Proteas skipper Keshav Maharaj has received the toss and elected to bat in the primary of three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) towards England on Tuesday, 19 July.
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The first ball is due to be bowled at 14:00 (SA time).
The match is the final ODI for England’s Ben Stokes who on Monday introduced his retirement from the 50-over format.
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TEAMS
England
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (captain/wkt), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts
South Africa
Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj (captain), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Meanwhile, the Proteas have arrived on English soil to embark on their first all-formats tour since 2017.
The tour kicks off with a 3 match ODI sequence, the primary of which is to be performed on the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, Durham.
This sequence shall be adopted by 5 T20Is and three Tests over the subsequent two months.
The match will function a farewell of types for brand new Test captain Ben Stokes, who has determined this shall be his final ODI due to the rigorous calls for of the packed calendar – as reported by The South African web site.
The much-anticipated ODI sequence has arrived
ENG v RSA
14:00 CAT
The Riverside, Durham
SuperSport Grandstand 201#ENGvSA #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/dAprVYTRul
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) July 19, 2022
England come into this match on the again of a five-wicket trouncing from India on Sunday that wrapped up a 2-1 sequence defeat. That was solely their second loss from their final 11 matches and their first sequence defeat from their final 5 makes an attempt, highlighting the stable long-term kind that ought to serve them nicely all through the remainder of the yr.
As the infamously dubbed ‘Bazball’ method to their Test cricket pays dividends all through the summer season, consideration now turns to the shortage of quick success loved by new white ball coach Matthew Mott.
However, there are not any plans to change their ultra-positive method, with captain Jos Buttler mentioning after the latest ODI sequence defeat to India that he’s “not concerned about batting – we just need to bat longer”.
With the ball, England’s devoted will welcome again the return to the squad of their highest lively wicket-taker Adil Rashid (162 wickets – ave 35.48), who needs to be refreshed and impressed after finishing the Hajj pilgrimage.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) are once more producing extra headlines off the sector than on it by not too long ago forfeiting their ODI sequence towards Australia subsequent January to retain their home gamers for the nation’s new home T20 competitors.
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That determination might nicely have had a adverse affect on this staff, who’re already struggling in this format and are presently positioned eleventh in the Super League desk, which threatens their capability to routinely qualify for the 2023 World Cup.
Regular captain Temba Bavuma is unavailable for choice due to an injured elbow, so Keshav Maharaj once more takes over the reins in the hope of adjusting the staff’s fortunes.
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They haven’t performed an ODI since 23 March when a shattering nine-wicket drubbing accomplished a 2-1 residence sequence defeat towards lowly Bangladesh.
Their two warm-up matches towards the England Lions noticed them lose the primary by six wickets and win the second by 107 runs.
A serious concern for the vacationers is the health of keeper-opener Quinton de Kock who has a bruised finger and didn’t take to the sector in the warm-up video games.
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PROTEAS SQUAD
Keshav Maharaj (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne
Players to watch
Having averaged 120.50 from his final eight Test innings, Joe Root’s three digs in the latest ODI sequence towards India noticed him muster simply 11 runs. He is probably going to face the Proteas’ greatest ODI bowler on tour, Lungi Ngidi (81 wickets at 26.13), who has taken at the least one wicket in all however one of many ten innings the place he has bowled his full quota.
Stat assault
– The common first innings rating on the Riverside is 244 (287 for groups who bat first and win). Three of the six first innings scores of better than 280 have been chased, while 256 is the bottom whole efficiently defended in Riverside ODIs.
– Keshav Maharaj at 4.77 rpo has probably the most economical price of all common bowlers on both aspect.
– With a strike price of 101.03, David Miller owns the best ODI strike price of all of the South African batters on this tour.
– Jason Roy wants 103 runs to turn out to be the twelfth Englishman to attain the 4 000 ODI run milestone. He has reached 25 runs simply twice in his final 11 ODI innings, doing so most not too long ago towards India in Manchester (41).
– The highest staff rating in ODIs on the Riverside is 338/6 by Sri Lanka v West Indies in 2019.
– Stand-in South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has dismissed Jonny Bairstow six occasions in all worldwide cricket at a median of simply 15.00.
– Bairstow, nonetheless, averages 103.67 from 4 ODI innings at Chester-le-Street, together with one century and two 50s.
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