The 40-year-old Alec Stewart is England's second-highest run-scorer in Test history, behind Graham Gooch, and has for long been England's first choice keeper. He has announced that the series against South Africa would be his last. He would surely not want to miss out on the opportunity of going out with a bang.

Mark Boucher is one the survivors of South Africa's previous Test at Edgbaston in 1998 but the South African's form behind the stumps and with the bat has not been as stellar as we know it can be. A good series could see him cement his place, a bad series could see him on his way out.

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