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South Africa returned from the 2019 World Cup with few good memories, but beating Australia in their last league match at Old Trafford was among them. Any win over the Aussies is excessively celebrated on the sharp tip of Africa, even if it is only the third in eight completed games at a global tournament.
The 325/6 South Africa totalled in that match is the third-highest in the 56 ODIs played at the ground, and higher than in any of the eight list A games played there since. All of which is good news for the visitors, not least because their squad for Friday's second ODI against England in Manchester features six members of the XI from the Australia match. They include Rassie van der Dussen, who made 95 in the 2019 clash and 134 in the first match of the current series at the Riverside on Tuesday to do his bit, and more, to help the visitors win by 62 runs.
Unlike in Chester-le-Street, where the temperature climbed to 38 degrees Celsius and forced Matthew Potts off the field and into the shade for much of the game, Friday's forecast high for Manchester is a mere 19 degrees. But play seems set to be interrupted by predictions for light, persistent rain.
England might be keen to take whatever change they can get, even if it means being able to put their feet up and watch the drizzle while they think about ODI life after Ben Stokes, who retired from the format in Tuesday's match. They have played seven white-ball games inside the first three weeks of July and lost five of them, and in Durham they looked out of energy and ideas about how to counter South Africa's steely batting and disciplined bowling.
There is no point denying that interest in the series is lower than it might have been because it does not count towards the World Cup Super League standings. But a South Africa team who have been in decent ODI form, winning five of their seven matches this year, will want to keep up the good work. Doing so will likely mean employing the same kind of methodical gameplan that earned them success in the first match.
For some, that translates into a throwback to the kind of cricket that was played in the format before the game fell in love with T20-style freneticism: staid, even boring. Anrich Nortje brought some cold, hard sense to the debate in his press conference in Manchester on Thursday: "We're not too bothered about how England go about things. It's about what happens on the day. If it's a flat pitch, playing attacking cricket as a batter is probably going to be the biggest priority. If it's a green pitch, then we'll probably try be more 'boring', I suppose, and try and hit the top of off for longer."
The truth is, global tournaments aside, the South Africans are world champions at winning - in all-time bilateral ODIs no-one besides the United States and the Asia XI, who have played just seven games between them, can touch South Africa's won/lost ratio of 1.869.
Even so, Friday's match will doubtless be written up as exciting England versus stodgy South Africa. But if what's considered boring beats the flash, dash and crash approach, whose problem is that?
When: July 22, 2022; 1pm Local Time
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester
What to expect: A cooler, wetter day than in the first match of the series. And not too many runs: 300 has been passed just twice - in the same match - in the last five list A games at this ground.
Team News
England
Wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt is the most likely replacement for the retired Ben Stokes.
Possible XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (c), Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
South Africa
Andile Phehlukwayo has been ruled out for the remaining two games because of the concussion he sustained when his chin collided with Keshav Maharaj's shoulder in the field at the Riverside on Tuesday. His replacement in that match, Dwaine Pretorius, is the likely stand-in.
Possible XI: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj (c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
What they said:
"It's like that Chumbawamba song, 'You get knocked down and you get up again'. That's exactly how we've got to go about things." - Joe Root turns to pop culture to contextualise England's white-ball slump.
"I don't think we can be classified as a team who are just attacking or just defensive. We try and be smart on the day and play accordingly." - Anrich Nortje curbs his enthusiasm.
Squads:
England Squad: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler(w/c), Philip Salt, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Matty Potts, Reece Topley, David Willey, Craig Overton
South Africa Squad: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj(c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Lizaad Williams
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The 325/6 South Africa totalled in that match is the third-highest in the 56 ODIs played at the ground, and higher than in any of the eight list A games played there since. All of which is good news for the visitors, not least because their squad for Friday's second ODI against England in Manchester features six members of the XI from the Australia match. They include Rassie van der Dussen, who made 95 in the 2019 clash and 134 in the first match of the current series at the Riverside on Tuesday to do his bit, and more, to help the visitors win by 62 runs.
Unlike in Chester-le-Street, where the temperature climbed to 38 degrees Celsius and forced Matthew Potts off the field and into the shade for much of the game, Friday's forecast high for Manchester is a mere 19 degrees. But play seems set to be interrupted by predictions for light, persistent rain.
England might be keen to take whatever change they can get, even if it means being able to put their feet up and watch the drizzle while they think about ODI life after Ben Stokes, who retired from the format in Tuesday's match. They have played seven white-ball games inside the first three weeks of July and lost five of them, and in Durham they looked out of energy and ideas about how to counter South Africa's steely batting and disciplined bowling.
There is no point denying that interest in the series is lower than it might have been because it does not count towards the World Cup Super League standings. But a South Africa team who have been in decent ODI form, winning five of their seven matches this year, will want to keep up the good work. Doing so will likely mean employing the same kind of methodical gameplan that earned them success in the first match.
For some, that translates into a throwback to the kind of cricket that was played in the format before the game fell in love with T20-style freneticism: staid, even boring. Anrich Nortje brought some cold, hard sense to the debate in his press conference in Manchester on Thursday: "We're not too bothered about how England go about things. It's about what happens on the day. If it's a flat pitch, playing attacking cricket as a batter is probably going to be the biggest priority. If it's a green pitch, then we'll probably try be more 'boring', I suppose, and try and hit the top of off for longer."
The truth is, global tournaments aside, the South Africans are world champions at winning - in all-time bilateral ODIs no-one besides the United States and the Asia XI, who have played just seven games between them, can touch South Africa's won/lost ratio of 1.869.
Even so, Friday's match will doubtless be written up as exciting England versus stodgy South Africa. But if what's considered boring beats the flash, dash and crash approach, whose problem is that?
When: July 22, 2022; 1pm Local Time
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester
What to expect: A cooler, wetter day than in the first match of the series. And not too many runs: 300 has been passed just twice - in the same match - in the last five list A games at this ground.
Team News
England
Wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt is the most likely replacement for the retired Ben Stokes.
Possible XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (c), Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
South Africa
Andile Phehlukwayo has been ruled out for the remaining two games because of the concussion he sustained when his chin collided with Keshav Maharaj's shoulder in the field at the Riverside on Tuesday. His replacement in that match, Dwaine Pretorius, is the likely stand-in.
Possible XI: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj (c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
What they said:
"It's like that Chumbawamba song, 'You get knocked down and you get up again'. That's exactly how we've got to go about things." - Joe Root turns to pop culture to contextualise England's white-ball slump.
"I don't think we can be classified as a team who are just attacking or just defensive. We try and be smart on the day and play accordingly." - Anrich Nortje curbs his enthusiasm.
Squads:
England Squad: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler(w/c), Philip Salt, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Matty Potts, Reece Topley, David Willey, Craig Overton
South Africa Squad: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj(c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Lizaad Williams
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