CENTURION, South Africa, Sept 22 - South Africa
captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to bowl first in
the opening Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Both teams named two frontline spinners, Johan Botha and
Roelof van der Merwe for South Africa and Muttiah Muralitharan
and Ajantha Mendis for Sri Lanka.
South Africa are without experienced opening batsman
Herschelle Gibbs and have called up Hashim Amla in his place.
Teams
South Africa - Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB
de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Albie Morkel, Roelof van
der Merwe, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn.
Sri Lanka - Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar
Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Thilan
Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah
Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.
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