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South Africa's tour of England 2017
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Almost seven months after England's last Test match and five months since the new captain was announced, Joe Root's first series as England skipper gets underway on Thursday morning at Lord's.  It'll be a tough challenge: South Africa have won four of their last five Tests at the home of cricket, and despite losing both white-ball series so far this summer they remain unbeaten in Test series on these shores for nearly twenty years.  But the absence of both AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis means a new captain for the visitors too, as Dean Elgar will skipper the side.

There are few sweeping changes expected for the hosts.  Liam Dawson will be preferred to Toby Roland-Jones in the bowling attack, while Durham's Keaton Jennings will continue as an opener with Alastair Cook following his solid performances in India and the indifferent Championship form of Haseeb Hameed this summer.  Gary Ballance has earned himself a recall at number 4, while further down the order it'll likely be the usual suspects of Bairstow, Stokes, Moeen, Broad and Anderson.  For the visitors, Heino Kuhn will be making his maiden Test appearance at the age of 33 to open the batting, and Theunis de Bruyn will also be in.

The pitch is likely to be fairly green early doors, and the weather forecast is sunny for at least a couple of days, though thunderstorms are anticipated on Wednesday night and the threat of sudden, intense downpours will remain.  England haven't beaten South Africa in a Test at Lord's since 1960, and have won only one of their last six Tests at the ground, so a victory here would be a real feather in the cap for the new skipper.


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Play commences at 1100, 6th July 2017
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