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Brandon Bess makes debut as Windies bat first in 3rd Digicel Test

26/06/10

West Indies captain Chris Gayle won the toss and decided to bat first in the third Digicel Test match against South Africa at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. Fast bowler Brandon Bess was called up to make his debut after pacer Nelon Pascal suffered a neck injury in the warm-up exercises. Bess, the 22-year-old six-footer from Guyana is a member of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre.

TEAMS
West Indies: Chris Gayle (captain), Dale Richards, Narsingh Deonarine, Shiv Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Shane Shillingford, Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach, Brandon Bess; 12th man: Shamarh Brooks

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel; 12th man: JP Duminy.

Umpires: Simon Taufel and Steve Davis (Australia); Television umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan); Fourth official: Clyde Duncan (Guyana)
ICC match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)