New Zealand v South Africa: Martin Guptill back for fourth ODI
Thursday 16 March 2017 12:32, UK
New Zealand welcome fit-again Martin Guptill back into their squad for their must-win fourth one-day international against South Africa, live on Sky Sports 2 HD.
Opening batsman Guptill returns after missing the first three games of the series with a hamstring injury.
The Black Caps were comprehensively outplayed by South Africa in the third ODI at Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday as they were bundled out for 112 and lost the match by 159 runs.
The victory gave the Proteas a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Guptill's comeback means Tom Latham is likely to hand the gloves to specialist wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi for the rest of the series after scoring 0, 2, 0, 0, 7 and 4 in his past six ODIs.
Off-spinner Jeetan Patel is also back in the squad in place of pace bowler Matt Henry, who has been in the squad but not used since the Bangladesh series in December.
South Africa must decide whether to continue to rotate their line-up in the continued absence of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
Seamers Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo and Kagiso Rabada have shared the wickets so far.
Left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi - who has just one scalp to his name from as many games - is in line for a recall alongside fellow slow-bowler Imran Tahir, who has cumulative figures of 2-126 from three outings so far.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Jeetan Patel, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
South Africa: AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
Watch New Zealand take on South Africa live on Sky Sports 2 from 12.55am on Wednesday morning.