Namibia won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa
South Africa capped three new ODI players in their first meeting in the format against their western neighbours Namibia. Openers Jordan Hermann and Connor Esterhuizen as well as allrounder Duan Jansen will play their first fifty-over matches for the country.
Hermann and Esterhuzien will front up first after Namibia opted to put South Africa in to bat, in the hope of taking advantage of any early moisture and bounce. Young seamers Jack Brassell and Max Heingo will accompany Ruben Trumpelmann in the pace department with Bernard Scholtz, Jan Balt and captain Gerhard Erasmus to do spin duties.
Namibia made an interesting change to their top two. After Jan Frylinck and Louren Steenkamp bossed the T20I tri-series, they were moved to No.3 and 4 respectively with Malan Kruger and Alexander Busing-Volschenck carded as openers. Erasmus will bat at No. 5.
South Africa have an entirely new-look batting line-up from their usual ODI set-up, which includes both Hermann brothers, Dewald Brevis at No.4 and both Tony de Zorzi and Jason Smith. Corbin Bosch has been selected ahead of his brother Eathan, but there is every chance of a family affair later in the series. They included two spinners in stand-in captain Bjorn Fortuin and offspinner Prenelan Subrayen.
Namibia: 1 Malan Kruger, 2 Alexander Busing-Volschenk, 3 Jan Frylinck, 4 Louren Steenkamp, 5 Gerhard Erasmus (capt), 6 Zane Green (wk), 7 Jan Balt, 8 Ruben Trumpelmann, 9 Jack Brassell, 10 Bernard Scholtz, 11 Max Heingo
South Africa: 1 Jordan Hermann, 2 Connor Esterhuizen, 3 Tony de Zorzi, 4 Dewald Brevis, 5 Rubin Hermann, 6 Jason Smith, 7 Corbin Bosch, 8 Duan Jansen, 9 Bjorn Fortuin (capt), 10 Prenalen Subrayen, 11 Kwena Maphaka
