BENONI: Pakistan Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa here in fifth and final One-day International on Sunday (today).
Pakistan squared the series after beating the home side by three wickets in Durban on Thursday.
The green shirts could become the first Asian side to win the ODI series in South Africa by winning the final match.
Speaking to media, Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said on Saturday that they had a golden opportunity to win the series.
South Africa team
Q de Kock, HM Amla, CA Ingram, AB de Villiers, F Behardien, DA Miller, RJ Peterson, R McLaren, M Morkel, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe
Pakistan team
Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan
Umpires: BF Bowden and JD Cloete
TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
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