Posted on 11 September 2012 by trooney in Cricket, headline
The third and final Twenty20 international between England and South Africa takes play on Wednesday evening as the two sides meet at Edgbaston.
The home side will be looking for a victory to level the series after losing the first encounter, then the second match having to be abandoned due to rain.
It is of course now about each of these teams being in good form before the T20 World Cup takes place later in the month. They may also use this match as one to experiment with the team and see if anything needs changing.
England are certainly after some confidence after what has really been a summer to forget at the moment.
Stuart Broad is the man who is captain of the side in this form of the game and he will be looking to lead by example with the ball.
Eoin Morgan will have a big role to play in this match as he is the one day specialist in this England side that can take a game away from the opposition.
A victory is what Broad will be desperate for here to build momentum in the squad for the World T20 in Sri Lanka in just a couple of weeks.
As for South Africa, confidence will be sky high in their camp at the moment. They managed to win the Test match series, then draw the 50-over form on the game 2-2 and now know they cannot lost this T20 series.
The Proteas certainly have the players that are well suited to this type of cricket with plenty of big hitters, a bowling attack that has a lot of variety and a very athletic fielding unit that do not drop catches.
It looks set to be a great game between two of the best sides in the world.
Match Odds
At the moment it is South Africa who are the favourites to come out on top with odds of 1.80 (4/5) with SkyBet.
England have the rare situation of being the underdogs on home soil ? you can back them at 2.10 (11/10) with William Hill.
Top Batsman
Alex Hales is the man who will look to get the England innings off to a flyer. He is available at 5.00 (4/1) with Ladbrokes to be his sides leading scorer.
It is no surprise that Hashim Amla is the big favourite to be South Africa?s top scorer given his recent form ? he is being offered at 3.75 (11/4) with VC Bet.
Recommended Bet
Jos Butler could feature and he certainly has a point to prove. Butler being England?s leading scorer in this match can be backed at 9.00 (8/1) with BetFred.
Source: http://www.bigfreebet.com/previews/2012/england-v-south-africa-twenty20-preview.html
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