South Africa win toss, elect to bat against Pakistan in 5th ODI at Sharjah

South African skipper AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth and final One-Day International against Pakistan on Monday.

South Africa have already won the ODI series © AFP

Nov 11, 2013

South African skipper AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth and final One-Day International against Pakistan on Monday.

South Africa have already won the series and the final game will be a dead rubber. Having scored a ton in the previous match, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton De Kock is confident that South Africa will complete a 4-1 series win.

“We definitely look to get it 4-1 and that is our main goal and if we do that it would be awesome,” he said.

Teams:

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Qinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, AB de Villiers (c), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Vernon Philander, Wayne Parnell, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Robin Peterson.

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan.

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