Christchurch: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl in the second one-day international against New Zealand in Christchurch on Wednesday.
Captain AB de Villiers said he was confident in a revamped attack that features Wayne Parnell and Dwaine Pretorius in place of Farhaan Behardein and Tabraiz Shamsi.
"We´ve had a look at this wicket... from past experience we just feel we´ve got a good chance," he said.
The only other change to the Proteas line-up sees batsman David Miller replace Kagiso Rabada, who de Villiers said had a knee niggle.
New Zealand named an unchanged side, with captain Kane Williamson saying his players were keen to bounce back after a tight four-wicket loss in the first one-dayer in Hamilton.
He said the Black Caps needed to build steadily through their innings at Hagley Oval and aim for a big finish. "On this wicket in particular it´s important we assess initially and take the game deep and allow for that death phase, where we can hopefully count on some good partnerships," he said.
Teams:
New Zealand: Dean Brownlie, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Neil Broom, James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (capt), JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Dwaine Pretorious, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehulkwayo, Imran Tahir
Umpires: Rod Tucker (AUS) Chris Brown (NZL)
Third umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
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