http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 v South Africa – 1st T20 – Toss report
New Zealand have won the toss, and elected to field in the first T20I of the 3-match series against South Africa, being played at Westpac Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wellington-c864 today, on February 17, 2012.
The hosts have tinkered with the team composition, which is slightly different from the one that recently defeated Zimbabwe in the final T20I. In-form opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Ellis-c1037 and Michael
Bates have been left out. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JDP-Oram-c1681 is still unable to join the team on account of his calf injury, which forced him to sit out the last game against Zimbabwe.
South Africa have retained an unchanged outfit from the one which defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Ontong-c1704 gets to feature in his first ODI since 2008.
The 20-run win in the warm-up match was instigated by the opening pairing of batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557, who established the highest partnership of the match, sharing
81 runs between them. Meanwhile, the bowling attack was spearheaded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LL-Tsotsobe-c1842, who took 4 wickets.
The pitch is expected to be batsmen-friendly. However, considering the bowling depth in the respective camps, the track should offer both pace and bounce with the new ball.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
However, the visitors have an uphill task ahead of them. Kiwis are in top form, and fresh from their series clean sweep against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, following a quarter-final defeat by the Black Caps, which means
expectations and pressure-levels are sure to run sky-high today.
New Zealand playing XI:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659
South Africa playing XI:
RE Levi, HM Amla, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Theron-c1612, M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe
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