News Desk
\nSOUTHAMPTON
\nWest Indies paceman Sheldon Cottrell reduced South Africa to 29 for two before rain stopped play in their World Cup match in Southampton on Monday.
\nSouth Africa, desperately needing a win after defeats in all three of their matches so far at the tournament in England and Wales, lost the toss and were put in to bat under threatening skies.
\nThey were quickly in trouble, with Hashim Amla edging Cottrell to Chris Gayle at slip for just six, sparking the bowler\u2019s trademark celebration featuring a short march and salute.
\nThat brought Aiden Markram to the wicket but he had only made five when he tickled a Cottrell delivery down the legside and wicketkeeper Shai Hope completed the catch to leave South Africa in deep trouble at 28-2 in the seventh over.
\nIn the following over, delivered by Oshane Thomas, rain stopped play and the covers came on.
\nEarlier, West Indies captain Jason Holder opted to field under heavy cloud cover and with a poor forecast.
\n\u201cWe are going to field first, obviously it is overcast and there is some rain around,\u201d said Holder, whose side beat Pakistan in their opening match before losing to Australia when they were well-placed to win.
\n\u201cWe have reflected on the defeat to Australia, which hurt us deeply, but we have to move on. Take the learning out of it and make amends.
\n\u201cWe have to do the basics better, the batters have to take more responsibility.\u201d
\nSouth Africa captain Faf du Plessis insisted his troubled side could still turn their fortunes around.
\n\u201cWe have played two of the strongest teams (England and India),\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a six-week tournament and if you can turn that momentum around, you can ride it. It\u2019s about not focusing on the negatives.\u201d
\nSouth Africa brought in batsman Markram for JP Duminy and left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, who replaced injured fast bowler Dale Steyn in the squad, made his first start of the tournament, coming in for Tabraiz Shamsi.
\nDarren Bravo came in for the West Indies to replace injured opener Evin Lewis. Seamer Kemar Roach was included in place of injured all-rounder Andre Russell.<\/p>\n
Teams:
\nSouth Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (capt), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir
\nWest Indies: Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (capt), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Desk SOUTHAMPTON West Indies paceman Sheldon Cottrell reduced South Africa to 29 for two before rain stopped play in their World Cup match in Southampton on Monday. South Africa, desperately needing a win after defeats in all three of their matches so far at the tournament in England and Wales, lost the toss and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n