Australia captain Mitch Marsh has received the toss and selected to bowl first within the opening one-day worldwide towards South Africa in Bloemfontein.
Marsh’s males are coming off an emphatic 3-0 sweep of the Proteas within the latest Twenty20 sequence and can look to proceed that robust kind by making early inroads on a dry-looking strip.
Josh Hazlewood spearheads the assault for Australia, who opted to go together with twin spinners in Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar.
David Warner, who was rested from the T20 sequence, returns to open the batting with Travis Head, who belted 91 within the third sport of that sequence to be named participant of the match.
In-form Marsh, named participant of the T20 sequence after averaging 186, will bat at first drop and proceed as captain with common skipper Pat Cummins (fractured hand) nonetheless unavailable.
Emerging allrounder Cam Green is listed to bat at No.4 within the absence of Steve Smith, who’s absent from this tour with a wrist damage.
Temba Bavuma, South Africa’s 50-over format captain, takes again the reins from T20 skipper Aiden Markram and can lead a much more formidable trying group than the one obliterated within the 20-over format final week.
Pace ace Kagiso Rabada, hard-hitting David Miller and fashionable wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock – who has introduced he shall be retiring from ODIs on the finish of the upcoming World Cup – headline the Proteas’ additions.
South Africa have received 11 of the final 12 ODIs between the 2 conventional powerhouses and lead 51-48 general however the groups have not crossed swords since early in 2020.
Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (capt), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
