Probable XI –
England –
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan / Sam Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran / Mark Wood
South Africa –
Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Jos Buttler(C)
2. Jason Roy
3. Dawid Malan
4. Rassie Van Dussen
5. Dwaine Pretorius
6. Aiden Markram(VC)
7. Liam Livingstone
8. Adil Rashid
9. Chris Jordan
10. Tabraiz Shamsi
11. Anrich Nortje
– Jos Buttler looks safest captain choice considering his current lethal form with bat.
– Expecting a good knock from Aiden Markram as he’s failing to play one from last couple of matches.
– Dawid Malan and Dussen might be good punts as they have averaged above 60 in more than 5 H2H innings.
– Can take Moeen Ali at the place of Dwaine Pretorius if South Africa gets to bat first.
– Livingstone might be a decent pick as he’s batting at middle order and bowling part time overs.
– Can take Kagiso Rabada at the place of Anrich Nortje especially while bowling second.
– Can drop anyone from Shamsi or Adil Rashid whoever gets to bowl in second innings.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jonny Bairstow(VC)
2. Quinton de Kock(C)
3. Eoin Morgan
4. Rassie Van Dussen
5. Dawid Malan
6. Dwaine Pretorius
7. Moeen Ali
8. Aiden Markram
9. Anrich Nortje/Kagiso Rabada
10. Mark Wood
11. Adil Rashid/Tabraiz Shamsi
– Dropped Jos Buttler as he might not go big in three consecutive matches.
– Quinton de Kock and Bairstow might be good C/VC choices as they’re due to go big in this tournament and holds good numbers in H2H matches.
– Eoin Morgan looked in decent touch during the last match so he might come handy if a couple of top order batters depart early.
– Can take anyone from Kagiso Rabada or Anrich Nortje as both are available in high credits.
– Mark Wood might be a decent punt as he’s expected to be included in XIs at the place of Mills.
– Must try Moeen Ali and Dwaine Pretorius as C/VC in 10-20 members league.
Grand League Combination –
1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Quinton de Kock
3. Eoin Morgan
4. Dawid Malan
5. Rassie Van Dussen
6. Liam Livingstone
7. Aiden Markram
8. Anrich Nortje(C)
9. Kagiso Rabada(VC)
10. Tabraiz Shamsi
11. Mark Wood
– Going a bit heavy on South Africa as they might win this encounter considering their lethal bowling lineup.
– Anrich Nortje and Rabada looks open C/VC choices as they can thrash any batting line-up on a given day.
– Can take Chris Jordan at the place of Mark Wood especially if England bowls first.
– Dawid Malan and Rassie Van Dussen are other good C/VC choices to be tried in a couple of GL combinations.
– Make a couple of grand league combinations favouring bowling first team.
