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Ayabonga Khaka will take the new ball in the absence of the retired Shabnim Ismail and veretan all-rounder Marizanne Kapp, who is currently building up her bowling workload.
The Proteas women’s team will have no option but to be at their best to clinch their three-match T20I series decider against Sri Lanka, in East London, on Wednesday.
The Proteas were left teetering on 67/3 and a mammoth 432 runs behind Australia in the once-off women’s Test at stumps in Perth on Friday.
Marizanne Kapp feels the Proteas Women are closing the gap on Australia after falling just short of claiming a maiden series win over their much-fancied foes.
Anneke Bosch produced a career-high score of 65 off 63 balls unbeaten to help the Proteas Women seal a dominant eight-wicket victory in the second One-Day International against Bangladesh.
Ayanda Hlubi produced impressive figures of 2/15, while skipper Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 49 to see the Proteas women beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the third and final T20I.
The Proteas Women are not wanting to leave anything to chance when they attempt to close out the oneday international series against New Zealand in Pietermaritzburg.