First T20I: West Indies vs South Africa – LIVE scores

West Indies vs South Africa: The West Indies have won the toss and elected to field first in the first T20I against the Proteas.

West Indies vs South Africa – LIVE scores

1st T20I, St George’s, Jun 26 2021, South Africa tour of West Indies

Teams

West Indies: 1 Andre Fletcher, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Chris Gayle, 4 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 5 Kieron Pollard (capt), 6 Andre Russell, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Jason Holder, 9 Fabian Allen, 10 Obed McCoy, 11 Kevin Sinclair

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Temba Bavuma (capt), 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 Heinrich Klaasen, 6 David Miller, 7 George Linde. 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Tabraiz Shamsi, 11 Lungi Ngidi

Andre Russell was named in the West Indies T20I side for the first time in over two years for the first match of their series against the Proteas.

“Andre Russell will add that ‘X’ factor to the team,” Chief Selector Roger Harper said. “He is an impact player with both bat and ball, and lends greater depth in both departments.

“The aim is to build on the performance against Sri Lanka earlier this year, to build confidence, while determining our best squad and team as we run into the ICC T20 World Cup.”

West Indies head into the series having come up short against South Africa in the Test series. The Proteas dominated the hosts in the two-match series, winning the first Test by 158 runs and then registering an innings-and-63-run victory to complete the rout.

The two teams last clashed in T20Is five years ago in the Super10 stage of 2016 ICC T20 World Cup where West Indies emerged victorious in a low-scoring encounter. West Indies eventually went on the win the World Cup, courtesy a Carlos Brathwaite special in the final against England.