ENG vs SA 3rd Test Dream11 prediction: Fantasy cricket tips for England vs South Africa match

Fantasy cricket tips for ENG vs SA 3rd Test: England came strongly owing to a record stand between the two Bens - Stokes and Foakes that saw the hosts not only win the second Test by an innings and 85 runs but also level the three-match series. The Proteas, who slipped to second place in the WTC 2021-23 points table would be hoping for a strong comeback.
ENG vs SA Dream11 3rd

ENG vs SA Dream11 prediction 3rd Test

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England's long and elaborate home summer will come to an end with a series decider third Test against South Africa at the Kia Oval in London. A summer that heralded the new dawn in England cricket with new coaches and new captains across red-ball and white-ball cricket saw its ups in the longest format and downs in the limited overs, however, the hosts would want to end it with another trophy in the cabinet.
The summer will be remembered for a long time for re-inventing Test cricket and how a term 'Bazball' became an approach and mindset under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. England defeated listless New Zealand 3-0 chasing down scores in excess of 275 in the fourth innings of each of the three games and then did the same to India in the rescheduled final match of the incompleted five-match series.
England were found wanting when they batted first, for the first time in the new era as South Africa with their four-men pace attack bamboozled the famed batting line-up. However, they were in the comfort zone of bowling zone once again at Manchester and the skipper stood up for his side when it mattered the most, slamming his first century as the captain of the England Test team.
England will be missing their biggest piece of the Bazball puzzle, Jonny Bairstow, who was ruled out of the third Test, upcoming series against Pakistan and the T20 World Cup 2022 due to a freak injury but in Harry Brook, they have the most promising young batter of English cricket across formats, who will be making his debut on Thursday.
The Proteas, on the other hand, will be ruing their batting failure twice at Old Trafford which was the main reason behind the colossal defeat a couple of weeks ago. South Africa slipped to second place behind Australia in the World Test Championship 2021-23 table and will be missing star batter Rassie van der Dussen due to an injury but that will give them extra motivation to strike hard in the decider.
My Dream11 team for ENG vs SA 3rd Test
Dean Elgar, Sarel Erwee, Joe Root, Keegan Petersen, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada (vc), James Anderson, Stuart Broad
England playing XI
Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes (wk), Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach
South Africa likely playing XI
Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Khaya Zondo/Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada
Squads
England: Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Matty Potts, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root
South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Khaya Zondo, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne, Simon Harmer, Glenton Stuurman, Lutho Sipamla
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