West Indies Vs. South Africa

West Indies Vs. South Africa - The ICC World Cup 2011 continues today with the match up between South Africa and the West Indies.There are quite a few celebrity Cricket fans who will probably be watching SA vs. WI online today, including Daniel Radcliffe and Princes William and Harry.

We can’t help but wonder if some famous names from South Africa and the West Indies will also be rooting for their team in today’s match up. Famous South African celebs include Charlize Theron and Dave Matthews. Some names you will recognize from the West Indies are Lil’ Kim and Alicia Keys, who are both Jamaican.

South Africa are batting on 138/2 in 28 overs with spikker Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers at the crease as they chase 223 against West Indies at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

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The Proteas wouldn't have expected a more poor start to their innings against the Windies. First they lost their opener Hashim Amla and then it was the big-match player Jacques Kallis to walk off the crease with 1 run written against his name.

Both wickets fell in controversial fashion. In case of Amla (14), paceman Kemar Roach had overstepped slightly while bowling and Kallis just walked off after being caught by skipper Darren Sammy in the slip off left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn's bowling. There was doubt that the ball had carried off his bat. South Africa fell to 20/2 in 5 overs.

Whatever the case, the spinner-pacer combination worked well for the West Indies.

West Indies innings

West Indies were all out for 222 as the South Africa bowlers tightened the noose at death to push the opposition to the wall.

Early in the innings, West Indies opener Chris Gayle departed on the third ball of the match with offie Johan Botha claiming his wicket. A surprising decision by South Africa skipper Graeme Smith to give the ball to off-spinner Johan Botha in the very first over. But, the moved paid off as in the third ball of the over he struck to send danger-man Chris Gayle back into the pavilion.

A good length ball from Botha pitched outside off took the edge off Gayle's bat to and Jacques Kallis did the rest in the first slip. West Indies slumped to 2/1 in the very first over.

One wicket down early on but West Indies had little to fear as their other opener Devon Smith and new man Darren Bravo continued to bat on and frustrate the Protea bowlers. The duo put on 111 for the second wicket before a change in bowling accounted for Bravo on 113/2.

On this occasion too it was Botha, who did the trick, claiming him Leg Before. Bravo scored a fine 73 off 82 balls. Post his dismissal Smith too fell on 117/3 with another spinner Imran Tahir claiming his wicket on 36.

Tahir struck again to scalp another danger-man Ramnaresh Sarwan when the West Indies score was 120. He only put two on board before a LBW decision send him back.

Then Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwyane Bravo got on with another partnership. They put on 58 runs for fifth wicket before Bravo got run out on 40. The Windies score at this juncture was 178/5 in 37.5 overs.

However, post Dwyane Bravo's wicket the West Indies batting line-up faltered and they lost quick wickets. Chanderpaul departed when the score was 209/6 and South African paceman Dale Steyn claimed Kieron Pollard on a duck when the score was 213/7. From here on things became easy for the Protea pacers, who got busy counting the opposition scalps.

West Indies could only manage to put 222 on board and were bowled out in the 48th over.

Earlier, South Africa skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to field.