A win on Tuesday would see England become the first touring side for 14 years to beat South Africa in both a Test and ODI series.
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Victory would continue a remarkable resurgence from England.
Centurion: England take on South Africa in the third ODI match of the ongoing five-match series at SuperSport Park, Centurion. While changes can be made without ICC permission up until March 8, it is likely that will only happen in the event of injury.
The second match was a little more one-sided, as South Africa batted first.
England have unsurprisingly named an unchanged team, while South Africa have introduced all-rounder David Wiese for his fourth ODI debut, having played a dozen T20 internationals for the Proteas.
The weather forecast is not entirely promising, with thunderstorms anticipated late in the afternoon, so Duckworth-Lewis-Stern could well come into play. But the end result as a team is what we all want to reach. The third match will decide the victor of the series and hence is the most crucial one of the series. We are well aware of this being our biggest challenge as a side.
“I think in that last game we were pretty close”, he said. We have backed up the Test series win brilliantly.
“The Test match did not go to plan here”, Topley said.
Speaking about what he needs to do to cement his place in the test team, the Nottinghamshire opener added: “It’s up to me to go back and score runs early in the season when it’s toughest to bat and show I am ready for the May test match against Sri Lanka. We’re all just enjoying ourselves which is the bottom line and we’re having a lot of fun doing what we love”, said Topley.
England have been firing on all cylinders this tour, expect them to clinch the series.
South Africa: AB de Villiers (c), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw.
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England: Hales, Roy, Root, Buttler (keeper), Morgan (captain), Stokes, Moeen, Rashid, Jordan, Willey, Topley.
