Morne Morkel and Duminy are doubtful to play the final of the tr-series against Australia at Harare on August 6, 2014. The match start time is 9:30 am local, 7:30 GMT, 1:00 p.m. IST. Morkel has a rotator cuff tear injury and Duminy is suffering from knee problem. If both doesn’t play, Kyle Abbott and […]
Morne Morkel and Duminy are doubtful to play the final of the tr-series against Australia at Harare on August 6,
2014.
The match start time is 9:30 am local, 7:30 GMT, 1:00 p.m. IST.
Morkel has a rotator cuff tear injury and Duminy is suffering from knee problem. If both doesn’t play, Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw will replace them.
There are also chances that both of them will play.
Australia might field the same XI that beat the Proteas in the last league game.
The toss, team news and squads will be updated here shortly. Watch the SA vs Zim live streaming of the match HERE.
A completely new strip has been prepared for the final in the middle of the square. Th last six matches were played in the same strip which had weared of and had become slow.
More bounce and carry is expected from the new strip which will surely help the pacers of both the teams.
The weather forecast is cool in Harare and there is a 40 percent chance of a drizzle during the day.
In South Africa and Zimbabwe the mach live telecast can be watched on SuperSport and on Willow TV in US.
In India, the broadcasting rights Star Cricket, while PTV Sports will telecast in Pakistan.
Final scores:
Australia 217/9 v South Africa 221/4 (40.5/50 ov)
Watch the highlights videos here.
The probable players are as below:
Australia: Aaron Finch, Phillip Hughes, Steven Smith, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc,James Faulkner and Nathan Lyon.
South Africa:Hashim Amla,Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso and Imran Tahir.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers will take this as as opportunity to tackle Australia for the upcoming World cup 2015. He said, “It’s a great test for us. We lost to them in the last game so we’d like to fix things. It’s a great opportunity to go one-up on them before we go into that all-important series before the World Cup in Australia.”
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