LIVE - Australia v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 - 2nd ODI – Toss Report
South Africa's captain, Hashim Amla, opted to bat first in the second One Day International of the three match series against Australia, being played at St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, today, Sunday, October 23, 2011.
Today’s game is a must win affair for the Proteas to keep their hopes of winning the series alive, while the Aussies would be looking forward to seal the series today.
It is a bright sunny day in Port Elizabeth and the sea breeze could Test the pace of fast bowlers. The home skipper reckons that the St George wicket would become slower as the day progresses and the sea breeze is also expected to
become stronger in the latter half of the day.
The prolific leg-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir will be once again making the sidelines as the home side decided to field an unchanged squad from the rain ruined first ODI.
The tourists on the other side, have made one change to last game’s playing eleven by calling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Marsh-c1974, missed the second T20 and the opening ODI against South Africa
due to a hip injury.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 is still nursing his shoulder niggle and failed to make up the Aussie playing XI once again despite performing well in the lead-up to the match.
After losing the series opener by 93 runs at Centurion on Wednesday, the hosts must be aiming to fight back into the series by setting a big chase for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 and his men.
A South African win today would mean a mouthwatering contest at Durban, while an Aussie victory would result in dead rubber - cricket lovers would be cheering for the Proteas today.
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