Cape Town - Stand-in Proteas captain, AB de Villiers has won the toss and elected to bat in the first T20 International against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
South Africa have included Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Tabraiz Shamsi and Mangaliso Mosehle in their starting XI.
Legspinner Mason Crane will make his debut for England.
Teams
England
JJ Roy, AD Hales, JM Bairstow, EJG Morgan*, JC Buttler†, SW Billings, LA Dawson, MS Crane, DJ Willey, CJ Jordan, MA Wood
South Africa
JT Smuts, RR Hendricks, AB de Villiers*, DA Miller, F Behardien, M Mosehle†, WD Parnell, D Pretorius, AL Phehlukwayo, T Shamsi, Imran Tahir