South Africa
captain Keshav Maharaj won the toss and elected to bat in England all-rounder
Ben Stokes’s last one-day international on Tuesday.
World Cup-winner Stokes, now England’s Test captain, was bowing out of the
50-over format on his Durham home ground of Chester-le-Street after
announcing a shock decision to quit 24 hours earlier.
Stokes, 31, is making his 105th and final ODI appearance having come to the
conclusion that the relentless demands of a gruelling England fixture
schedule means he cannot contribute as he would like across all three
international formats — Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s.
Fifty-over world champions England made three changes to the side that
suffered a five-wicket defeat by India in the third ODI at Old Trafford on
Sunday, a reverse that meant Jos Buttler’s side lost the three-match series
2-1.
England gave a ODI debut to Matthew Potts, a Durham team-mate of Stokes,
after the fast bowler won his first Test cap against New Zealand last month.
Adil Rashid returned to the team after completing the Haj pilgrimage and all-
rounder Sam Curran was recalled.
The trio replaced the in-form Reece Topley, rested on workload grounds,
fellow left-arm quick David Willey and paceman Craig Overton.
Teams
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler
(capt/wkt), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Matthew
Potts
South Africa: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Rassie van der Dussen,
Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav
Maharaj (capt), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG), Mike Burns (ENG)
TV umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
