Conrad has long advocated for more aggressive and positive batting in limited overs cricket.

Conrad told OFM Sport that they have a settled squad, and this will be a positive during the important series, which South Africa will need to win convincingly in order to qualify automatically for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India.

"Rob and the national selectors obviously put the squad together. The good thing is that it's a very settled group.

"They fully understand where we're at in terms of what's required in this series.

"We certainly won't be spending too much energy explaining the importance of this series. We are all raring to go on Friday."

Conrad, who implemented an aggressive approach during his tenure as the national under-19 coach, added that this is something that he will be targeting against the English.

"Both mine and Rob's philosophy is that we want to invest all our energies into playing some really good cricket.

"We want the guys to identify when a key moment is and what option to take. That is an aggressive option and that goes a long way toward ensuring we win the game.

"We certainly won't be burdening the team with the fact that they have to win. I think everybody's well aware of that.

"We know that England is a top one-day side."

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