Australia will meet South Africa in its second game of its Triangular Series at Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Wednesday at 3:30 a.m. ET. Live stream the match by clicking this link.
Australia is coming off a 198-run win over Zimbabwe in its opening fixture on Monday. Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell all played well as Australia put up a score of 350. Maxwell led the way with 93 runs. Mitchell Johnson will be the key bowler for Australia and look to keep the South African batsmen in check.
Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock will be returning to the lineup for South Africa after taking a break for the third ODI against Zimbabwe last week. Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn are both back in the lineup for South Africa after resting for the three ODIs against Zimbabwe. However, Vernon Philander and Beuran Hendricks have both been ruled out of the game with due to injury. Kyle Abbott could step in as a replacement. JP Duminy and David Miller will be key to providing runs from the bottom of the order. Ryan McLaren will also be important to South Africa's success.
South Africa has won three of its last four series against Australia.
"This is the pinnacle of cricket, you want to play against the best in the world," Duminy said. "Australia are number one in the world and play a good brand of cricket but they also haven't played much in the last few months. We probably do have the advantage in terms of match practice."
Starting Squads
South Africa: AB de Villiers (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (w/k), JPDuminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller,Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Rilee Rossouw,Mthokozisi Shezi, Dale Steyn
Australia: Michael Clarke (captain), Aaron Finch, Phillip Hughes, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Brad Haddin (w/k), Mitchell Johnson, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Ben Cutting, Mitchell Marsh, Kane Richardson
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