CRICKET NEWS - AB de Villiers returns to captain the Standard Bank Proteas in the first one-day international (ODI) against England at Headingley in Leeds on Wednesday.
De Villiers missed the two warm-up matches due to a respiratory tract infection, but has made a satisfactory recovery for the series-opener.
The 33-year-old says the three-match series signals the start of the journey towards the ICC Champions Trophy final, and is the perfect opportunity to set the tone for the next four weeks.
“It’s an ICC event with the top eight teams in the world competing for a trophy, it will be a great achievement to win it,” he said to the media in Leeds on Tuesday.
“We know we have to go through a big process to get to the final and it starts tomorrow here in Leeds. We are excited to get things going.
