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Hamilton: New Zealand would be keen to level the five-match One-Day International series against South Africa, and it has been boosted by the return of Martin Guptill and Jeetan Patel for the fourth game at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Wednesday.
Guptill, out of action with a hamstring injury since the first ODI against Australia late last month, has recovered and is expected to replace Tom Latham. Latham has struggled, scoring 0, 2 and 0 in the three games so far, the last in a big 159-run South Africa victory that took it 2-1 ahead in the series.
If Latham, Ronchi could likely replace Neil Broom, the middle-order batsman who had returns of 2, 2 and 0.
Dean Brownlie, who replaced Guptill for the first three ODIs, has been retained in the squad, while the team has bolstered its spin department by bringing in Patel, the offspinner, in place of Matt Henry, the medium pacer.
South Africa, on the other hand, would look to stitch things up following a dominant performance in the third ODI, with AB de Villiers leading the way with 85 in 80 balls before an all-round show by the bowlers. He produced an innings during which he became the quickest to 9000 ODI runs.
South Africa has been buoyed by the performance of Dwaine Pretorius, the medium pacer who is the leading wicket-taker in the series with five scalps in the two games he has played.
Teams from
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Jeetan Patel, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
South Africa: AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, David Miller, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Match facts
Wendesday March 1, 2017 (d/n)
Start time 2.00pm local (0100 GMT)
