The first of three ODI's between South Africa and England takes place at Paarl on Sunday and we take a look at the squads, recent form and the all important betting.
Note, this game was originally scheduled to take place on Friday at Newlands but was postponed after a Proteas player tested positive for Covid, the remainder of the original preview below will hopefully still be of some use.
England won the T20 series at the start of this tour with a 3-0 clean sweep. This behind closed doors 3 match series will also be staged in the Western Cape with the second match taking place on Monday at Newlands and the third match also in Cape Town on Wednesday of next week.
Let's take a look at the squads and the Proteas will select from the pool of 24 players who were named for the entire tour.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (captain), Temba Bavuma, Junior Dala, Faf du Plessis, Bjorn Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, Jon-Jon Smuts, Glenton Stuurman, Pite van Biljon, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne
Since the T20's Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan are among those to have returned home for England who will select from the following squad.
England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Lewis Gregory, Chris Woakes, Tom Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Olly Stone, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood
Recent ODI Form
The Proteas hosted England in February this year and the series was drawn 1-1. SA won the first match, at Newlands, by 7 wickets, no result was possible in Durban and England squared things up with a 2 wicket win at The Wanderers. Shortly after the Proteas completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Australia in a home series.
In July / August this year England beat Ireland 2-1 and since then they lost another home series 2-1 to Australia.
Overall Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 63 times. South Africa have won 30 England have won 28 and we have seen 1 tie and 4 no results.
The Betting, 1st ODI Match Result
South Africa 16/10
England 5/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict:
Although Jason Roy was battling in the T20's and Stokes and Malan are not involved there is still plenty of hitting power in that England line up and the visitors to hit the most 6's at 8/10 stood out to me.
Jonny Bairstow, who seems to like Newlands, gets the vote to beat a total runs quote which doesn't look to be overly high.
Bets: Most match 6's England at 8/10
Jonny Bairstow total runs over 33.5 at 17/20
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