Probable XI –
South Africa –
Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (C & WK), Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi/Dwaine Pretorius
England –
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (WK), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood.
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Quinton De Kock(C)
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Jos Buttler(VC)
4. Rassie Van Der Dussen
5. Faf Du Plessis
6. Jason Roy
7. Eoin Morgan
8. Andile Phehlukwayo
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Jofra Archer
11. Tom Curran
– Quinton de kock holds average of 42 with bat in the last 5 H2H matches against ENG.
– Jos Buttler looks safest VC pick as he will open the innings and has averaged 32 against SA in 11 T20s.
– Dropped Stokes as he has continuous failures against SA in the last 5 H2H matches.
– Rassie Dussen can be a good punt as he has scored 85 runs at an average of 42 in the last two matches against ENG.
– Faf Du Plessis though doesn’t have much promising numbers against ENG but considering his recent form, he might makeup for those numbers.
– Tom Curran & Kagiso Rabada have been very good on H2H matches as they have taken atleast a wicket in each game.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Quinton de kock(VC)
2. Jos Buttler
3. Rassie Van Der Dussen
4. Jason Roy
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Andile Phehlukwayo
7. Ben Stokes(C)
8. Reeza Hendricks
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Jofra Archer
11. Tom Curran
– Ben Stokes might make up for his failures against SA in this game so made him captain.
– Dropped Faf Du Plessis as his H2H and Venue numbers aren’t very promising.
– Reeza Hendricks have played well at this venue with an average of 30 in 5 matches.
– Jofra Archer was phenomenal during IPL so can’t leave him from any of the SL combos.
Grand League Combination –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Jos Buttler
3. R Van Der Dussen
4. Reeza Hendricks
5. Dawid Malan
6. Eoin Morgan
7. Andile Phehlukwayo
8. Kagiso Rabada(VC)
9. Jofra Archer(C)
10. Tom Curran
11. Mark Wood
– Jofra Archer and Kagiso Rabada both had been lethal during IPL so they might take couple of wickets in this match too.
– Mark Wood had been decent against SA with 6 wickets in 4 matches at an average of 25.
– Andile Phehlukwayo can be a game changer for SA as he has taken 9 wickets at an average of 22 in 6 matches against ENG & can score some quick runs too.
