Proteas vs Australia 3rd test preview

The series has been won by Australia, but the 3rd test still has some high stakes to play for. Australia wins and confirms a spot in the WTC final while for Proteas a win keeps them in the race to make the WTC final.

The pitch at the SCG is looking dry as can be seen in the pic below. This leaves open the possibility of both teams playing 2 spinners.

Australia have made 3 changes for this match 2 injury forced and one is the return of a fully fit Hazelwood. The other 2 changes are Agar for Starc and Renshaw for Green.

Proteas have made 2 changes with Klaasen in for De Bruyn and Harmer in for Ngidi.

Australia have won the toss and chose to bat

Teams

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mattew Renshaw, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazelwood, Nathan Lyon

Proteas: Dean Elgar, Sarel Erwee, Heinrich Klaasen, Temba Bavuma, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj , Simon Harmer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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