SA XI Vs ENG Dream11 Team Probable Playing 11, Toss, Pitch And Match Report: England look to acclimatise themselves with the playing conditions in the first of the two practice encounters today.
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After routing South Africa in the longest format of the game, England will be looking to pull off the same titillating performances come the ODI series as well. With red ball cricket done with, the focus now shifts to white ball cricket with the two sides set to take on each other in a three match ODI and T20 series in the time to come.
And before England square off against South Africa, the visitors will be clashing heads with South African Invitational for two practice encounters. For the visiting side, the encounters are just not a perfect opportunity to well-verse themselves with the conditions at hand but also try out new combinations and determine their strongest playing 11 for the upcoming ODI series.
Elsewhere, the South African unit will be looking to treat these encounters as a massive opportunity to showcase their skill set on the global stage. Facing off against an English side packed with star performers, the hosts will be looking to punch above their eight in a bid to make their claim to be selected into South Africa’s international cricket team.
Probable Winner
There is a clear difference in quality between the two sides and its going to be telling on how this encounter transpires as well. Where South Africa are lined up with players from the domestic level, England are coming into this tie with wordclass performers, players who should guide the team to a win today.
Pitch Conditions And Toss
An exceptional and sublime wicket for the bats, the team winning the toss will be looking to step out and bat first today. With the square boundaries being extremely short, turns will be easily easy to flow by with the team batting first set to come out and pile on a mammoth target for their opponents.
Probable Playing 11
South African Invitation XI
S Masondo, Q Adams, J d Plessis, J Christensen, K Sekhukhune, J Snyman, J Dill, A Mokgakane, B Swanepoel, I Manack, S Nhlebela
England
Tom Banton, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, A Rashid, T Curran, C Jordan
Match Details
Two Practice Matches
Match: South African Invitation XI Vs England
Date And Time: 31st January, Friday- 1:30pm IST
Venue: Boland Park, Paarl
Where To Watch: Cricket South Africa YouTube
Pivotal Players
South African Invitation XI
- Jacques Snyman, Sizwe Masondo, Andile Mokgakane, Imraan Manack
England
- Tom Banton, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Sam Curran
Top 4 Batting Order
South African Invitation XI
- Jacques Snyman, Sizwe Masondo, Kabelo Sekhukhune, Jean du Plessis
England
- Jonny Bairstow, Jason, Tom Banton, Joe Root
Clean Hitters
South African Invitation XI
- Jacques Snyman, Sizwe Masondo
England
- Tom Banton, Joe Denly
Death Overs Bowlers
South African Invitation XI
- Stefan Tait, Justin Dill
England
- Woakes, Matthew Parkinson
SA XI Vs ENG Dream11 Wicket-Keeper
With it unsure of which wicket-keeper England will be moving in with for this encounter, we’ll be going in with South Africa’s Sizwe Masondo for the affair. The player is someone who has the flair to pile on the runs with his ability and technique allowing him to hit the ball in every direction of the park.
SA XI Vs ENG Dream11 Batsmen
On a batting conducive wicket, it was only befitting of us to move in with a slew of worldclass picks from England’s batting unit. They are going to be coming across a way inferior South African bowling unit, one their slew of clean hitting bats will find way too easy to dispatch to the fence with aplomb.
We begin with the side’s captain with Eoin Morgan having scored the 7,348 runs in ODIs for his country. After finding his touch in the test series with scores of 59 and 58 in the culminating encounter, Joe Root comes in as well to join him up.
We wrap up the trivalent of selections from the side with the vibrant Dawid Malan, someone who thrived in 2019 across England’s domestic arena. Elsewhere, with 2,416 runs in the 50 over format, we’ll be moving in with Qaasim Adams for this tie.
SA XI Vs ENG Dream11 All-Rounders
In the 68 ODIs Chris Woakes has played in, he’s snagged the 1,186 runs and 142 wickets to go with them to see us make him the first player to be inducted in our Dream 11 side here. Spinner Moeen Ali comes in as well with the South Africans’ having traditionally struggled against spin, something which should see Ali pick up wickets here.
Meanwhile, it’s yet again just the one pick from South African Invitational XI with us opting for Jacques Snyman for the day.
SA XI Vs ENG Dream11 Bowling Order
With the home side’s unit not being the most adept when it comes to clashing heads with enigmatic bowling units, the England side should manage to flourish today. And two players who will benefit from the chances accorded to them today will be Tom Curran and Chris Woakes with their astute wicket to wicket inducing false shots and soft dismisals in the opponents’ ranks.
From South Africa meanwhile, the 178 runs and 20 wickets in 9 matches see us indulge in the services of Beyers Swanepoel.
Captain And Vice-Captain
Root will captain our side while Morgan is our vice-captain.
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All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match, pitch report and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players.
