ENG vs SA Dream11 Match Prediction | ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

ENG vs SA Dream11 Prediction | South Africa vs England Match Preview | Fantasy Team & Team News

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!

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Match Details

Competition – ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Venue – Kennington Oval, London

Date & Time – 30th May, 03:00 PM IST

Pitch Stats

Average 1st innings score: 247

Average 2nd innings score: 213

Highest Total: 398/5 (50 Overs) by NZ vs Eng

Lowest Total: 103/10 (41 Overs) by Eng vs RSA

Highest Chased: 322/3 (48.4 Overs) by SL vs IND

Lowest Defended: 241/10 (49.4 Overs) by PAK vs Eng

Head to Head

England and South Africa played ODIs against each other back in 2017. In that series, England was able to win 2-1. Since then, their lineups have changed slightly which will change the outcome of this match.

South Africa’s recent run (latest first):

26th May – No Result vs West Indies
24th May – Won vs Sri Lanka by 87 runs
16th March – Won vs Sri Lanka by 41 runs (DLS Method)

England’s recent run (latest first):

27th May – Won vs Afghanistan by 9 wickets
25th May – Lost vs Australia by 12 runs
19th May – Won vs Pakistan by 54 runs

Read: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 SWOT Analysis of 10 teams

ENG vs SA Dream11 Team News & Squad

Dale Steyn will not be playing in the opening match for South Africa due to injury. Chris Morris is likely to get a go.
Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood and Tom Curran are fighting for a spot in the England XI
Aiden Markram is likely to sit out, although David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen are also not certain starters for the fixture

Toss Update:

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

ENG vs SA Dream11 Fantasy Team

Joe Root has been performing very well in the ODI format, especially against South Africa. In 9 matches against SA, Root has scored a total of 477 runs, including 2 centuries and one half-century. He is the ideal choice for the captain of the team.
Faf du Plessis is another who is primed to shine. Against Sri Lanka in the recent series, SA skipper racked up 272 runs in 5 innings, hitting a 112* from 114 balls.
Jos Buttler is the ace batsmen for the English. The man has shown to strike almost any ball. He hit a century against Pakistan while scoring a total of 144 in 3 innings.
Hashim Amla, one of the decade’s best batsmen, has recently returned back into form. The veteran is 90 runs away from scoring 8,000 total ODI runs. Hopefully, he is able to deliver for his team in the World Cup.
Currently, on his way to his 200th ODI, Eoin Morgan will look to take England to their maiden World Cup victory. He has done well in the past couple of matches, going not out in 2 out of 3 innings and scoring a total of 164 in them.
In the absence of Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada will have to step up as the lead pacer of the team. He has so far picked up 13 wickets in 2019, from 9 innings with a progressive economy of 4.85.
Jofra Archer looked stunning in the match against Afghanistan, grabbing 3 wickets, one of which was the last wicket of the match. He did so in only 5.4 overs while giving away 32 runs.