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Potchefstroom: With a little more composure Bangladesh could have claimed the Twenty20 in Johannesburg, but some rash stroke-play and desperate running proved their downfall.
SA are still trying to brush off the early-season rust, especially among the quick bowlers, but the return of Dale Steyn gives the attack a much more menacing appearance. The top-order will have to do without the dropped Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith's elbow is taking time to recover. One major incentive for them; they need to win 3-0 to maintain their No. 2 ranking, if they lost any one match then will slip at No. 3 and England move at second position
Both team lost last two one-dayers, South Africa against England, while Bangladesh lost against New Zealand in home series.
South Africa will be forced to change their opening pair again after Herschelle Gibbs was dropped for breaking team curfew. Against Zimbabwe on this ground in 2006 South Africa amassed 418 for 5
Bangladesh will make at least one change with Mashrafe Mortaza brought back into the pace attack after missing the Twenty20. Bangladesh batsman have only scored two half-centuries in ODIs in South Africa (against all countries), with Ashraful's 56 against New Zealand in 2003 the highest individual total.
Weather: Isolated heavy falls of rain which may lead to localised flooding are expected over the south-eastern and eastern parts of Mpumalanga as well as extreme northern parts of Kwazulu-Natal
Pitch Report: Potchefstroom has the reputation for being a batsman's ground, but because matches here usually involve a lower-ranked team it can also produced small team totals. The seamers may find some extra help when the floodlights come on and the daytime is set to be warm and sunny, with an outside chance of a thunderstorm brewing up later on.
