With JP Duminy fit again and Kyle Abbott bowling well, South Africa finally fielded their best XI and chose to bowl against Pakistan in Auckland. "It feels like the kind of ground where you feel you can get on top of the batting side early," AB de Villiers said at the toss. Duminy replaced Farhaan Behardien, strengthening the batting and also providing offspin to the part-time bowling department.
Pakistan made two changes to their side, one of them forced. Haris Sohail was not fit for the game, and Younis Khan came back. Finally the out-of-form Nasir Jamshed was dropped, and in came the enterprising and busy wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed. It is a wonder it took Pakistan so long to make that change: Jamshed has hardly scored a run, and there has hardly been a match in which part-time wicketkeeper Umar Akmal did not drop a catch off the spinners.
Pakistan 1 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Sohaib Maqsood, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Sohail Khan, 10 Rahat Ali, 11 Mohammad Irfan
South Africa 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Rilee Rossouw, 8 Kyle Abbott, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir
Pakistan made two changes to their side, one of them forced. Haris Sohail was not fit for the game, and Younis Khan came back. Finally the out-of-form Nasir Jamshed was dropped, and in came the enterprising and busy wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed. It is a wonder it took Pakistan so long to make that change: Jamshed has hardly scored a run, and there has hardly been a match in which part-time wicketkeeper Umar Akmal did not drop a catch off the spinners.
Pakistan 1 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Sohaib Maqsood, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Sohail Khan, 10 Rahat Ali, 11 Mohammad Irfan
South Africa 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Rilee Rossouw, 8 Kyle Abbott, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir
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