On the cusp of booking its semi-finals spot, England is playing South Africa at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in an ICC men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 group 1 match on Saturday evening. Winning the toss, England captain Eoin Morgan invited South Africa to bat.

South Africa, on the other hand, will be looking to get two important points under their belt.

“We will bowl first. Looks like a good wicket, dew will play a role here, as he saw against Sri Lanka. It’s a different challenge to play here, we saw an unbelievable inning from Jos Buttler the other day. We’ll have to give our best in every match. One forced change – Mark Wood is in, his first game of the tournament replaces Tymal Mills,” England captain Eoin Morgan said at the toss.

“We were looking to bowl as well, but now we need to start well with the bat and then try and defend it. We need to do well in the batting powerplay, lay a foundation and then plan ahead. We’re playing the same team,” South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said at the toss.

Playing XI:

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

What captains said ahead of the match:

“One of the things that makes me extremely proud is that regardless of how well we’ve done or how poorly we’ve done, guys have always wanted to get better. They’re not really that interested in standing still or spending too much time reflecting on what has been and gone. They want to continue to get better because they know that once you lose that drive in trying to achieve things individually and as a team, it has a big repercussion effect on the wider game and throughout our country.” – Eoin Morgan.

“We’ve really had to graft as a batting unit. We’ve always spoken about being flexible, and looking at the players that we have in the team, I felt that I could do a role up front but I could also do a role within the middle. We’ve had a guy like Rassie [van der Dussen] go in earlier because we know if he has the opportunity to face a considerable amount of balls he can really put a bowling attack under pressure. A guy like Reeza [Hendricks] has come off well recently at the top of the order. So we’re trying to utilise that form.” – Temba Bavuma.