ICC WORLD CUP 2019: England vs South Africa: Pre match stats and probable playing XI of each side

 The tournament will be played from 30 May to 14 July 2019 featuring 10 teams. Each side will face each other once and the top 4 at the end of the group stage will enter into the semi-finals. Cricket experts feel that Eoin Morgan's side will be the team to beat at the World Cup as they have an incredibly strong batting line-up with multiple bowling options at their disposal. Also, home advantage has been a big factor at major ICC events over the years as hosts India and Australia were the winners of the previous editions in 2011 and 2015, respectively. South Africa will have to play out of their skins to give a stiff fight against the mighty Englishmen as they have had a terrific run over the last couple of years.

A statistical overview of the World Cup matches held between England and South Africa:

Head to Head record in World Cups: Played-6, England-3, South Africa-3

Head to Head record in ODIs: Played-59, England-26, South Africa-29, Tied-1, No Result-3

England's Record at Kennington Oval in ODIs: Played-47, Won-28, Lost-17, No Result-2

England vs South Africa at Kennington Oval: Played-6, England-4, South Africa-2

Highest Total at Kennington Oval: 398 by New Zealand against England on 12th June 2015.

Lowest Total at Kennington Oval: 103 by England against South Africa on 22nd May 1999.

Average First Innings total at Kennington Oval: 247 Average Second Innings total at Kennington Oval: 213

Most runs for England in World Cups: Graham Gooch-897 runs

Most runs for South Africa in World Cups: AB De Villiers- 1207 runs

Highest Score for England in World Cups: Andrew Strauss-158

Highest Score for South Africa in World Cups: Gary Kirsten-188*

Most Wickets for South Africa in World Cups: Allan Donald-38 wickets

Most Wickets for England in World Cups: Ian Botham-30 wickets

Probable Playing XI: England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Liam Plunkett/ Tom Curran, Adil Rashid

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Faf Du Plessis (c), JP Duminy, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris/Dwaine Pretorious