of grass covering so we'll look to make full use of it. The preparation has gone well, it is the last chance for us to finalize combinations. We are playing twelve today - Fabien, Roach and another guy. We have to work to our strengths, we have got good fast bowlers, a left-armer and a good mix of players.

◙  JP Duminy at the Toss: It is important to understand the conditions here, it would be different from the ones we experienced at Cardiff. Nothing has happened to Faf, he will be batting today, but I will be captaining the side.

◙ Michael Holding at the Toss Report: Reckons there is a little bit of grass and there's rain in the air.

◙ Coming up Pitch Report and Toss.

◙ After a satisfactory workout in its first warm-up match against Sri Lanka, South Africa will face West Indies, which is playing its first warm-up match, at the Bristol County Ground.

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◙ Related: India's batting failed to put any pressure on New Zealand's bowlers as Virat Kohli and Co. suffered a six-wicket defeat in the first warm-up game ahead of the ICC World Cup on Saturday.

◙ The match is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM Indian time, with the toss set to take place at 14:30 IST.

◙ Stay tuned for live updates.

◙ Teams:

◙ South Africa: Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis(c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Quinton de Kock(w), Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, Tabraiz Shamsi

◙ West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell