Nasri Alexander

Captain Temba Bavuma admits the Proteas' 50-over team is "not close to where we want to be" as they look to end the series against Pakistan on a high in the annual Pink ODI at the Wanderers on Sunday.

Proteas white-ball coach Rob Walter has defended his team's decision to bowl first in the second ODI at Newlands after the home side fell to a loss that condemned them to a series defeat.

Corbin Bosch has earned a maiden call-up to the Proteas Test squad for the crucial two-match series against Pakistan that starts on Boxing Day in Centurion.

Saim Ayub scored a century and Salman Aghar put in a brilliant all-round performance to help Pakistan beat Proteas by three wickets in a nail-biting ODI that went down to the wire in Paarl on Tuesday.

Temba Bavuma will miss the first ODI against Pakistan in Paarl on Tuesday as the Proteas look to rotate the squad to manage workloads ahead of the Test series over the festive period.

George Linde admitted he was late for the team bus but that did not stop him from putting in a Man-of-the-Match performance for the Proteas in their T20 victory against Pakistan in Durban on Tuesday.

A vintage David Miller knock with the bat and a brilliant all-round performance from George Linde helped Proteas to an 11-run victory against Pakistan in the first of three T20Is at Kingsmead.

Proteas captain Temba Bavuma says he is hungry to put in winning performances for the team after being named as the player of the series following the Test victory against Sri Lanka.

Keshav Maharaj took 5-76 as the Proteas took just more than an hour on the final day to complete a 109-run victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka at St George's Park and win the series 2-0.