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England won the draw and chose to roll vs. South Africa
England won the draw and entered South Africa in the first T20I of their series in Cape Town.
England, as expected, decided to open their inning with Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, with Jonny Bairstow moving up to number 4. Both Sam and Tom Curran also win the selection, with Mark Wood and Moeen Ali missing men. England’s only spinner is Adil Rashid, who wins his 50th appearance.
South Africa, meanwhile, preferred Temba Bavuma to Janneman Malan at the top of the table. There was also no room for Anrich Nortje, who played at an impressive pace at the IPL, with South Africa instead choosing to field two spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and George Linde, who is making his T20I debut. There was no room for David Miller either.
With England having used T20I to rest players in recent times, this series presents a rare occasion where they are at full capacity. With the T20 World Cup less than a year away, they hope to find a stable line-up on this series and in the five games against India that follow in the coming months.
South Africa’s preparations have been far from ideal. Struggling with Covid-related withdrawals and an uproar council, they haven’t even played international cricket since March.
Both teams are weaving black sashes during the first two games in reference to the five days of national mourning announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa for the victims of gender-based violence and Covid-19.
South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (capt, wk), 2 Temba Bavuma, 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 Rassie van der Dussen, 6 Pite van Biljon, 7 George Linde, 8 Lungi Ngidi, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Tabraiz Shamsi, 11 Beuran Hendricks
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jos Buttler (Sept.), 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Eoin Morgan (capt), 7 Sam Curran, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Adil Rashid
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