England announce their playing XI for first Test against South Africa

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 Under the captaincy of Ben Stokes, England announced their XI for the first Test match against visiting South Africa to be played at the iconic Lords Cricket Ground, Lords starting from 3.30 IST onwards today.

England has been on a roll with 4 successive wins chasing down big targets against New Zealand and then chased down a record 378 runs against India to level the 5-match series at 2-2. It has been a remarkable transformation by the England Test team. They would be looking to continue their attacking style of play in the first match of the series against visiting South Africa.

It promises to be an exciting Test series with top-quality batters on each side. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have been in sensational form against New Zealand and India. The hosts would be looking to create an impact with another set of brilliant performances with both bat and ball gaining momentum for the rest of the 2 Test matches.

Ben Foakes makes a return to playing XI after recovering from COVID. It looks like a settled unit and hoping to see England show their skills against top-quality South African pace bowling. On other hand, South Africa would be looking to stop the baseball approach under the captaincy of Dean Elgar.

South Africa is currently at number 1 in the latest ICC Test Championship points table. They would be looking to consolidate their performances against a supremely confident England side.

The bowling also looks decent enough with the likes of Stuart Broad, James Anderson in the side. Matthew Potts making an impressive debut against New Zealand and performing well against India retains his place along with Jack Leach. It promises to be an exciting encounter between the top two quality Test sides.

Here we look at England’s playing XI For the first test against South Africa

Zak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson. 









England announce the playing XI for the first Test against South Africa 

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