Benny Howell and Quinton de Kock are the top picks of this game.

England Lions (EN-A) will lock horns with South Africa (SA) in the first fixture of the two-match warmup series. England Lions are a mixed group of talented players who have been impressive in English domestic cricket. Almost all the players are experienced and would give a tough fight to the Proteas. The likes of Adam Hose and Benny Howell will hold the key for them.

On the other hand, South Africa are coming into the series with balanced performances against India. They would be confident of their abilities ahead of this game. The players like Quinton de Kock, David Miller, and Dwaine Pretorius are in good form.

It is a belter of a surface and the high totals have been scored at this venue. Recently, the match witnessing the biggest total in Vitality T20 Blast was played at this venue. The spinners will have no room for error in this flat pitch.

Tom Banton (wk), Ben Duckett, Adam Hose, Tom Abell (c), Sam Hain, Stephen Eskinazi, Ben Howell, Rehan Ahmed, David Payne, Samuel Cook, Jacob Lintott

Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj (c), Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje

The talented all-rounder was yet again a solid performer for Gloucestershire in domestic cricket. In 86 List A matches, he has amassed 2050 runs and picked up 76 wickets.

The top-order batter was in sublime form in T20 Blast 2022. In List A, he has scored 761 runs, with a top score of 101.

The seasoned campaigner can provide good starts to his teams. In List A, he has scored over 7000 runs, while registering his highest score of 178

Often Miller is the backbone of every team he represents in competitive cricket. He has garnered 6509 runs in 212 List A innings.

The all-rounder contributed well in both departments against India. He has scalped 111 wickets and garnered 1608 runs.

Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, David Miller (C), Stephen Eskinazi, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram, Benny Howell (VC), Keshav Maharaj, Samuel Cook, Marco Jansen

Quinton de Kock (C), Tom Banton, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Adam Hose, Dwaine Pretorius (VC), Aiden Markram, Benny Howell, David Payne, Lungi Ngidi, Samuel Cook

The left-handed all-rounder has not displayed enough potency in the last few international outings.

The top-order batter has rich white-ball experience but had been rather average in the latter half of the T20 Blast.

Shamsi could not pick enough wickets against India and is not coming into this series with a confident mindset.