South Africa bat first; West Indies bench Andre Fletcher and Chris Gayle

South Africa
Report

Heinrich Klaasen was left out of the XI and Aiden Markram given an opportunity at No.5

West Indies chose to bowl v South Africa

For the third match in succession, Kieron Pollard won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first in Grenada. The series is locked at 1-1 and West Indies will attempt to take the lead without opener Andre Fletcher and marquee batter Chris Gayle, who were both been benched for this match. Lendl Simmons will partner Evin Lewis at the top of the order and Shimron Hetmeyer was installed at No.3

South Africa’s only change also came in the line-up. Heinrich Klaasen was left out of the XI and Aiden Markram given an opportunity at No.5. Markram’s offspin will also give South Africa a sixth bowling option after they chose not to include a seam-bowling allrounder. George Linde remained the only two-in-one player in the side, which included three specialist quicks and a spinner. This was also Quinton de Kock’s 50th T20.

South Africa will wear black armbands to remember former team manager Goolam Rajah who died of Covid-19 related complications earlier in the day. Both teams will observe a moment of silence followed by their anti-racism gestures before play gets underway.

West Indies: 1 Evin Lewis, 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Shimron Hetmeyer, 4 Kieron Pollard (capt), 5 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 6 Jason Holder, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Dwayne Bravo, 9 Fabian Allen, 10 Kevin Sinclair, 11 Obed McCoy

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Temba Bavuma (capt), 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 Aiden Markram, 6 David Miller, 7 George Linde, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi

Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo’s South Africa correspondent

Products You May Like

Articles You May Like

Zak Crawley: England ‘need to stay positive’ despite defeat to India
Wolvaardt’s maiden T20I hundred sets up thumping South Africa win
Sharfuddoula becomes first Bangladeshi in ICC Elite Panel of Umpires
Quad injury rules Devine out of final T20I against England
Australia-India five-Test blockbuster to start in Perth in late November

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *