Jul 31, 2022
19:00 IST / 13:30 GMT
The Rose Bowl - Southampton, England
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England are favourites to win
The IT20 series between England and South Africa comes to a close on Sunday afternoon at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. It has been a compelling series so far with England easing to a 41 run victory in Bristol on Wednesday before South Africa romped home by 58 runs in Cardiff on Thursday. Read on as we preview this final IT20. The game begins at 14:30 local time.
There was plenty of talk that England had regained their white-ball batting mojo after the performance in Bristol but we expect conditions here to be closer to those in Cardiff. England will need to show more discipline with the bat.
South Africa showed a huge amount of character to fight back from Wednesday’s heavy defeat to inflict an even larger loss on England on Thursday. There is no lack of belief in this South Africa squad.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Super Sport in South Africa.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on SkyGo.
Both teams have won the toss once and lost the game after choosing to field first. We expect them both to decide to bowl first if they win the toss ahead of this match.
This pitch has got quicker as the season has gone on but is still far from a batter's paradise. We expect a par score to be no higher than 180.
There will be rain in the vicinity of the venue in the hours before the game but we expect it to have all disappeared and to have been cleared by the time this match begins. The temperature will climb as high as 25 degrees.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for England vs South Africa 3rd T20 Match 2022
The hosts made no changes in between the first and second IT20s of the series but will be very tempted to bring David Willey into the side to lengthen the batting. The management like to give players and tactics as much time as possible but we expect Willey to come in for Richard Gleeson ahead of this decider.
This England unit are without some of their best bowlers but it is their batting consistency which is letting them down. They have won only two of their last five games in this format.
Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan
The management gave their backing to the XI who lost in Bristol and picked the same team ahead of their impressive victory in Cardiff. It would therefore be a surprise if they were to change the side, when conditions are likely to be similar to the second IT20, ahead of this match.
The win in the second IT20 ended a run of three successive defeats in this format. They are still an inconsistent unit though and a defeat is never too far away.
Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj (c), Tabraiz Shamsi
After South Africa won in Cardiff, there is only one match between the teams in the overall standings in this format. The visitors have beaten England in two of the last three IT20s between the sides.
| Matches Played | ENG Won | SA Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The bookies continue to back England, as they have done before the Bristol and Cardiff games. South Africa’s performance in Cardiff has slightly narrowed their odds for this match.
Jos Buttler and Quinton de Kock are the batters with the biggest reputations on display. However, so far in the series, they have both been upstaged by others.
We are backing Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow with the bat for England. Malan continues to average over 40 in this format.
Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and Reeza Hendricks are our batting recommendations for South Africa. de Kock has scored 17 runs in the series so far but will still play in the same attacking manner from the off in Southampton.
Reece Topley, Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid are our bowling tips for England. Spin bowlers have had success on this pitch and we expect Rashid to enjoy the surface.
Our picks with the ball are Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi for South Africa. Shamsi struggled in Bristol but bounced back with 3-27 in Cardiff. He should also get plenty of assistance from this pitch.
This is all setup for a classic finale to a series which has seen the pendulum swing strongly in both directions. No one really knows what to expect from the batting line-ups on both sides with England and South Africa equally capable of collapsing or hitting streaks of sixes. We are predicting a very close game with England getting the victory.
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