New opposition for England
England face the Diamond Eagles in Friday's tour opener, a 50-over encounter at the OUTsurance Oval in Bloemfontein
England will take on revised opponents in their two opening tour matches in South Africa after domestic franchises the Diamond Eagles and the Warriors replaced a President’s XI.
The venues for the 50-over matches on November 6 and 8 remain the same, as the tourists - who fly out today - gear up for two Twenty20 and five one-day internationals ahead of the Test series.
They face the Eagles, who were semi-finalists in the Champions League Twenty20, on Friday at the OUTsurance Oval in Bloemfontein and the Warriors two days later at the De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
England’s final warm-up remains a Twenty20 encounter against South Africa A at the OUTsurance Oval on November 10.
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The England squad have arrived in SA but it is unclear whether the Test squad players such as Bell, Plunkett and Sidebottom are now separated off or are they all practising and preparing together with the ODI squad? It would be nice to know. Reports in the press don't give any indication of what is happening.
Jackie Litherland on 02/11/09