http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 v New Zealand – 3rd T20I – Toss Report
With the three-match T20I series locked at 1-1, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first in the series decider, currently being played at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, today on December 26.
The batsman-friendly pitch at Port Elizabeth appealed to South African skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 claimed he would have elected to field first anyway.
The Proteas had secured a comfortable 8-wicket win in the first T20I, but a spectacular performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 had seen the visitors bouncing back to level the series after pulling off a stunning last-ball victory in the second match.
Predictably, the Black Caps chose to retain the same XI which won them the previous match at East London – young pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708 is still out in favour of Mitchell McClenaghan, and although it appeared to have affected him little during the second T20I, Guptill goes into today’s match after having recovered fully from the stomach bug which forced him to sit out the first match at Durban.
The Proteas, meanwhile, decided to drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Ontong-c1704 will feature in the middle order.
With the conclusion of the T20I series today, the next task on the agenda for both teams will be a 2-match extended-overs series, due to kick off on January 2, 2013, at Cape Town.
South Africa playing XI:
1 Henry Davids, 2 Faf du Plessis (captain), 3 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RK-Kleinveldt-c2334
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 playing XI:
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975
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