ICC World Cup 2019: England's Royal Open, Africa beat South Africa by 104 runs in first match

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England vs South Africa, World Cup 2019: England won the strongest 311-run against the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs on the batting feasts. In reply, South Africa’s team got stuck on 207 runs in 39.5 overs.

As the strongest contender of the World Cup-2015 title, England came out in the grand finale of cricket, with England winning the winnings. In their first match on Thursday, England beat South Africa by a huge margin of 104 runs. In the opening match played at The Oval ground, England showed their dominance over South Africa with both bat and ball. England got a strong 311-run stand for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs on the batting feasts. In reply, South Africa’s team got stuck on 207 runs in 39.5 overs.

The joint performance of the batsmen in providing a strong score to England came in handy. Four batsmen scored half-centuries for England Ben Stokes top-scored with 89 runs. In addition to captain Ian Morgan, 57, Jason Roy scored 54 and Joe Root scored 51. England’s bowlers also did the best for the South Africa defeat. Jaffra Archer, playing his first World Cup, took 3 wickets. Liam Plunkett and Ben Stokes got two successes. Adil Rashid and Moin Ali took one wicket each.

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The concern that was being expressed about the South African batting was clearly seen in this match. His two batsmen were all the batsmen of batting above Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Coch. Du Plessis could only score five runs. De Kock played a 68-ball inning of 74 balls but did not get along with him from the other end. Rasie van der Dussen (50) shared a partnership of 85 runs for the fourth wicket with De Kock. But as soon as De Kock returned to the pavilion on the total score of 129, South Africa’s wickets began to fall.

Hashim Amla, who came in to start the innings with De Kock, was hit on Archer’s bouncer on the fifth ball of fourth over to become retired hurt. Adin Marrak (11), who came to the ground in his place, became Archer’s first victim on a total score of 36. Captain Faf du Plessis (5) also made Archer his second victim on a total score of 44. Here, De Kock and Dussen bent, batting and keeping the team on the road and running the scoreboard.

To break the partnership, England captain Morgan planted a plantate and he gave his team the necessary breakthrough by catching the duo to Root. As soon as De Kock was dismissed, the England bowlers started taking wickets at regular intervals. Pavilion had returned to Duminy (8), Dion Pretorius (1) and Dussen total of 167.

After that, the retarded Heart Amla stepped in. Andrele Fahulquoio (24) was playing fine, but Stokes gave England the 7th successive catch by one hand with a handy catch at deep midwicket on Adil Rashid’s ball. Here the defeat of South Africa was decided. With the dismissal of Amla (13), Kigiso Rabada (11), Imran Tahir (0), the formalities of South Africa’s defeat were completed.