England opt to bowl against South AFrica

England Friday won the toss and elected to bowl first against South Africa in the second round of the Group 2 matches of the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup in St Lucia.

England captain Jos Buttler said it looked like a fresh and good pitch and they fancy another chase.

"Potentially a bit of moisture in the pitch and I'm sure the ball will swing on the breeze."

England are unchanged.

South Africa’s captain Aiden Markram said he would have bowled, too, but isn't too perturbed. "Try to put a good score on the board and squeeze them after that," he said.

South Africa made one change as Ottneill Baartman came back to the playing XI in place for Tabraiz Shamsi. 

SQUADS:

SOUTH AFRICA: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Aiden Markam, 4 Tristan Stubbs, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 David Miller, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Ottneil Baartman, 11 Anrich Nortje

ENGLAND: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Reece Topley