Ross Roche

By Ross Roche

Senior sports writer


Netherlands choose to bowl in final ODI against Proteas

Just one change is made to the Proteas side, with Kagiso Rabada left out due to a slight back strain and Lungi Ngidi stepping in.


The Netherlands won the toss and chose to bowl first in the third and final ODI against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday morning.

The Proteas are hoping to back up their massive eight wicket win over the Netherlands on Friday, with another big win today to help them qualify directly for the ODI World Cup later this year.

ALSO READ: Proteas v Netherlands – World Cup qualification on the line

The home side are currently ninth on the World Super League standings and need to win to move above the West Indies into the eighth and final automatic qualification spot, while then also hoping Ireland don’t whitewash Bangladesh in their ODI series in May.

Just one change has been made to the Proteas side, with Kagiso Rabada left out due to a slight back strain and Lungi Ngidi stepping in, while the Netherlands have made two changes with Vivian Kingma and Tom Cooper coming in for Teja Nidamanuru and Ryan Klein respectively.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Netherlands: Vikram Singh, Max O’Dowd, Musa Ahmad, Wesley Barresi, Scott Edwards, Tom Cooper, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Vivian Kingma, Paul van Meekeren, Fred Klaasen

Access premium news and stories

Access to the top content, vouchers and other member only benefits