The Proteas women won the toss and chose to bowl first in the opening match of their ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) one-day international series against the New Zealand White Ferns at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday.
The Proteas will be desperate to get off to a good start in the 50-over series, after they were completely outplayed in the five match T20I series, going down 4-1.
They will thus be eager to turn things around and get themselves off to a winning start, to give themselves a chance of triumphing in the three match ODI series over the coming week.
NEW ZEALAND: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr (capt), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Izzy Gaze (wk),, Izzy Sharp, Jess Kerr, Flora Devonshire, Rosemary Mair, Bree Illing
SOUTH AFRICA: Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Annerie Dercksen, Sune Luus, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Kayla Reyneke, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba