Toss Australia chose to field vs South Africa
Blue skies greeted the teams on a public holiday in South Africa: Heritage Day, which is a celebration of the diversity of cultures in the country. A good crowd is expected in Durban, which has not hosted a men’s ODI since a rain-out against England in February 2020.
South Africa, hamstrung by the absence of four frontline bowlers, went with both their left-arm spinners in an XI that also included three seamers. Gerald Coetzee will play his first ODI since the 2023 World Cup semi-final and will share the seam load with Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch.
South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Tony de Zorzi, 3 Temba Bavuma (capt), 4 Matthew Breetzke, 5 Ryan Rickelton, 6 David Miller, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Gerald Coetzee, 10 Bjorn Fortuin, 11 Keshav Maharaj
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (capt), 2 Travis Head, 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Josh Inglis (wk), 5 Matt Renshaw, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Jack Edwards, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood
