The game against Warwickshire will begin at 11:00 and is set to end at 13:45 meaning a nice tune up to the vocal cords before England take on Germany at 15:00.
A first World Cup meeting between the great rivals since 1990 will surely back bittersweet memories for Stuart Pearce, now on the England coaching staff but then the man whose missed penalty helped Germany progress to the final.
Wednesday's matchwinner Jermain Defoe has said that England are practising penalties in training every day but added: "I hope it doesn't go that far. We want to win it in 90 minutes."