Elgar carries hopes of three-peat
Dean Elgar has to fire for South Africa to stand any chance of claiming a third-successive Test series win in England.
Dean Elgar has to fire for South Africa to stand any chance of claiming a third-successive Test series win in England.
With Faf du Plessis missing the first Test against England, the middle-order trio of JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma and Theunis de Bruyn have huge opportunities to step up.
Stuart Broad has been selected in England’s Test squad for their first Test against the Proteas on 6 July.
England have another injury in their side, with Jake Ball ruled out of the first Test against South Africa, with a knee injury.
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes England have the best team in world cricket and tips the hosts to beat the Proteas in the Test series.
Aiden Markram, Heino Kuhn and Andile Phehlukwayo have been named in the Test squad for the four-match series against England.
AB de Villiers said the the Proteas have a good chance of winning the Test series against a ‘settled’ England team.
England have beaten the Proteas by 19 runs in Cardiff to win the three-match T20 series 2-1.
They left it late, but the Proteas Women won their World Cup opener against Pakistan by three wickets in Leicester.
Dawid Malan hit 78 on debut as England posted a competitive 181-8 in the T20 series decider against the Proteas in Cardiff.
The Proteas have won the toss and have opted to bowl first in their decider against England in Cardiff.
The Proteas completed a dramatic three-run victory over England to draw level in the three-match T20 series on Friday.
AB de Villiers scored 46 off 20 balls, as he got the Proteas to 174-8 in their second T20 against England in Taunton.
England have won the toss and will bowl again in their second T20 International against the Proteas at Taunton.
Stuart Broad has picked up a heel injury which could rule him out of the Test series against South Africa starting 6 July.