Australia win toss, bowl in deciding South Africa ODI

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HOBART, Australia, Nov 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Australia captain Aaron Finch
won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final one-day international
against South Africa in Hobart on Sunday.

The series is all square with the Proteas winning the opening game by six
wickets and Australia snapping their seven-game losing streak to clinch the
second in Adelaide by seven runs.

South Africa head into the game seeking their first ODI series win in
Australia since 2009, while the home team is desperate to keep the momentum
going ahead of the arrival of India for a three-format tour.

There was talk before the game that leg-spinner Adam Zampa could make way
for Ashton Agar after he was hit for 57 in his nine overs in Adelaide.

But selectors opted to stick with their winning combination, although Chris
Lynn is set to be pushed up the order to open instead of Travis Head.

“It looks like a good wicket. If there’s anything there it will be early
on,” said Finch.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who criticised his batsmen for not
closing out the game in Adelaide, also announced an unchanged line-up.

“It’s a must-win game,” he said. “There were a few mistakes in the last
game and we will try to learn from them and get better.”

Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, Chris Lynn, Alex
Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Pat Cummins, Mitchell
Starc, Josh Hazlewood

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Faf du
Plessis (capt), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Dale Steyn,
Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Paul Wilson (AUS)

TV umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)