ENGLAND FOCUS
England put in a dominating performance in the first Test as they defeated South Africa by 211 runs.
All-rounder Moeen Ali was the star for the hosts as he scored 87 in the first innings and then picked up bowling figures of 4-59 and 6-53.
Joe Root, captaining in Test cricket for the first time, showed why he is rated as one of the top batsmen in the game, scoring 190.
Root has said that England will not make any changes to the team for the second Test.
SOUTH AFRICA FOCUS
The Proteas will be bolstered by the return of Faf du Plessis who missed the Lord’s Test due to family reasons.
Elsewhere, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will miss out due to a one match suspension after accumulating four demerit points within a 24-month period. Duanne Olivier is likely to come into the South African playing XI in Rabada’s place.
Du Plessis has confirmed that JP Duminy will be dropped for this match after the left-handed batsman managed scores of just 15 and 2 in the first Test.
The South Africans might also look to add more firepower to their bowling by bringing in Chris Morris for Theunis de Bruyn.
DATE, TIME, VENUE INFO
Date: 14-18 July 2017
Time: 14:00 GST, 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
WHERE TO WATCH, LIVE STREAMING INFO
TV: UAE – OSN Sports Cricket HD
Full coverage on Sport360.com.
LIKELY ENGLAND XI: Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root (c), Bairstow (wk), Stokes, Ali, Dawson, Broad, Wood, Anderson.
LIKELY SOUTH AFRICA XI: Elgar, Kuhn, Amla, du Plessis (c), Bavuma, de Kock (wk), Morris/de Bruyn, Philander, Maharaj, Olivier, Morkel.
PREDICTION: England