England vs South Africa match is going to start sooner Such as cricket fans around the world will have full entertainment. Enjoy England vs South Africa Live Cricket Score, Playing XI, Player to Player Comparision, Commentary.
ENG vs SA Cricket match has always been a fierce competition especially during the mega-events of ICC. Before Play starts, you can find all the information in summary, including weather reports, playing XI and pitch report. South Africa vs England all match comparison and previous records of winning percentages by both teams and head to head records.
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The first match of Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between England and South Africa, and play will start according to the Local Time Surrey UK at 2:30 PM and GMT 9:30 AM. The opening match is going to be tough because England Cricket Team has successive One Day International wins from the start of this year.
Live Streaming - Channels
Watch every ball of 2019 Tournament live at Sky Sports, PTV Sports, Ten Sports, OSN Network, Digicel, Willow TV, Hotstar, Super Sports, etc. England beat Pakistan in the recent ODI series with 4-0 whitewashed and just lost a single game against Australia during WC Warm-Up Matches.
Playing XIs:
England Squad; Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (C), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett.
Bench – Tom Curran, James Vince, Mark Wood, Liam Dawson.
South Africa Squad; Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis (C), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, JP Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir.
Bench – Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Aiden Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Teams Comparision
Team England
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler. Ben Stokes in the middle order batting line is the backbone for English Cricket Team. English all-rounders Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali have done well in the recent past. South Africa vs England Live Cricket Score In the first place has great records against each other.
England will most probably go with three seamers and two spinners against Proteas including Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett and Jofra Archer. Spin bowling concern, Moeen Ali and Adil Rasheed will be part of Playing XI for England against South Africa.
South AfricaÂ
South Africa top order and opening pairs are solid batting line with Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, and Hashim Amla. SA will go with de Kock and Amla as opening pair, and Aiden Markram may sit on benches.
In the middle order SA skipper Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller and JP Duminy will handle the game and can absorb pressure and take their team to win stream. Due to injuries, Dale Steyn will be missing the opening match of ICC World Cup 2019 against England and SA will go with Chris Morris or Dwaine Pretorius.
However, SA regular bowler will include all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo and bowler Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi as pace attack for SA against England. SA has the best spin bowler in the form of Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, and occasional spin bowler David Miller and JP Duminy.Â
Oval Ground Pitch Report
The winner of the toss at Oval Cricket Ground should bat first as teams while batting first has won more matches then teams hitting second or chasing the total. Oval Cricket Ground pitches are a flat surface, a good batting pitch and usually benefits team while batting first as host nation have a 70% winning rate at Oval Cricket Ground in ODI’s.
Because as the pitch gets used too, there are no seams or turning tracks however if prepared as turning tracks it works only for the first power play. The Oval Cricket Ground pitch has always been batting ball especially during summer as a dry surface, and there’s nearly always some good pace and bounce.
That’s a combination that keeps all bowlers interested - seamers, reverse-swingers, and spinners - so don’t write this off just yet. Oh, and don’t bowl first if you win the toss. The Oval is a perfect wicket to bat on, while it carries a little pace, and healthy bounce. The batsman should be very careful as The Oval pitch takes little extra bounce in the initial overs for the bowling end while bowling first.
Oval pitch is easy to bat but while batting first batsman should be very constant reminding himself not to take liberties against pacers in early overs. The Oval grass pitch looks dangerous for the batsman as it’s quick wicket and produce extra bounce with a fair competition between bat and ball.
Average first innings score 221 (last six One-Day matches including World Cup warm-ups), Record of chasing teams: Won – 3, Lost – 3. Cricket World Cup 2019 has been entered in a serious business now as there is no warm-up or practice match or an ODI series at home for England or South Africa.
Therefore both teams will be looking forward to clinching the victory at the first match of World Cup 2019 and mark a successful start and to gain momentum.
Oval Ground Weather Report
Cricket at Oval Ground has not been one-sided as Pitch produces a fair contest between ball and bat. Weather conditions expected on the match day the team that wins the toss may be tempted to bowl first. Oval Weather
Winning toss and batting first in the summer season has always been prioritised provided that favourable weather conditions. The temperature will hover around 12-14 degrees Celsius during the significant part of the match between ENG vs SA.
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Oval Cricket Ground has good records of scoring highest totals and defending the total at it’s best. England vs South Africa will be a contest and treat to watch due to the aggressive nature of both teams.
Both teams love to build a huge total for going past 300+ and can defend accordingly. So Then get ready to watch WC live action.
England’s 2019 World Cup Fixtures | South Africa 2019 World Cup Fixtures |
v South Africa (May 30, The Oval) | vs England (May 30, The Oval) |
vs Pakistan (June 3, Trent Bridge) | v Bangladesh (June 02, The Oval) |
vs Bangladesh (June 8, Cardiff) | v India (June 5, Southampton) |
v Windies (June 14, The Ageas Bowl) | vs West Indies (June 10, Southampton) |
v Afghanistan (June 18, Old Trafford) | vs Afghanistan (June 15, Cardiff) |
v Sri Lanka (June 21 Headingley | v New Zealand (June 19, Birmingham) |
vs Australia (June 25, Lord’s) | v Pakistan (June 23, Lord’s) |
v India (June 30, Edgbaston) | vs Sri Lanka (June 28, Chester-I-Street) |
v New Zealand (July 3, Durham) | v Australia (July 6, Manchester) |