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South Africa choose to bat

November 02, 2006 15:12 IST

South African skipper Graeme Smith [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat in the second semi-final of the Champions Trophy [ Images ] cricket tournament against West Indies [ Images ] in Jaipur [ Images ] on Thursday.

South Africa [ Images ] rung in two changes, bringing in Loots Bosman for Boeta Dippenaar and spinner Robin Peterson in place of fast bowler Charl Langveldt.

West Indies replaced Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards [ Images ] with Dwayne Smith [ Images ] and Ian Bradshaw respectively.

Teams:

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ], Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis [ Images ], Mark Boucher [ Images ], Justine Kemp, Shaun Pollock [ Images ], AB de Villiers [ Images ], Robin Peterson, Andre Nel [ Images ] and Makhaya Ntini [ Images ].

West Indies: Chris Gayle [ Images ], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ], Runako Morton, Brian Lara [ Images ] (capt), Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, Carlton Baugh, Ian Bradshaw and Jerome Taylor [ Images ].

Umpires: Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar.

Third Umpire: Darrell Harper.

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe.

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