The first of three One Day Internationals between England and South Africa takes place in Leeds on Tuesday and we take a look at the squads, recent form and the all important betting
This is a 3 match series with the second contest taking place at Lords on Thursday and the third at Southampton on Sunday, after which there will be 3 T20's
Let's start with the squads.
England: Harry Brook (capt), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler (wk), Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk).
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs
England Recent Form
England completed a 3-0 clean sweep of West Indies in a home series in May / June this year. They won the opening game by 238 runs, the second match by 3 wickets and the third by 7 wickets.
South Africa Recent Form
The Proteas won a 3 match series in Australia in August. They made sure of the series victory after coming out on top by 98 runs in the first match and 84 runs in the second. They lost the final game by a massive 276 run margin after the aussies piled on 431/2 batting first.
South Africa were losing semi finalists in the Champions Trophy in February / March this year, going down to New Zealand by 50 runs. The Proteas had topped Group B of that tournament, unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 no result. Either side of a washout against Australia they made short work of Afghanistan, winning by 107 runs and they also beat England by 7 wickets.
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 71 times in this format with South Africa winning 35 to England's 30 with 1 tie and 5 no results.
The most recent meeting came in the Champions Trophy pool stage on 1st March in Karachi and South Africa (181/3) beat England (179) by 7 wickets.
The Venue, Headingley, Leeds
Over the course of the last decade 9 ODI's at Leeds involving England have delivered 5 wins for the hosts, 2 defeats, 1 no result and 1 complete washout.
The most recent ODI came in September 2024 when Australia (270) beat England (202) by 68 runs.
England beat South Africa by 72 runs at this venue in May 2017 and no result was possible when the teams met here in July 2022.
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The Betting
At the time of writing England are 0.53 favourites to win the game with Sportingbet and South Africa can be backed at 13/10
Prices subject to change
The Proteas impressed in the first 2 matches in Australia recently and should offer England a much sterner test than the West Indies did when they toured earlier this year but the hosts have named a strong side.
Matthew Breetzke came through for us with a top SA bat pick in the recent series sin australia where he was in fine form and hopefully he go in again. Likewise Maharaj is a form choice after a terrific showing the the first 2 matches of the Australia series so he gets the vote to be top SA Bowler, .
Bet: Top SA Bat Breetzke at 4.25/1 with Sportingbet
Top SA Bowler Maharaj at 38/10 with Sportingbet