England will be up against South Africa in the fifth game of the Super Eights round and the 45th of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Get our latest expert ENG vs SA match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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ENG vs SA Match Information
- Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
- Date: Friday, June 21
- Time: 10.30 am local (2.30 pm GMT, 8 pm IST)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
While England scraped through to Super Eights, South Africa won all their four games to make it there.
What was different was that England were sterling in their last two games, South Africa were in for a few surprises, almost going down to Nepal and Bangladesh.
They won their respective opening games of the Super Eight stage, with England crushing West Indies in their opener and England edging past USA.
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As far as confidence goes, the defending champions England would be on the top of the moon.
They looked like they were on their way out and were saved by the weather holding up in their final league game. And given a second lease of life, they came out all guns blazing against hosts West Indies at this very ground.
With the ball, they managed to restrict West Indies in the overs between seventh and 10th over and then again when Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid bowled the 16th and 17th over of the innings which went for just six runs in all.
Then in their chase, they got off to a good start, and despite needing 98 from the final 10 overs, Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow cruised through to the win.
This is an England team that has now reached dangerous levels for opponents.
And South Africa know this. Or they should know this.
The difference between South Africa and West Indies is that the Proteas have a far stronger bowling attack than the hosts.
Anrich Nortje had a brilliant first round but failed to come to the party in their opener against USA. Marco Jansen also went for a few runs and it was only Kagiso Rabada who managed to help South Africa through in their opener.
Where South Africa did falter against USA despite their win was the lack of clinical nature – both with the bat and ball. That’s where they might find things rather difficult against South Africa.
ENG vs SA Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall England vs South Africa Head-to-head: This is a brilliant head to head in a lot of ways 24 matches resulting in 12 wins for each of the sides.
- Since 2020, England hold a 6-4 edge.
- Their only previous game in the West Indies came in 2010 where England beat South Africa by 39 runs. No surprises that none of the 22 players who featured in that game are active right now.
Possible Playing XIs
England
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Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman.
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ENG vs SA Predictions with Latest Odds*
ENG vs SA Match Winner
England to win: 4/5 (sign up with 1xbet)
ENG vs SA Top Batsman
- Top England Batsman – Jos Buttler: 11/4 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top South Africa Batsman – Aiden Markram: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
ENG vs SA Top Bowler
- Top England Bowler – Adil Rashid: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top South Africa Bowler – Anrich Nortje: 16/5 (sign up with 1xbet)
ENG vs SA Toss Prediction
England to win the toss: 10/11
ENG vs SA Score Prediction
Highest Individual Score – Over 66.5 Runs: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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