South Africa win toss, bat against Pakistan in 2nd ODI

By AFP
March 15, 2013

CENTURION: South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in second one-day...

CENTURION: South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in second one-day international against Pakistan at the SuperSport Park on Friday.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn returned to the South African team for the day-night game in place of Rory Kleinveldt. Pakistan also made one change, with left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan replacing batsman Asad Shafiq.

South Africa lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the opening game
by 125 runs in Bloemfontein on Sunday.

Teams:
South Africa: AB de Villiers (captain & wk), Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, Faf du Plessis, Farhaan Behardien, Ryan McLaren, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan.

Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ), Adrian Holdstock (SA), TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL), Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
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