England will clash against South Africa in the 1st test of 3-match test series at Lord's on August 17th (Wednesday). England have already announced their playing XI one day ahead of the first test. ENG vs SA Probable Playing XI: England - Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Stuart Broad, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, James Anderson South Africa - Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Makram, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje