[3] Extra security was provided to South Africa for the ODI series following the Manchester Arena bombing.

[6] Ahead of the ODI series, South Africa played one-day warm-up matches against Northamptonshire and Sussex.

South Africa were scheduled to play a Twenty20 tour match against Leicestershire, but this was cancelled due to a clash with the Champions Trophy.

[7] Prior to the Test series, South Africa played a three-day game against the England Lions at Worcester.

[20] Steven Finn was added to the England squad for the final Test as a replacement for Mark Wood.