South Africa bat in fourth ODI

KIMBERLEY – South Africa skipper AB de Villiers won the toss and chose to bat Friday in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka at a sun-baked De Beers Diamond Oval.

With a winning 3-0 lead in a five-match series that finishes Sunday, the Proteas rested Albie Morkel and Dale Steyn and brought in Wayne Parnell and Vernon Philander.

Lahiru Thirimanne replaced injured Mahela Jayawardene and there was a debut for Sachithra Senanayake as Sri Lanka tried to stop the rot after also losing a Test series.

Teams

South Africa: Graeme Smith, Alviro Petersen, Colin Ingram, A.B. de Villiers (capt/wkt), J.P. Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Robin Peterson, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Vernon Philander

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal (wkt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake

Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Billy Doctrove (WIS)

TV umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

- AFP