T20 WC: Scotland elect to bowl against South Africa

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T20 WC: Scotland elect to bowl against South Africa 7 Jun 2009, 1734 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM

NEW DELHI: Scotland captain Gavin Hamilton won the toss and chose to bowl against South Africa in the fifth match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Kennington Oval in London on Sunday. Scorecard The Proteas have recently enjoyed some memorable Test triumphs, winning series in both England and Australia. But since South Africa's re-admission in 1991 they have not reached the final of a major One-day tournament. At the 1999 World Cup fast bowler Allan Donald was run out off the last ball of their semi-final against Australia, the tie taking the Aussies into the final. And four years later, on home soil, South Africa's failure to correctly interpret the Duckworth-Lewis system saw them go out of the World Cup in the group stage during a rain-affected match against Sri Lanka. South Africa staged the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007 but did not reach the semi-finals. But 12 of their 15-man squad played in the recent Indian Premier League, that was moved to South Africa at short notice because of security concerns. They beat both Pakistan and Sri Lanka convincingly in their warm-up matches. The Netherlands's shock win over hosts England on Friday ought to give fellow minnows Scotland hope that they too can cause an upset. But there were few signs that such a shock was on the cards during Scotland's warm-up defeats by England and the Netherlands. The Scots, captained by ex-England all-rounder Gavin Hamilton, opened their World Twenty20 campaign against New Zealand at the Oval on Saturday where rain reduced the match to a seven overs per side contest. Teams: South Africa: Graeme Smith (Capt.), Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Albie Morkel, Mark Boucher, Roelof van der Merwe, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell, Johan Botha. Scotland: Gavin Hamilton (Capt.), Ryan Watson, Navdeep Poonia, Kyle Coetzer, Colin Smith, Neil McCallum, Jan Stander, Majid Haq, Glenn Rogers, Gordon Drummond, Calum MacLeod.