USA captain, Aaron Jones, won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first match of the T20 World Cup ‘Super Eight’ stage against South Africa at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday.
South Africa finished top of their group with four wins out four while co-hosts, USA, progressed to the second round largely thanks to a shock, Super Over victory against Pakistan in their second match although qualification was only guaranteed with a washout against Ireland.
South Africa have included a second specialist spinner in Tabraiz Shamsi in place of their only specialist ‘death overs’ bowler, Ottneil Baartman, who has bowled more dot balls than any other SA bowler in the tournament so far. “It was based purely on conditions,” Markram said at the toss. These two teams are joined in Group 2 by England and the West Indies who play each other later in the day while Group 1 comprises India, Australia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.Quinton de Kock , Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram , Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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