Crucial World Cup 2023 showdown: England and South Africa battle for redemption
England vs South Africa (Source: Twitter)
England and South Africa will lock horns for the 20th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 20 October. Both England and South Africa have recently faced a major upset in the ODI World Cup 2023 as they both got defeated in their previous match by underdog teams Afghanistan and Netherlands respectively.
The defending champions England have already faced two major losses in the game against New Zealand and Afghanistan while South Africa has lost one match out of the three games they have played against Netherlands. Currently, South Africa stands on the third position while England stands on the fifth position on the points table.
England and South Africa captains after recent losses in the game
“Disappointing to win the toss and concede that many, me missing that first ball down the leg side set the tone. Credit to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today. It came down to execution, we weren’t quite at the level we’d like to be with both bat and ball. They have some fantastic bowlers, the dew didn’t come in as much as we expected, the ball held up a bit too. They bowled dead straight and kept the stumps in play, we just weren’t quite good enough. You got to let these defeats hurt, there’s no point in getting over things too quickly, we need to reflect. There’s a lot of character in this group, we need to show a lot of resilience and come back stronger”, said Jos Buttler after England’s law against Afghanistan.
“Still we were confident with the chase. But they were able to extract some deficiencies in our batting department. We were clinical against Australia. We could have controlled the extras. The fielding wasn’t up to the standard. Not the same standard we had against Australia. We need to have some conversations with the boys. You got to let the emotion to seep in. It will hurt. Our campaign is not over by any stretch of the imagination. That was a proper display from them”, said Temba Bavuma after South Africa’s loss against Netherlands.
England’s full squad: Jos Buttler (c & wk)), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes.
South Africa’s full squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen and Lizaad Williams.
