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South Africa wins toss, elects to bat against Pakistan in 2nd ODI holding 1-0 lead in series

By: The Associated Press

Friday, Mar. 15, 2013 at 7:28 AM | Comments: 0

CENTURION, South Africa - South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat first in the second one-day international against Pakistan on Friday.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn replaced Rory Kleinveldt, who missed out despite taking four wickets last Sunday as South Africa won by 125 runs to lead 1-0 in the five-match series.

Pakistan strengthened its bowling after going in with only two pacemen on Sunday, forcing batsman Asad Shafiq to make way for 2.16-meter (7-foot-1) quick Mohammad Irfan.

De Villiers says it's a big series for South Africa and "we would like to come on top."

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Teams:

South Africa: AB de Villiers, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, Faf du Plessis, Farhaan Behardien, Ryan McLaren, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan.

Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand, and Adrian Holdstock, South Africa.

TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka. Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.

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