South Africa v UAE Preview, Match 36, Wellington

By the looks of it, South Africa isn't lowering its guard, leaving UAE with an uphill battle. UAE has already faced some of the best cricketing nations in the world and victory has eluded it thus far. UAE's best chance of securing a win came against Ireland and Zimbabwe, but it was unable to hold its nerve.

UAE, who hasn't played in a week, now has two games left in its ICC Cricket World Cup campaign – the match against South Africa and one against West Indies on March 15 – before it heads home. It will be eager to make a mark, but South Africa too has a point or two to prove.

Teams (from)

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Russouw, AB de Villiers (capt), David Miller, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Farhaan Behardien, Vernon Philander, Aaron Phangiso.

United Arab Emirates: Amjad Ali, Andri Berenger, Krishna Chandran, Khurram Khan, Shaiman Anwar, Swapnil Patil, Rohan Mustafa, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Tauqir (capt), Manjula Guruge, Saqlain Haider, Nasir Aziz, Fahad Al Hashmi, Kamran Shahzad.