Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat in the World Cup clash against South Africa at Lord’s.
Both teams come into this fixture desperate for any sort of victory. The Proteas are coming off a narrow loss to New Zealand, and have only claimed one World Cup scalp to date.
‘We have to get better in every department of the game,’ Faf du Plessis said at the toss. ‘We’ve kept the same team because we feel that gives us the best balance.
‘I actually would have bowled first, and I’m happy to chase,’ the Proteas captain added.
South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 Aiden Markram, 6 David Miller, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Lungi Ngidi.
Pakistan: 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 6 Haris Sohail, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Wahab Riaz, 11 Shaheen Afridi.
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