September 27, 2016
Start time 1000 local (0800 GMT)
A revamped Australian pace attack will welcome the opportunity to test itself at the highest level when Steve Smith’s men take on Ireland in a one-off One-Day International at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Tuesday (September 27).
Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 George Bailey, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 John Hastings, 9 Adam Zampa, 10 Scott Boland, 11 Daniel Worrall
Ireland (possible): 1 William Porterfield (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 John Anderson, 4 Gary Wilson (wk), 5 Kevin O’Brien, 6 Sean Terry, 7 Stuart Poynter, 8 George Dockrell , 9 Tim Murtagh, 10 Craig Young, 11 Peter Chase
Pitch and conditions
South Africa showed there are plenty of runs in the Benoni surface, although by the end of the day it had slowed up and was aiding JP Duminy’s off breaks. A similar pattern can be expected on Tuesday. The weather forecast is fine.
