First ever men's international on the Gold Coast reduced to 10 overs a side due to rain
Aussies bowl first in 10-over game
The T20I between Australia and South Africa will be broadcast live in Australia on Fox Cricket and streamed on cricket.com.au and the CA Live app
Australia have opted for an all-out pace attack in the first-ever men's international on the Gold Coast, against South Africa at Metricon Stadium.
The Aussies won the toss and will bowl first against the Proteas, with Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar the two players left out of the final XI.
The match has been reduced to 10 overs per side after heavy rain delayed the start.
Perth Scorchers trio Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff and Andrew Tye will lead the pace attack alongside Gold Coast local Billy Stanlake.
The match looms as another chance for Chris Lynn to make a long-awaited splash on the international stage and replicate the sort of form that has made him one of the biggest drawcards of the KFC Big Bash League.
Lynn returned to the ODI team for the first time in almost two years during the recent three-match series against the Proteas, returning scores of 15, 44 and 0. Prior to that, he was in the UAE with Australia's T20I side, and did not pass 20 from four innings.
The 28-year-old has now played 16 white-ball innings for Australia (four ODI, 12 T20I) and has not reached 50.
"Personally I feel like I'm in a good space – I'm hitting the ball well," he said on Friday.
"But that's why it's international cricket, it's the best cricket in the world and if you don't rock up with your A-game, then you're going to get sorted out, and South Africa have certainly been on top of their A-game.
"I still want to prove my point in (both international and) domestic cricket – every time you step out onto the ground you want to do as best as you possibly can.
"I still feel I've got a lot to offer in international cricket. The dominoes haven't lined up yet but I think it's not far off."
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Farhaan Behardien, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Gillette T20s v South Africa and India
Gillette T20s v South Africa
November 17: Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Gillette T20s v India
November 21: The Gabba
November 23: MCG
November 25: SCG
Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.
South Africa T20 squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
India T20 squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.