Australia hands debut to Edwards and fields in the first ODI against South Africa
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What happened
Australian all-rounder Jack Edwards made his ODI debut as captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to field in the first game of the three-match series against South Africa on Thursday. Australia is coming into the series on the back of its 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series in Zimbabwe, but hasn’t won a bilateral series against South Africa since 2014. The 26-year-old Edwards is a seam bowling allrounder and…
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