The 10th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is going to take place between Australia and South Africa. The match will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday, October 12. While both teams are well-balanced, South Africa will have a slight advantage as well.

However, Australia have won the toss and they have opted to field first. It will be an interesting match to watch out for today.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Who said what at the toss?

Temba Bavuma: “I wasn’t too sure, whatever we do first, we’ll have to do well. Shamsi comes in for Coetzee. Bit of both (conditions and for the opposition). Shamsi has had decent success against them, we’d like to unleash them. There could be some spin and bounce. We always speak about assessing, trying to adapt, today will be no different. Quinny and myself should have a look in the first five overs and then see what could be a good score for us to post.”

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Pat Cummins: “We are going to have a bowl. Not too sure what’s to make of this wicket. It seems like it’s got a bit of moisture. Two changes. Stoinis is back in place of Green and Josh Inglis comes in for Alex Carey. Few runs short (vs India), really happy with the way we bowled. They (South Africa) have started the tournament really well, always a good challenge.”

Playing XIs:

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (w), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood