Published on: May 29, 2019 5:46 pm IST|Updated on: May 30, 2019 2:39 pm IST
The first official match for the trophy of the ICC World Cup 2019 will be played between South Africa and England at the Oval. England is currently the top team in the ODI rankings and are the favorites coming into this tournament with a very well balanced batting line-up. Even though they didn’t have their captain in the first warmup match, they came close to defeating Australia. In the second warmup, they demolished Afghanistan, winning by 9 wickets.
The South African camp, on the other hand, has not looked promising. Every World Cup, South Africa has been one of the favorites but this year, no one is expecting them to go deep in this tournament. Their batting lineup doesn’t have the firepower to score big but their bowling is where they shine. South Africa’s bowlers have been notorious in the past, courtesy of players like Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi, but that will also suffer at least for the first match as Dale Steyn will be sitting this one out due to injury.
Regardless, the match should be fun to watch and will start off the 2019 ICC World Cup with a bang!
This. Time. Tomorrow.#CWC19 pic.twitter.com/62SiiAIBYN— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) May 29, 2019
This. Time. Tomorrow.#CWC19 pic.twitter.com/62SiiAIBYN
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) May 29, 2019
Match Details
Competition – ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Venue – Kennington Oval, London
Date & Time – 30th May, 03:00 PM IST
Pitch Stats
England’s recent run (latest first):
Read: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 SWOT Analysis of 10 teams
SA wins the toss and elects to bowl first
Dwayne Pretorius gets a game, no Chris Morris and David Miller for today
England 11: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Liam Plunkett
England Playing 11 (probable)
Eoin Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Liam Plunkett
South Africa Playing 11 (probable)
Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis (capt), Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir
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Chris Morris & David Miller missing out from SA