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SA vs ENG Today Match Prediction : South Africa will face off England in the first ODI match in Paarl today (6 December 2020) in Paarl. The first ODI was supposed to play in Cape Town but it was reschedule due to Corona Virus and now the series will start in Paarl. After losing the T20I series South Africa will look to bounce back in this series. On the other side, England will look to continue their winning run and will be eyeing a winning start.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of South Africa as well as of England and will also make our SA vs ENG Today Match Prediction
Strengths :
South Africa’s strength is the batting unit of Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Janneman Malan and Temba Bavuma who have been good in this format this year. Dussen and du Plessis did well in the T20I series and once again they will be the key batsman in middle order. Then in the bowling they have Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Tabraiz Shamsi who all are wicket takers and all rounder George Linde too has been impressive in the T20I series and he will be the key in this series as well.
On the other hand, England’s strength is the powerful batting unit of Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler who all are match winners and can do anything on their day and then in the bowling Chris Woakes, Mark Wood and Adil Rashid have been top class for a long time and youngsters Olly Stone and Reece Topley too have a lot of talent.
Weaknesses :
South Africa’s weakness is their batting as the likes of Temba Bavuma, Janneman Malan and Reeza Hendricks haven’t played competitive cricket for a long time so they aren’t in rhythm. Captain de Kock throws his wicket even after getting a good start. And then in the bowling they are without injured Kagiso Rabada and it has weakened their bowling and neither they have a good finisher down the order.
On the other hand, England don’t have much weakness but they’re without Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran for this series and it might affect their team balance a bit.
Here we are going to discuss both South Africa and England’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making ENG vs SA Dream11 Team
Faf du Plessis has been rested and they’re already without injured Kagiso Rabada so South Africa will have some new faces in their playing 11 and on the other side, England have rested Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Jofra Archer for this ODI series.
SA vs ENG Playing 11
South Africa :
Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma, JJ Smuts, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Beuran Hendricks, Tabraiz Shamsi
England :
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran
SA vs ENG Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for SA vs ENG Dream 11 Prediction teams
Quinton de Kock : He has been the best batsman of South Africa in this format and in the opening he will be the key batsman for his team and will look to score big runs after an average outing in the T20I series.
Jos Buttler : The best wicket keeper batsman at present in this format and at number 5 he has a set platform to go berserk and given his track record he will be the most dangerous batsman of England in this series.
Chris Woakes : The all rounder has been amazing in this format and he has the ability to take wickets with the new ball and also a fine batsman.
Lungi Ngidi : Although he leaks runs but he is also a wicket taker and against England this year he has taken a lot of wickets and lovers bowling against them and in Rabada’s absence he will be the key bowler for South Africa along with Anrich Nortje.