South Africa will take on England in the first of three T20I matches at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday night.
South Africa will be playing their first series after a long break of nine months and they will look for a good start against a strong England side. Captain Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje are coming after having a good IPL season and they need to shift that form into this series and all have to step up to kick off their home season on a winning note.
On the other hand, England has played some T20 cricket against Australia and Pakistan in September and they will look to continue from where they left. They have a strong batting unit of Buttler, Stokes, Malan, Roy, Morgan, and Bairstow who all are match winners, and then in the bowling, they have Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, and Adil Rashid who will be the key bowlers for them.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the first T20I between South Africa and England in Cape Town :
Head to Head in T20I cricket -
| Venue | Match | SA Won | ENG Won | Tied | NR |
| South Africa | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
3 - Chris Jordan needs 3 more wickets to go past Stuart Broad's tally of 65 wickets and become the leading wicket-taker for England in T20I cricket.
10 - Tom Curran has taken 10 wickets at 17.40 in 5 T20I matches against South Africa.
32 - Kagiso Rabada has taken 32 wickets at 20.68 in 20 T20 matches this year so far.
50 - Adil Rashid needs 1 more wicket to become the fourth England bowler to take 50 or more wickets in T20 cricket.
347 - Eoin Morgan has scored 347 runs against South Africa in T20Is and needs 44 more runs to go past AB de Villiers' tally of 390 runs and become the leading run-scorer in South Africa - England T20Is.
