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03/25 01:09 CDT New Zealand wins the toss and bowls in the deciding T20 against
South Africa
New Zealand wins the toss and bowls in the deciding T20 against South Africa
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) --- New Zealand won the toss and chosen to bowl
Wednesday in the fifth and deciding Twenty20 against South Africa at Hagley
Oval.
After a run of low-scoring matches, the series is level at 2-2. South Africa
won the first match by seven wickets, New Zealand won the second and third by
68 runs and eight wickets, respectively, and South Africa won the fourth by 19
runs.
Both teams named unchanged lineups for the first time this series.
South Africa has retained spinner Prenelan Subrayen, who made an impressive
debut in the fourth match at Wellington on Sunday.
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Lineups:
New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Katene Clarke, Dane Cleaver, Nick Kelly, Bevon
Jacobs, Jimmy Neesham (captain), Cole McConchie, Josh Clarkson, Zak Foukes,
Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears.
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder, Connor Esterhuizen, Rubin Hermann,
Dian Forrester, Jason Smith, George Linde, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj
(captain), Prenelan Subrayen, Ottneil Baartman.
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