South Africa will be determined to keep their lead in World Test Championship standings intact as they are set to face England in the first Test match on Wednesday. The opening match of the series will be played at the Lord’s in London.
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South Africa beat England in three-match T20I series by 1-2 and leveled the ODI series to 1-1 last month. Both teams are now set to clash in the three-match Test series after two weeks break.
England’s red-ball team is flying high after thrashing New Zealand 3-0 and India in the rescheduled fifth Test match. Under the new management of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, England has recently approached an attacking mindset in Test cricket and dominated India and New Zealand.
Dream11 Prediction – England vs South Africa - 1st Test
ENG vs SA Dream11 Team: Fantasy cricket predictions and tips for England vs South Africa 1st Test Match
England vs South Africa My Dream11 Team
Wicketkeeper: Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes
Batters: Dean Elgar (vc), Rassie van der Dussen, Ollie Pope
All-rounders: Ben Stokes, Joe Root (c), Keshav Maharaj
Bowlers: James Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
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NZ vs SA Probable Playing XIs
England: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Stuart Broad, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, James Anderson.
South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
ENG vs SA 1st Test My Dream11 team
Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, Dean Elgar (vc), Rassie van der Dussen, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, Joe Root (c), Keshav Maharaj, James Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
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England vs South Africa 1st Test match Details
The 1st test match between England and South Africa will be played at the iconic Lord's cricket stadium and will start at 3:30 PM IST.
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