The third One Day International between South Africa and Pakistan takes place at Centurion on Wednesday and Pakistan are favourites to claim a series win.
The series is level at 1-1 after two thrilling contests which both went to the wire. Pakistan drew first blood at Centurion, chasing down the Proteas bat first total of 273/6 in a game where van der Dussen top scored for the Proteas (123 not out) and Babar Azam made 103 for Pakistan.
On Sunday the Proteas came out on top at The Wanderers by a margin of 17 runs. Batting first SA posted a very healthy 341/5 with the major contributions coming from Bavuma (92), de Kock (80) van der Dussen (60) and Miller (50 not out).
At 120/5 in their reply Pakistan were in deep trouble but opening bat Fakhar Zaman was still at the crease and he went on to smash 193 runs off 155 balls before being controversially run out at the start of the final over and Pakistan's innings closed on 324/9.
We now head back to Centurion for the decider and this was how the teams lined up in the second contest. It's worth noting that Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje have departed for the IPL leaving the Proteas needing to make changes.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen
Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf
The Betting, 3rd ODI Match Result
South Africa 11/10
Pakistan 7/10
As far as some of the other markets are concerned the team to hit the most 4's market is basically “choice” whilst the Proteas are slight favourites at a shade of odds on to hit the most 6's.
Fakhar Zaman's amazing innings in Joburg earns him a quote of 33/10 to top score for Pakistan behind his skipper Babar Azam who is 15/8. Bavuma and van der Dussen are both priced at 11/4 to top score for the Proteas with Markram a 7/2 chance.
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict:
The Proteas team news is reflected in the betting with Pakistan trading as favourites for the first time in the series. With some big indivudual totals having being posted in the first two matches my focus is on the player to score a 50 market.
Aiden Markram is due a decent knock and with some big batting guns unavailable the Proteas opener is taken to step up to the plate and make at least 50.
It's tempting to go with Fakhar Zaman to do likewise for the Proteas but I fancy Babar Azam as a safer bet.
Bets: Player to score a 50 Aiden Markram at 7/4
Player to score a 50 Babar Azam at 23/20
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