ENG vs SA Today Match Prediction and Betting Odds | England vs South Africa ICC World Cup 2019

Published on: May 30, 2019 11:00 am IST|Updated on: May 30, 2019 11:03 am IST

ENG vs SA Today Match Prediction and Betting Odds

ENG vs SA | ICC World Cup 2019 is all set to take the centre stage from today. Hosts England will take on South Africa for the tournament opener in Oval.

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

England vs  South Africa – When and Where: 

Venue- Oval, London

Timings- Thursday, 30 May, 3:00 pm

Hot Favourites Hosts all set to begin their sojourn

The team reached three World Cup finals in the first five editions but unfortunately, they have not won a single knock-out fixture in the three decades since. However, a silver lining for the team could be the 17 series wins that have come in 22 series post after their horrific defeat against Bangladesh in 2015.

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South Africa eye to walk the talk 

South Africa have won 16 of their last 21 ODIs. They come into this match after trumping Sri Lanka in their first warm-up match. Although their second warm-up match was abandoned due to rain, they will aim to take the positives of the first warm-up match.

Also Read: SA vs ENG Dream11 Match Prediction |Grand League| ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 

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Form Guide

England

W W W W L

South Africa

W W W W W

Key Stats

  • England outplayed South Africa by 2-1 in 2017.
  • Both the teams are off a series win. South Africa defeated Sri Lanks by 5-0 in March while England also crushed Pakistan 4-0 on their home soil.
  •   England trumped Afghanistan by nine wickets with 195 balls to spare.
  • The last time England hosted a World Cup opener, they beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in 1999 in Lords.

Betting Odds  ENG vs SA 

 

Betfair: England 4/9, South Africa 7/4

Skybet: England 1/2, South Africa 7/4

Ladbrokes: England 4/9,  South Africa 7/4

The books are predicting a win for England

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Squads: 

England 

Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, James Vince, Liam Dawson

South Africa

Quinton de Kock (wk), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Faf du Plessis (c), Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen, Jean-Paul Duminy,  Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Aiden Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi, Chris Morris

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