England favoured, but only just, in batting battle with South Africa

England will be back at the scene of their convincing win over West Indies on Wednesday. South Africa haven't played a T20I at this ground since May 2010, but they arrive fresh from a decent enough downing of the United States. The stage for their men's T20 World Cup clash in Gros Islet on Friday couldn't be better set.

The South Africans are unbeaten after five games while England have lost to Australia and would have been hard-pressed to chase 109 in 10 overs to win their washed out match against Scotland. But the English will be considered favourites on Friday.

Their success against the Windies, by eight wickets with 15 balls to spare, was a