AFP, Bulawayo :
South Africa will ignore the temptation to experiment and instead plan to field what they believe is their first-choice XI when they meet Zimbabwe in the second of three one- day internationals against Zimbabwe on Tuesday.
The Proteas cruised to a 93-run victory over their hosts in the first match on Sunday, with Hashim Amla scoring his fourth one-day hundred in six innings.
The gulf between the two sides was clear throughout the match, but particularly in the first innings when a strong South African batting line-up put an inexperienced Zimbabwean bowling unit containing three debutants to the sword in racking up 309 for three.
South Africa had highlighted the series as an opportunity to have a look at some of their second-string players, and left out fast bowlers Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander.
Fast bowler Marchant de Lange, who has not played for South Africa for more than two years due to injury, and uncapped players Rilee Rossouw and Mthokozisi Shezi are standing by, but captain AB de Villiers confirmed they may only get a look-in for Thursday’s third ODI.
“We’ll play our best XI (for Tuesday),” De Villiers said. “We want to win the series – as long as I’m captain I want to win as many games as possible for the team.
“I know there are a few new names that haven’t got a chance to play, but hopefully if we win the next game then we’d like to experiment a bit with a few of them.”
