South Africa bowl, Codi Yusuf handed debut

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs England

South Africa gave seamer Codi Yusuf his ODI debut in Southampton and welcomed Wiaan Mulder back from illness in their bid for a 3-0 series clean sweep over England. Temba Bavuma opted to bowl first in the hope of early seam movement, befroe a rain shower straight after the toss delayed the start by 15 minutes.

Yusuf, 27, won his first two Test caps during South Africa's recent tour to Zimbabwe and was a late addition to the ODI squad as cover for Kagiso Rabada, who has not featured in this series due to a niggle. He replaces the rested Lungi Ngidi, while Mulder returns at the expense of Senuran Muthusamy.

"It's an early-morning game, so we assume there'll be something in the wicket, and we'll look to try and make us of that," Bavuma said. "Mulder comes back from illness and a debutant in Codi; Lungi and Muthusamy out… We'd like to keep that momentum going. A lot of excitement and enjoyment from the guys."

England named their team after training on Saturday, bringing Jamie Overton in for the rested Saqib Mahmood. They will again be relying on Will Jacks, Jacob Bethell and perhaps Joe Root to share at least 10 overs between them. Ben Duckett, rested for next week's T20Is, retains his place at the top of the order.

While this match is a dead-rubber, England could use a win to help their ICC ranking and thereby calm nerves about automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup. They will also be looking to avoid the humiliation of a first ODI whitewash on home soil since Sri Lanka thrashed them 5-0 back in 2006.

England: 1 Jamie Smith, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Jacob Bethell, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Adil Rashid

South Africa: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Temba Bavuma (capt), 4 Matthew Breetzke, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Dewald Brevis, 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Codi Yusuf, 11 Nandre Burger