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1st One-Day International

Headingley, Leeds

ENGLAND squad: Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jake Ball, Sam Billings (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan (capt), Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

SOUTH AFRICA squad: Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers (capt & wk), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir


Both sides head into this one-day series looking to build momentum for the Champions Trophy which begins at the weekend (though England and South Africa won't play their opening fixtures until June).  England are among the favourites on home soil, but South Africa remain the world's top-ranked one-day side, having won a record-equalling sequence of twelve ODIs from September through to February.

Jos Buttler is expected to be preferred as wicketkeeper for England, while Ben Stokes returns from his first season in the IPL having earned the title of Most Valued Player for his performances, though Rising Pune Supergiant could undoubtedly have used his expertise in a low-scoring final that they lost by a single run.  In Amla, de Villiers, du Plessis and de Kock South Africa have a wealth of attacking talent with the bat, and in Imran Tahir the world's top ODI bowler, alongside the talented young Kagiso Rabada.

AB de Villiers is expected to make the South Africa team, having been ruled out of the warm-up fixtures against Sussex and Northants due to illness.

Play commences at 1400, 24th May 2017