Australia come in as reigning champions, while South Africa are in this title clash for the first time. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said the pitch looks good, but overhead conditions have dictated his decision to bowl first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWill have a bowl first looking at the overhead conditions. Looks like a good pitch. Too late to change the team, we have selected the best combination. \u201cAll 15 of us are confident. We all have had some allegiance to Lord's, the emotion will hit us when the anthems stat playing. It is a massive final, it should be a spectacle out here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia skipper Pat Cummins said he was happy to bat first in a big championship final. \"Preparation has been unreal. All the guys in the team are ready to go. Everyone's come together and we have had about ten days of preparation. I don't think there's any extra pressure. We've been here before and won it. So it's just about going out and enjoying it,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A pitch report by Nasser Hussain and Stuart Broad said conditions on ground are cloudy out here with a breeze blowing and very slight chance of rain looming around. The square boundaries are 63m and 67m respectively, with longer straight boundaries in place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Playing XIs<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, and Josh Hazlewood<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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