Zampa returns as Australia bowl; Fortuin in for South Africa
Australia selected to bowl v South Africa
South Africa have been requested to chase within the second T20I at Kingsmead after slight drizzle delayed the toss by two minutes. The match is ready to get underway as scheduled.
After struggling their worst T20I defeat against Australia two nights in the past, the hosts resisted the urge to make wholesale modifications and solely introduced in an additional spinner in Bjorn Fortuin for allrounder Marco Jansen, who has been given the weekend off to attend his sister’s marriage ceremony. Keshav Maharaj, who was declared match for choice after having ruptured his Achilles’ in March, was not picked to make his comeback.
Instead, it was Australia who rang in additional switches than anticipated and ignored Tanveer Sangha, who took 4 wickets on debut within the first match, to offer Adam Zampa, who’s getting back from sickness, his likelihood. They additionally made one change within the tempo pack. Spencer Johnson was rested with Jason Behrendorff introduced into the assault.
Australia lead the three-match collection 1-nil.
South Africa: 1 Temba Bavuma, 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram (capt), 5 Dewald Brevis, 6 Tristan Stubbs (wk), 7 Bjorn Fortuin, 8 Gerald Coetzee, 9 Lungi Ngidi, 10 Lizaad Williams, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi
Australia: 1 Matthew Short, 2 Travis Head, 3 Mitchell Marsh (capt), 4 Josh Inglis (wk), 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Tim David, 7 Aaron Hardie, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Jason Behrendorff