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Proteas vs England 3rd T20 preview.

  Proteas and England will clash in a series-deciding 3rd T20 today at 14:30 England time and 15:30 South African time. This will be an exciting finish to the series as both teams are playing a very attacking brand of cricket and key players from both sides are stepping up and performing in crucial moments, putting both teams in a good position going forward.  This will be England's last T20 to test their options for the T20 world cup. Their next T20 series is in September. The series starts on 15th September, the deadline for teams to announce their squads for the T20 world cup. So, they will want to use this last opportunity to identify their bowling options, especially with their first-choice players still racing against the clock to be fit for the T20 world cup. Proteas do have 2 more T20s after this match to test different options that they want to have a look at as they put together the final pieces for their World T20 squad. Proteas will hope De Kock, and Captain Miller...

Proteas vs England 2nd T20 preview

  The 2nd T20 of the 3-match series between England and Proteas is today at 6:30pm England time 7:30 pm SA time. The 1st T20 was a high-scoring affair, and a lot of positives came out of that match for both teams.   Proteas found a new Star in Tristan Stubbs who made the most of his opportunity and scored 72 of 28 hitting 8 6s and 24s at a strike rate of 257.13. Stubbs was fantastic with his hitting power and stroke-making. Reeza Hendricks was another positive will his innings of 57 of 33 with 9 4s and 1 6s at a strike rate of 172.72.   With the ball, it was Ngidi who was the star with 5-39 in his 4 overs. He, Rabada and Maharaj were good on a pitch that proved to be a run feast.   England will be happy with the way they batted especially Bairstow and Moeen Ali. With the ball Topley, Curran and Jordan were good especially Jordan closing the innings in the death overs.  Today's game will again be expected to be a high-scoring affair and expect few ...

Proteas vs England 1st T20 preview

 The 1st T20 of the 3-match series between the Proteas and England is today. Both teams will look at this series as their final chance to try out some combinations as they prepare for the T20 World cup in October. Proteas have a 2-match T20 series against Ireland after this but for England, this is their last T20 series as the next time they play as T20 series is after the 15th of September deadline for World T20 squads to be announced. Proteas also don't have any T20 series after the Ireland series until after September 15th.  This series will be important for both teams as they will want to have their best combinations identified for the world T20 and test some fresh faces in the team to see if they fit into the plans for the World cup.  Rilee Rossouw who will make his Proteas return after 6 years, is one of the players to look out for as he has been in sublime form in T20 cricket leagues all over the world and scored 782 runs at an average of 46 and a strike rate of 18...