AUS vs SA 2nd T20I Playing 11: Mitchell Marsh-led Australia will square off against Aiden Markram-led South Africa in the 2nd T20I match on August 12 at TIO Stadium, Darwin.
Australia secured a solid 17-run victory in the first game and will be aiming to extend the lead to seal the series. Meanwhile, South Africa will be aiming to bounce back from the defeat in the first game of the series.
Alex Carey will play his first T20I game in four years, as Mitch Marsh wins the toss and chooses to field first. #AUSvSA https://t.co/mT4fb9XJZS
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Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. Speaking at the toss, Mitchell Marsh said, We are going to bowl first. We saw a lot of due in the last game. The wicket played the same in all 40 overs. I thought it was a great performance from our bowlers. Two changes. Abbott comes in for Ellis. Carey comes in for Inglis.”
Meanwhile Aiden Markram said, “Learnt quite a bit (from the first T20I.) There was a lot of dew. We’ll try to get some runs on the board. I thought the wicket was really good in the previous match.”
“You got to respect the bowlers. We got two changes. Rassie comes in, Linde misses out. Nqabayomzi Peter comes in, Muthusamy misses out,” he concluded.
AUS vs SA 2nd T20I Playing 11
Australia Playing 11: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Cameron Green, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Alex Carey(w), Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
South Africa Playing 11: Aiden Markram(c), Ryan Rickelton(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Nqabayomzi Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi
