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Friday, 27 November - first T20, Newlands, Cape Town (16:00 GMT)

Sunday 29 November - second T20, Boland Park, Paarl (12:30 GMT)

Tuesday 1 December - third T20, Newlands, Cape Town (16:00 GMT)

Friday 4 December - first ODI, Newlands, Cape Town (11:00 GMT)

Sunday 6 December - second ODI, Boland Park, Paarl (08:00 GMT)

Wednesday 9 December - third ODI, Newlands, Cape Town (11:00 GMT)

The concept of multiple England teams playing at the same time seems to be coming into view.

England's squad for the potential tour. Stokes is back. Topley is in both squads. Looks like Willey is the forgotten man.

Twenty20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham).

One-day squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Reserves across both formats: Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Tom Helm (Middlesex).

SA squad for this series. A few names new to me there.

South Africa squad: Quinton de Kock (captain), Temba Bavuma, Junior Dala, Faf du Plessis, Bjorn Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, Jon-Jon Smuts, Glenton Stuurman, Pite van Biljon, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne.

Starts tomorrow. Buttler will open with Roy. Wood and Archer will play. Presumably Captain Morgan will feature. Not clear otherwise. Billings and Malan have done well though Posh Sam a bit more in ODIs. I'm guessing:

Buttler/Roy/Bairstow/Malan/Morgan/Stokes/Moeen/Jordan/Rashid/Wood/Archer

leaving out:

Billings/Sam/Tom/Topley

From last England game that's Roy in for Banton, and Stokes in for Tom, both selections down to previous availabilty.

Cricinfo back up my team.

No, Sam and Tom in and not Mo and Wood.

Sam gets a wicket in the first over.

England big favourites I guess.

This is an amazing England team.

Full of world class t20 players.

Got a big chase on their hands though.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:
England big favourites I guess.

Looks like I was mistaken. England chase 180 to win.

A good half century from du Plessis.

Sam takes a three for.

Roy out second ball. Maybe some doubt over his place starting to build.

JB2 and Malan out now. Still plenty of matchwinners in hand though.

Bairstow half century.

Shamsi gets Stokes.