We don't need extra motivation to play England - Rassie van der Dussen

Although their passage to the knockout stage is all but sealed, South Africa still need to beat the Three Lions in Karachi to try and secure a semi-final spot against New Zealand in Lahore, rather than travelling to Dubai to face Group A winners India.

Therefore, van der Dussen highlights that, despite England's elimination, this match-up remains a 'quarter-final' for the Proteas, with Australia and Afghanistan battling it out for the other knockout spot in their Group B clash today.

"I don't think we'll approach it any different to be honest, I think the nature of Champions Trophy is that it is quite cut throat, you have to be on it every masses, no room to actually come back,” van der Dussen said.

“If you have a bad start like the curse is with England, so I think we were always coming into this match saying that it will possibly be a sort of quarterfinal, I think it's little bit challenges for them, they can't go through anymore but it's a match against England we don't need any extra motivation to play England.

“They are a dangerous team, they have another great few weeks here but if you look at the names in their line up, we obviously respect what they bring to the ground."

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The 36-year-old remains wary of England trying to salvage some pride in their final match of the tournament, given the stern criticism they have come under for their poor showing this far.

"So, they'll be coming and saying, listen, let's go down fighting type of thing. It makes them dangerous, they are already a dangerous side to start with. For us, yes, we'll know exactly what we need to do and don't need to do or whatever but like I said, it doesn't really change anything,” he added.

“At the end of the day it's a match that we wanna win. We wanna win against England every time we play against England, so it doesn't really change. That's gonna make a difference on where we finish on the log, of course.

“Like I said the nature of this tournament is that you're at your best in every game and that starts with really just putting all your focus into what's next. So, the next game for us is England and we're preparing for them.

“We're getting all our boxes checked and making sure we do everything we need to do to give us the best chance to win."