Follow UsFive months after their last ODI, Australia will finally play a 50-over contest, starting with the first ODI against South Africa, on August 19 (Tuesday). The two teams come into this contest after a hard-fought 2-1 series win for Australia in the T20Is.
But South Africa would want to avenge that defeat, and what better than Australia’s most dominant format - ODIs.
L, NR, NR, W, L
L, W, NR, W, L
Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Cameron Green, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi
Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Adam Zampa
Temba Bavuma (c), Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Kwena Maphaka, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen
You can watch the first ODI between Australia and South Africa LIVE on the Star Sports Network (Television) and JioHotstar (Digital).
Captaincy / vice-captaincy options
Australia: Josh Inglis, Josh Hazlewood
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis