South Africa wins first toss on tour to Pakistan, elects to bat in series-deciding ODI

South Africa has won its archetypal flip connected the circuit of Pakistan and elected to bat successful the series-deciding 3rd ODI

FAISALABAD, Pakistan -- South Africa won its archetypal flip connected the circuit of Pakistan and elected to bat successful the series-deciding 3rd and last ODI connected Saturday.

The bid is locked 1-1 aft Pakistan won the archetypal crippled narrowly by 2 wickets and South Africa bounced backmost with the assistance of Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten period to triumph the 2nd crippled by 8 wickets.

Pakistan accelerated bowler Haris Rauf returned aft serving two-match ban for violating ICC codification of behaviour during the Asia Cup successful precocious September and replaced Naseem Shah. Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed, who was amazingly near retired from the 2nd match, made his mode backmost into the playing XI successful spot of Mohammad Wasim.

South Africa awarded an ODI debut to 28-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Rubin Hermann successful spot of injured Sinethemba Qeshile. The Proteas went with an other seam enactment and brought backmost Lungi Ngidi arsenic left-arm spinner George Linde missed out.

South Africa didn’t triumph a flip successful a two-match drawn trial bid successful Pakistan. The Proteas besides mislaid each the 5 tosses successful the white-ball bid earlier astatine past calling it correctly successful the last crippled of the circuit connected Saturday.

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Lineups:

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke (captain), Rubin Hermann, Donovan Ferreira, Corbin Bosch, Bjorn Fortuin, Nqabayomzi Peter, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi.

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

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