England have made one change to their team for the third One-Day International against South Africa on Sunday.
Surrey all-rounder Jamie Overton will replace Saqib Mahmood for Sunday’s match at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am.
England, 2-0 down in the three-match series, will be playing for pride.
England saw their hopes of ODI series victory over South Africa end with a game to spare on Thursday, following a crushing seven-wicket loss at Headingley with a narrow five-run defeat at Lord’s, putting South Africa 2-0 up.
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Ben Duckett has been rested from the upcoming T20 series against South Africa
The England players are facing a demanding schedule. Those two losses to South Africa in little over 48 hours came in the days following The Hundred and after a packed international summer, as England contested a hard-fought five-Test tussle against India in which every match went to a fifth day.
Joe Root, Ben Duckett, captain Harry Brook and Jamie Smith have played regularly during that period, while Jofra Archer has also played across all three formats.
Duckett is on the team sheet for the final ODI at the Utilita Bowl this weekend but it was announced on Friday that he will now be rested for the three T20s that follow, starting in Cardiff on Wednesday.
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Jos Buttler was bowled by a superb dipping slower ball from South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi as England slipped to an ODI defeat at Lord’s
‘Good enough and fit enough’
Brook has said: “We want to try and play our strongest side in every white-ball game. We’ve World Cups coming up – the T20 World Cup this winter and the one-day World Cup the following winter.
“It’s easy to say that [we’re tired], but in my eyes that’s just an excuse. We’re good enough and fit enough to be able to keep playing for the time being.
“There’s obviously a bit of a break at the end of this series so it’s one game at a time and try to be fit and raring to go for the rest of this series.”
England v South Africa fixtures
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First ODI (Headingley): South Africa won by seven wicketsSecond ODI (Lord’s): South Africa won by five runsThird ODI: Sunday September 7 (11am) – Utilita BowlFirst T20: Wednesday September 10 (6.30pm) – Sophia Gardens CardiffSecond T20: Friday September 12 (6.30pm) – Emirates Old TraffordThird T20: Sunday September 14 (2.30pm) – Trent Bridge
Watch England’s ODIs and T20s against South Africa live on Sky Sports, with the third ODI at Utilita Bowl on Sunday (10.30am on air, 11am first ball). Stream without a contract.
