philcric Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 The first match of this World Cup. England versus South Africa. Probably for the first time in WC history that England start as favourites and SA not considered one. Might be blessing in disguise for SA, and lets them play without too much pressure. Squads England: Eoin Morgan (C), Jason Roy, Johny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (WK), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, James Vince, Tom Curran, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood. South Africa: Faf du Plessis (C), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (WK), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Imran Tahir. Link to comment
zen Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Should be a good contest esp. if SA batsmen are in form too Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hehe I was supposed to make this thread. But it's alright. SA are without Steyn for this contest. A lot depends on the team selected and the toss of course. The Oval has become a flat belter in recent years and NZ have the highest total at this ground - 398 . In general, you'd want to win toss and bat first and hope that spin plays a role in the 2nd innings. However, it's hard to say considering India struggled to defend 321 against Lanka and then struggled to chase 340 against Pakistan. A total of 350 should be defendable and that's what Saffers should look to do. Much depends on the top 3 the Saffers play . If a top 3 of Quinton, Amla and Markram fires with Miller and phehlukwayo finishing things off , this should be a very good contest. Link to comment
nitinbwj Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 SA has quality pacers in Rabada and Ngidi.Eng in the other hand have hard hitters from top to bottom and crap bowlers. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, nitinbwj said: SA has quality pacers in Rabada and Ngidi.Eng in the other hand have hard hitters from top to bottom and crap bowlers. Archer, Woakes, Wood and Rashid are not 'crap' bowlers by any stretch of the imagination. Since 2015, Woakes has found more seam movement in the initial PP than any other ODI bowler. When combined with his persistent , top of off line and length, it makes him the best new ball bowler in ODIs. Wood and Archer are pretty accurate and get it up to 95 mph. Rashid is one of the best spinners in the ODI format. This a damn good bowling attack Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-7082231/Eoin-Morgan-hoping-boost-crickets-profile-like-never-winning-World-Cup.html 'To go and win it, I couldn't imagine what that would do': England captain Eoin Morgan hoping to boost cricket's profile like never before by winning World Cup on home soil Any time i see these images i remember Sunil's frustrated comments "Footballers don't play cricket for warm up why are we playing football" Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, SK_IH said: Go England No Dale Steyn as well. They could steamroll SA. Most likely it will be a flat road where Rabada is not going to be that effective. Link to comment
rageaddict Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hope it's a great match and sets up the tournament. Link to comment
SK_IH Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 38 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: No Dale Steyn as well. They could steamroll SA. Most likely it will be a flat road where Rabada is not going to be that effective. I hope Eng streamroll them, a Buttler 100 would be perfect Link to comment
maniac Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) First time since 1992 England are going in as favorites against SA in a WC game. Edited May 29, 2019 by maniac Link to comment
Zero_Unit Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Expecting SA to pull this off. Amla and faf seems to be back in form Link to comment
zen Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) Both these teams if they play to their potential have the opportunity of making it to the final .... SA is under relatively less pressure so that can work for it in pressure games Edited May 29, 2019 by zen ViruDilSeKhelo 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Eng winning is better for us, but am here to enjoy this tournament without worrying about our chances. So go RSA Link to comment
nitinbwj Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said: Archer, Woakes, Wood and Rashid are not 'crap' bowlers by any stretch of the imagination. Since 2015, Woakes has found more seam movement in the initial PP than any other ODI bowler. When combined with his persistent , top of off line and length, it makes him the best new ball bowler in ODIs. Wood and Archer are pretty accurate and get it up to 95 mph. Rashid is one of the best spinners in the ODI format. This a damn good bowling attack On these roads. Not really ! Link to comment
WC2011INDIA Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Wow...WC starts tomorrow...seriously no one around me is talking about this. Link to comment
zen Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 4 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said: Wow...WC starts tomorrow...seriously no one around me is talking about this. Change the company Sgattick10, saik and Gollum 3 Link to comment
maniac Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 SA has become a boring team bar Rabada and to some extent Dekock. Even their fielding quality has gone down. Want to see a good game though. Hope England bat first. Dont want to see a selfish slow plodding Amla 100 on a flat pitch. (That’s a bait right there for a lot of retorts but I mean it) Gollum and ViruDilSeKhelo 2 Link to comment
Zero_Unit Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 well you guys enjoy the match tomorrow. I got an exam tomorrow :'( won't be watching it :'( Link to comment
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