Proteas geared up for Windies

The Proteas are just a day away from starting their highly-anticipated Test series against the West Indies and according to coach Shukri Conrad his team could not be better prepared.

- Jacques van der Westhuyzen

The Proteas warmed up for the match starting in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow with a tough four-day match against an Invitational XI in Tarouba, with all the squad's bowlers and batters getting time in the middle.

"It was a good exercise," said Conrad yesterday. "It was a good wicket, if a bit flat, but the most important thing was to spend time out in the middle. We wanted to expose the bowlers who haven't had a lot of mileage recently, while the bulk of the batters got to spend time in the middle as well.