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South Africa vs West Indies, LIVE Score, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Updates: The match has been abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy rain played spoilsport in Southampton. The teams will share one point each. South Africa vs West Indies, LIVE Score, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Preview: Searching for their maiden win in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup, Faf du Plessis’ South Africa will face West Indies at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Monday. The Proteas lost their opening match to hosts England by 104 runs on 30 May, before going down to Bangladesh by 21 runs. Next, Virat Kohli-led India handed them a six-wicket loss, meaning the elbow room for Du Plessis’ team is increasingly getting narrow. West Indies, on the other hand, have had a mixed run so far. They were outstanding against Pakistan in their opening fixture, where they blew them away with their scary pace. Next, they lost to Australia by 15 runs, but it was a match they should have won. On current form, the Caribbeans start favourites, even though it is a bit too early to write off South Africa, or any team for that matter. Meanwhile, South Africa coach Ottis Gibson admitted on Saturday he was frustrated to have to deal with the row over AB de Villiers’ controversial late offer to play in the World Cup. It has emerged that De Villiers contacted Gibson and South Africa captain Faf du Plessis to tell them he was willing to come out of retirement. But it was agreed that De Villiers, who retired from international cricket last year, had left it too late to be called up because it would not have been fair to other players who had featured against Pakistan and Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup. De Villiers’ offer had remained under wraps until after South Africa’s World Cup campaign plunged into crisis with a third successive defeat against India on Wednesday. Having lost all three matches, Gibson’s side head into Monday’s clash likely needing to win their remaining six games to have a chance of making the semi-finals. Asked how the situation with De Villiers developed at his pre-match press conference in Southampton on Saturday, Gibson revealed he had spoken to the 35-year-old and told him he should have made it clear he was available earlier in the year. “AB called me. I think it was the morning that the squad was going to be announced. A lot of other things had gone on before that, of course,” he said. “We had decided already that he left it too late because the door was left open up until December, and then after that to come this late in the day,” he added. Squads: South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Quinton de Kock , Imran Tahir , David Miller , JP Duminy , Lungi Ngidi , Kagiso Rabada , Aiden Markram , Chris Morris , Andile Phehlukwayo , Tabraiz Shamsi , Dale Steyn , Dwaine Pretprius , Rassie van der Dussen , Hashim Amla . 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 For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, click here With AFP inputs
Highlights, South Africa vs West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match, Full Cricket Score: Match abandoned after rain plays spoilsport
The match has been abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy rain played spoilsport in Southampton. The teams will share one point each.
 "Highlights, South Africa vs West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match, Full Cricket Score: Match abandoned after rain plays spoilsport")
Damp end to what was building up to be an exciting clash between South Africa and West Indies. The Proteas have their first point of the World Cup campaign on board, although this isn’t quite how they imagined opening their account. West Indies, on the other hand, will be gutted to have missed out on the two points that could have seen them dislodge Australia from the fourth spot. Their pacers were looking menacing getting two early wickets and once again varying their lengths to good effect until rain played spoilsport.
The action now moves to Bristol, which had also witnessed a washout in the Pakistan-Sri Lanka encounter three days ago. This time, it’s Sri Lanka taking on Bangladesh this time. Do follow our coverage tomorrow, with the match starting at 3 pm IST.
Till then, it’s a goodbye from us.
South Africa collect their first points in the World Cup!
The curve is upwards #CWC19 #proteas
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) June 10, 2019
MATCH ABANDONED!
It's bad news from the Hampshire Bowl as today's match has now been abandoned 🌧️
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 10, 2019
South Africa and West Indies will pick up a point apiece. pic.twitter.com/FDoGt4zf5U
And the covers are back on! The wait just keeps getting longer and longer!
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 10, 2019
Not a sight one would want to see right now!
The facial expressions in this photo sum up the current mood at the Hampshire Bowl.
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 10, 2019
It's still raining ☔ 🌧️ pic.twitter.com/wOA3j6YmzM
Have you already moved on from this year’s Cricket World Cup?
Written this World Cup off, looking forward to the 2023 event now.
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) June 10, 2019
It’s David Miller’s birthday today! Can the middle-order batsman celebrate the day with a big score at Southampton? That of course, depends on the weather allows him the opportunity…
BIRTHDAY WISHES
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) June 10, 2019
Proteas batter, @DavidMillerSA12 is 3⃣0⃣ today 🎊🥳
Send through your birthday wishes, you might get a response from him 🙂#ProteaFire 🔥#CWC19 #SAvWI pic.twitter.com/bp7nCulsrP
British weather…
One of the worst weather days in the last one month that I have been in the UK. Glad it came 24 hours after we beat Australia.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) June 10, 2019
South Africa fans are certainly not enjoying the World Cup!
South Africa please don't humiliate yourself. Just walkover this worldcup.
— someone (@iPavana_) June 10, 2019
The South Africa team which I have seen and supported all these years atleast had an urge to outplay.#SAvWI #CWC19
Not a very happy look.
It's raining at the Hampshire Bowl.. https://t.co/dyFcnpx2IJ
— ICC (@ICC) June 10, 2019
Is AB de Villiers’ absence hurting South Africa in this World Cup?
ABD's sensational 66-ball 162* helped South Africa post a massive 408 against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup! 🔥 Will today's #SAvWI game be just as spectacular? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Ldw29hV5tj
— ICC (@ICC) June 10, 2019
South African fans clearly aren’t happy with their team’s performance so far in the tournament, as well as in this match.
If rain ends this game, we get 1 point.
— Dhashnie Pillay 🇿🇦🇺🇸 (@Dhashnie) June 10, 2019
I'm really not interested in 1 point. Yes it puts us on the board.
But why should that excite me.
Our boys are better than this. But this world cup is making us look dismal. We look like the worst team out there. #CWC19 #ProteaFire
After 7 overs,South Africa 28/2 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 16 , Faf du Plessis (C) 0)
Cottrell gets another wicket, this time getting Markram caught-behind with a short ball down the leg side. The Proteas skipper walks out to bat next, with his team off to a jittery start, much like Pakistan and Australia against the Windies earlier in the tournament. Onus is on him and the in-form de Kock to rescue the side to a competitive total from this point, like Smith and the rest of the middle order did for the Aussies. Excellent over from Cottrell, bowling out a wicket maiden.
OUT! Fine catch by Shai Hope, as Sheldon Cottrell strikes again, this time getting Markram squared up with a short ball along the leg side at an uncomfortable angle! Out comes the salute again! SA 28/2
Markram c Hope b Cottrell 5(10)
After 6 overs,South Africa 28/1 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 16 , Aiden Markram 5)
Markram nudges at a back-of-length ball towards midwicket off the fourth delivery to collect a single after three dots. De Kock runs the ball down the ground for a brace off the last delivery. Three off Roach’s third over.
After 5 overs,South Africa 25/1 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 14 , Aiden Markram 4)
Cottrell fires a sharp bouncer at de Kock, who lobs it just out of the bowler’s reach. Roach saves a couple of runs for his team with a dive at backward point after a square drive by de Kock, who then ends the over with a boundary. Eight off the over.
After 4 overs,South Africa 17/1 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 6 , Aiden Markram 4)
Roach begins his second over with a wide down the leg side, with QDK collecting a singe off the second delivery. Markram finally gets off the mark with a lovely drive through the extra cover region. Six off the over.
Most catches for Windies by fielders:
121 – CHRIS GAYLE*
120 – Carl Hooper
117 – Brian Lara
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