South Africa have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening T20 International against Australia at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin.
Teams
Australia’s playing XI: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (w), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
South Africa’s playing XI: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (w), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, George Linde, Senuran Muthusamy, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi.
Mitchell Marsh on the toss
“We were going to have a bowl first. Mainly we haven’t played here as a group, but it (the pitch) does look like a belter. No I didn’t (know they were on an 8-game winning streak). Hopefully the winning way continues. We have had a great lead up as a group and hopefully put on a show for the Darwin crowd. This ground is bigger than St. Kitts but we do have a lot of power, some of the young guys are awesome to watch.”
Aiden Markram on the decision to bowl
“We are going to have a bowl. Not too much info on this venue, will have a look at it with the ball and then take the game from there. It has been good. We have been here for a week or so, the boys have been out and about, some nice things to do around and training as well. We are trying to fine tune a lot of things as we build up to that World Cup, starting with testing out some of the young guys like KG and Lungi back.”
