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South Africa have been on a roll against Australia and lead the five-match series 4-0. Getty

South Africa will host Australia in the fifth One Day International (ODI) at Newlands in Cape Town on 12 October (Wednesday). The hosts lead the five-match ODI series 4-0.

Where to watch live

The match starts at 12.30pm BST. Live TV coverage is available on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 1 HD. Click here for the live streaming link.

Overview

South Africa continued to dazzle as they registered their fourth consecutive victory over Australia, beating them by six wickets on Sunday (9 October).

Kyle Abbott and Tabraiz Shamsi got a chance to shine taking four and three wickets respectively to bowl out the visitors for a meagre 167 runs.

Skipper Faf du Plessis's 69-run knock helped ensure that the Proteas chased the target without any hiccups. South Africa will be looking to inflict a 5-0 whitewash, the first time it would happen in Australia's cricketing history.

South Africa are likely to field the same XI that played on Sunday.

Australia have had a torrid time in the ODI series and on Sunday they put on an abject show to suffer their fourth loss in a row. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade were the only batsmen to put up a fight scoring 50 and 52 respectively.

The bowling has struggled throughout the series with their big guns missing.

Prediction

South Africa to win

Betting odds (ladbrokes)

  • South Africa to win: 4/6
  • Australia to win: 6/5

Team news

South Africa

Possible XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (c), Rilee Rossouw, JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Australia

Possible XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith (c), George Bailey, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), John Hastings, Adam Zampa, Chris Tremain, Scott Boland.

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