Marco Jansen to Ravindra, no run, short of length on off, tight delivery, Ravindra goes on the back foot and defends solidly to the cover-point region
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Marco Jansen to Will Young, 1 run, to backward square leg
Will Young and Ravindra are at the crease. Will Young is on strike. Marco Jansen will open the attack
The New Zealand openers walk out to the middle.
The players and the umpires make their way out to the middle.
Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
Bavuma: We are not too concerned but the preference would have been to bat. Just one change, myself, I'm feeling much better. We have had learnings from semi-finals and finals.
New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to bat
Mitchell Santner:
New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to bat
Pitch Report: Looking at the dimensions, it's 75m downtown, to my left is 70m and to my right is 67m. This pitch has been fabulous for run-scoring and boundary-hitting. It's a lovely day for cricket. It's a hard and flat surface, there's a fresh covering of grass so the ball will skid on. Three of the world's tallest bowlers are playing today so they will get extra bounce. There's something for them to work with. The bowlers need to get it absolutely spot on as this surface is tailor-made for batting, reckon Bazid Khan and Dale Steyn.
These two teams are quite evenly matched on paper. Both teams have powerful batting lineups and have an incisive pace attack.