England and South Africa are currently tussling with each other in a three-match-long One Day Internationals series that is being held in England. The series finale is gonna be played at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds and the pitch report for the game can be found here.
England will enter the 3rd ODI without the services of their flamboyant all-rounder Ben Stokes, who retired from the format on 19th of July. Hard-hitting wk-batter Phil Salt is the frontrunner to replace him.
The hosts are already 1-0 down in the series but if they manage to beat RSA at Manchester, the Leeds game is going to be the series-decider.
Headingley Cricket Ground information
Capacity- 18000 spectators
Location- Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Established in- 1890
Headingley Leeds Pitch report
Past pitch reports for Headingley, Leeds suggest that the surface is often loved by the fast bowlers. The ground offers a fair amount of horizontal movement to the pacers and there’s some bounce on offer too. However, batting still remains a good experience.
Chasing is the way to go as teams batting 2nd have won 60% of the ODIs that have been played here. The strip eases out and some dew sets in after the first 50 overs.
Headingley ODI records
Forty-three One Day Internationals have been played at Headingley but the team batting first has won only 17 of them. The side batting 2nd has bagged the remaining 26.
Eoin Morgan –who retired only recently– has scored the most runs (477) at the ground. He also owns the record for most fifty-plus scores at Leeds.
The overall average score at the ground is 235 runs per innings. Adil Rashid leads the bowling charts with 12 wickets to his name.
Leeds weather report
The temperatures on July 25 will range from 13°C to 19°C while humidity will be on the higher side.
Scattered showers are predicted and they may cause some minor intervention in game. However, it shouldn’t be much of an issue as the sky will stay clear otherwise.