David Miller insists the Proteas will be up for the third ODI against England in Kimberley on Wednesday despite having already won the series.
The hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead with a five-wicket victory in Bloemfontein on Sunday, having won the first match at the same venue by 27 runs.
They are now looking forward to their first appearance in the Northern Cape since 2018.
“We don’t ever want to be a team that sort of sits behind with the mindset of ‘let’s see how it goes’,” Miller told the media on Tuesday. “Ultimately we want to win and we want to win the series 3-0. So for us, it’s really important to still be putting the right people on the park.
“Our squad is incredibly strong and we’re always producing great cricketers in South Africa and whoever does play, I have no doubt we’re going to have a full-strength team.”
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The Proteas are still chasing their bigger goal of qualifying directly for a place at the World Cup in India later this year. To do so, they need to win the England series 3-0 and the two remaining matches of their Covid-interrupted series against the Netherlands.
“We have always stepped up against the stronger teams and England are a formidable force, so for us to well against them is always a pleasing thing,” said Miller. “Just to try and continually do the right things, ticking the right boxes, both and off the field, as a team is probably the most important thing for us.
“You put all those small percentages together and you’re pretty much doing the right things. So it’s the smaller things that make the difference and I’m excited about this team. We’ve been together now for some time. Yes, we haven’t really been as successful as we may have wanted to be in the one-day stuff over the last two years, but it still doesn’t take away how good the players are.
“We’ve got some seriously good players, world-class, match-winners and it’s exciting times. If we can just put it all together we definitely can compete against the best in the world.”
