Who will win England vs South Africa 3rd T20?
The T20 international series between England and South Africa now moves on to the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff for the third and the final game. The match is scheduled to be played on June 25 with live action to begin at 2:30 PM local time.
Eng vs SA 3rd T20: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Sky Sports, Star Sports 1, Ten Cricket
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar
Toss Prediction
The pitch at the Sophia Gardens generally tends to favor the bowlers more during the first period of play. Moreover, since the side batting second has won two out of the three T20 internationals played at this ground, the team that wins the toss here is more likely to field first. We predict England to win the toss in this match.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Eng vs SA 3rd T20....
England Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Dawid Malan could replace Jonny Bairstow at the top of England's batting order as the latter was only available for the first couple of games. This might be the only change in the team's lineup for this match.
Key Players
Eoin Morgan is the only batsman in the side to have played a T20 international at the Sophia Gardens. In the three matches here, the skipper has scored 38*, 18* and 74 which makes him the one to watch out for. Alex Hales seems to be in good form and the onus will be on him to provide a blazing start to the innings. David Willey had notched up a couple of wickets when England last played a T20 at this ground against Australia in 2015. The fast bowler is going to be a key figure in the team's bowling attack.
Recent Form
England's performance in T20 cricket of late has been good if not great. The newly adopted aggressive approach by their batsmen seems to be working out quite well for the team. The hosts have won more number of T20 internationals than they have lost over the last two years.
England Predicted Playing 11
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Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Craig Overton
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No injuries were reported in the side at the time of writing. Since all their players are fully fit, the selectors will have the whole squad to pick from for this third T20 international.
Key Players
AB de Villiers, who already has had a good outing in this series, averages 53.50 at this ground in the 50-overs format. The South African skipper can be extremely destructive once set which is why his wicket will be wanted desperately by England. Chris Morris with his hard-hitting abilities will be crucial down the order. Since conditions are expected to be ideal for seam bowling, South Africa will back Andile Phehlukwayo to inflict some early damage on the English batting lineup.
Recent Form
While South Africa have been very impressive in this format at home, they need to improve their T20 record away from home. Bowling looks to be the team's strongest department at the moment while their batting has been a bit off colour in the past few matches.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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JJ Smuts, Reeza Hendricks, AB de Villiers (c), David Miller, Farhaan Berhardien, Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), Wayne Parnell, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi
England vs South Africa Head to Head
South Africa have an upper hand in terms of overall head-to-head count as they have been slightly superior of the two sides in this format of the game. The two teams have never played a T20 international against each other at the Sophia Gardens.
England vs South Africa Prediction
England have played three T20 internationals at the Sophia Gardens and have wins in each of them. So they will be coming into this game with a 100% win record in the shortest format at this ground. They last beat the World Champions Australia here in 2015, something that will add to their confidence when they take on South Africa who will be playing their very first T20 international at this venue. The visitors need to find their fighting spirit quickly, otherwise they could once again find themselves in trouble against an in-form English team. We predict the South Africans to put up a tough fight but England to prevail in the end.
Final Verdict: Back England to beat South Africa in the third T20 international.
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Jun 25, 2017
19:00 IST / 13:30 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
ENG vs SA T20 
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