Today at 7:30 GMT, or 3:30 a.m. ET, South Africa will partake in the tri-series with Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, which can be live streamed free by clicking this link. The South Africans enter the matchup riding high, while Zimbabwe is trying to piece their squad together.
Zimbabwe bowler Tinashe Panyangara has been suspended from the national team for "indiscipline," according to coach Stephen Mangongo. Panyangara allegedly shared a video with teammates of Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson dominating the English.
"In any sport, to post a video of the opposition annihilating another team will not be tolerated. I was perplexed that a senior bowler behaved in such a childish manner," Mangongo told ESPNcricinfo. "On the eve of such a serious match, you don't do that."
Panyangara is expected to return to the squad after the tri-series.
Mangongo expects the depth of his squad to be able to mask missing Panyangara. "We have eight other bowlers so I am not worried about who comes in or who goes out; we have heavy competition in the bowling department," he said.
"There are not vast differences between the bowlers we have. We are not going to be missing Dale Steyn. Tinashe conceded more runs in Harare than he did in Bulawayo."
He likely would've come in handy against South Africa's hot batsmen, who trounced Australia by 198 runs recently. Faf du Plessis in particular excelled, scoring his first ODI century for the national team.
STARTING SQUADS:
Zimbabwe
Hamilton Masakadza, Richmond Mutumbami (w/k), Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams, Elton Chigumbura (c), Luke Jongwe,Shingirai Masakadza, Prosper Utseya, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, JohnNyumbu, Tendai Chatara
South Africa
AB de Villiers (c), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (w/k), JPDuminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller,Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Rilee Rossouw,Mthokozisi Shezi, Dale Steyn
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