AFGH vs ENG Dream11 Match Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 8th Warm-up Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

AFGH vs ENG Dream11 8th Warm-up Match Prediction | Afghanistan vs England ICC World Cup 2019

Touted as one of the favorites to lift the World glory this year, the hosts England will be locking horns against Afghanistan in their second warm-up match which will be played at the Kennington Oval in London.

England succumbed to a defeat in their previous warm-up game against the defending champions Australia which just ruffled their preparations for a while. On the other hand, Afghanistan made an impressive start to their preparations by taming Pakistan by 3 wickets in their first warm-up match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

They must be leveraged with confidence after an upset win prior to the start of the tournament and would be hoping to perform in the same manner against an even competitive English side. This would be the first instance when both these teams will collide against each other in any format. With England losing their first warm-up match and Afghanistan winning theirs, England must be looking for a win which will help them get the momentum required before the league matches of World Cup get underway.

Match Schedule

Afghanistan vs England

Venue: Kennington Oval, London

Time: May 27, 03:00 PM

The surface at Kennington Oval

It will be a good wicket for the seamers to showcase their class. As seen in the warm-up match between India and New Zealand, the freshness of the wicket covered with some green grass and overcast conditions helped the seamers early on and Trent Boult grabbed the opportunity with both hands. A similar sort of surface can be expected for this game with overcast conditions predicted again.

Venue Stats:

Avg 1st inn score: 247

Avg 2nd inn score: 213

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

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

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

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

Afghanistan vs England News (confirmed at toss)

England are playing 12 today: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 James VInce, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Tom Curran, 11 Jofra Archer, 12 Adil Rashid.

For Afghanistan, Mujeeb and Shahzad are sitting this one out.

 

 

Players in focus

As this is the first time these two teams are squaring off against each other in a one-day game, there aren’t much of stats between the two.

• Afghanistan’s Test skipper Rahmat Shah is coming into this match on the back of some good performances. His last 4 ODI innings have seen him scoring 113, 4, 62 and 32.
• Former skipper Asghar Afghan did not scored much in the warm-up match against Pakistan, but 4 of his last seven innings have seen him scoring 50 plus.
• Mohammad Nabi’s all-round effort in the warm-up match against Pakistan turned out to be the game-changing moment as he got 34 with the bat and scalped 3 for 46.
• Rashid Khan in his last three outings for Afghanistan has scalped 4 wickets.
• English opener Jonny Bairstow in the recently concluded ODI series against Pakistan scored 211 runs from just 3 innings which included a 50 and a hundred.
• His partner in crime Jason Roy was even more impressive in the same series as he accumulated 309 runs from 4 innings averaging almost 78.
• Wicket-keeper batsmen Jos Buttler scored a brilliant 110* in the second ODFI against Pakistan and went onto score a breezing 52 in England’s last warm-up match against Australia.
• Chris Woakes got a 5-fer in the final ODI of the series against Pakistan. In the warm-up match against Australia, he did not bowl but scored a valiant 40 with the bat.

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