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Today was the beginning of cricket world cup 2019 in England and wales. First match was played between South Africa and Host England. It was played at historic cricket ground of Oval in London. Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to field against England.It was a fair sunny weather and the pitch was tough for batting as root said after the innings. Imran Tahir took the wicket of Jonny Bairstow on the second ball. Roy and Root stayed on the wicket for sometime as they stood over hundred runs partnership. Root scored 51 off 59 balls while Roy scored 54 runs on 53 balls. Morgan and stokes also played really well and scored another hundred runs partnership. Captain Morgan scored 57 and stokes scored 89 runs Ngidi took wicket of stokes when Amla caught him. There was no other significant innings in the match by any other player. South africa bowled really impressive as it is difficult to restrict England at this score in England. if we look at the recent series of England against

Batting Eggs Kane Williamson: with an average of 45 and total ODI runs of over 5500, he makes the one of best choices to be included in the world cup 2019 squad for new Zealand. his strike rate used be be very unimpressive but in recent times he improved that too in order for him to cope up with the current pace of cricket. his current strike rate is 82. His career also include 11 hundreds and 37 fifties. Henry Nicholls: He is very talented young Kiwi player who scored his highest of 124 and has 1 century and 8 fifties in his career. he has done so much for his country in his short career so far. he only played 41 ODI matches and already scored over thousand runs. his average is 35. Martin Guptill: He is one of most experienced cricket of Kiwi team in this world cup as he played 169 ODI matches. his average is 43 and strike rate of 87 makes him dangerous player. once he gets going at a bowler no one can stop him. it will be useful gun in this mega event because it is expected t

Everybody is waiting for the mega cricket event which is around the corner now. We will not have to wait for too long and count down starts now. Following is the schedule and timetable of the cricket world cup 2019. Date Match Details Time May 24, Fri Pak Vs Afg, 1st Warm up game at Bristol SL Vs SA, 2nd Warm up game at Cardiff 9:30 AM GMT 9:30 AM GMT May 25, Sat Eng Vs Aus, 3rd Warm up game at Southampton India Vs NZ, 4th Warm up game at Oval 9:30 AM GMT 9:30 AM GMT May 26, Sun SA Vs WI, 5th Warm up game at Bristol Pak Vs Ban 6th Warm up game at Cardiff 9:30 AM GMT 9:30 AM GMT May 27, Mon Eng Vs Afg, 8th Warm up game at Oval Aus Vs Sri, 7th Warm up game at Southampton 9:30 AM GMT 9:30 AM GMT May 28, Tue Ind Vs Ban, 10th Warm up game at Cardiff NZ Vs WI, 9th Warm up game at Bristol 9:30 AM GMT 9:30 AM GMT May 30, Thu Eng Vs SA, Match # 1 at Oval London 9:30 AM GMT May 31, Fri WI VS PAK, Match # 2 at Nottingham 9:30 AM GMT Jun

It was yet another great game of cricket played by rising tigers. this Bangladeshi team is improving its performance day by day and it will definitely create problems for other teams in the coming world cup in England. West indies played first after Bangladesh put them to bat first. West indies could only score 152 FOW 1 as match was interrupted by rain hope scored 74 and Ambris 69. Bangladesh was given target of  210 in 24 overs under D/L method. It was a big target for this team but they played exceptionally well later on in the innings. Tamim Iqbal could only score 18 and Shabbir got out on duck. Sarkar and Rahim stood good partnerhsip of over 70 runs for the team and this helped Bangladesh make their position strong. Sarkar scored 66 on 41 balls. his destroying innings was so crucial in the match and brought his team on winning steak. Mosaddek also scored quick 52 at the end on just 24 balls which lead to win of this game. Despite of his phenomenal performance Hope from

Pakistan lost another game from England despite a great show from opening batsman Imam. England put Pakistan to bat after winning the toss. Pakistani opener remained calm initially when wickets were tumbling on the other end. Fakhar could only score 2 runs when root took his catch on the ball of Woakes.  Babar also could not play quite well and went to the pavilion after scoring just 15 runs. Haris sohail and Sarafaraz Ahmed scored 41 and 27 respectively. Asif Ali scored impressive and quick fifty. Till this time opening batsman Imam was on the crease. he finished his ODI hundred and started smashing boundaries and Maximums. He scored 151 on 131 balls and Pakistan finish their innings on 158 FOW 9 in 50 overs This score was looking quite good to Pakistan but English openers played aggressively from the start and put the pressure back on Pakistani bowlers.First english wicket fell on 159 when Roy got out on 75 by Faheem. Root scored 43 and Imad took his wicket while Babar caught

Batting Eggs: Fakhar Zaman: One of the most talented batsmen in the Pakistan team with an average of over 54 in 33 ODI matches. He is game changer. He is the only Pakistani batsman to score double hundred. His record in England is phenomenal and he can prove lethal to the opposition. He has 4 hundred and 9 fifties excluding one double hundred against Zimbabwe. Babar Azam: He is one of the most talented player Pakistan has got in this squad. He has average of over 50 in 61 games. Strike rate is his problem which is quite important in this age of cricket. His strike rate is under 85. He has 8 hundred and 11 fifties in his career. If he gets going on a given day, he can help his team win the game. Imam-Ul-Haq: He is another young gun of his team who has proved himself after so much hard work. His average of 53 speaks for himself. He has 5 hundred in his ODI career of 26 matches. His strike rate is not so good as it is under 80. Strike rate is equally important in this age b

Jason Holder: This Guy has played 90 matches in ODI cricket since the start of his career in 2013.He started captaincy in the hard times of Windies cricket. He is an all-rounder who has proved himself in recent times. He has scored 1471 runs and 119 wickets in his career. His best figures in bowling are 5/27 and his batting average is 26. Batting Eggs: Darren Bravo: He is a reliable Top-Order batsman of West Indies scoring over 2500 runs in 102 Matches with an average of 32 and a strike rate of 70 and highest score of 124.He has scored 3 Centuries and 18 Fifties in his fabulous career. West Indies will rely on him in this world cup because he is a good sensible cricketer. Chris Gayle: He is one of the few players in this World Cup who started their career in the previous century. In his long career of 289 matches, he has scored over 10000 runs in ODI Cricket with an average of 38.2 and a strike rate of 87. His highest score is 215.Scoring 25 tons and over 50 half-centurie

England vs Pakistan Only T20I Preview: All the teams are preparing for the Cricket World Cup 2019 which is going to be held in England and Wales   between 30 th May to 14 July. Pakistan is the first team to depart to the England for he world cup because they have to play a T20 and 5 One-Day Internationals against the World Cup hosts England. Overview England vs Pakistan Only T20I Sophia Gardens,Cardiff 2:30 PM Local Time,1:30 PM GMT,6;30 PST Pakistan have already played three practice matches against different county teams recently, and have won all of them. England played a One-Day game against Ireland on Friday,on which they got a crucial victory with 4 wickets remaining.England haven’t got their best side.Alex Hales   has left cricket for sometime due to a personal issue.So there are questions that he will get the spot left by Hales.In Pakistani side, Amir will try to give his best to get in the Final 15 of Pakistan.So,this match is really important for both

Batting Eggs: Faf Du Plessis (c): He is the captain of South Africa across all formats in international cricket. His experience of playing 134 matches since 2011 makes him one of the strongest captains of the World Cup. He has scored 5120 runs in ODI cricket consisting of 11 tons and 32 half centuries. He is a great middle order batsman of South Africa. Hashim Amla: He is one of few batsmen in the world who have scored over 7000 runs in ODI Cricket. He has scored 37 fifties and 27 centuries in his career of 174 matches with an average of nearly fifty and a healthy strike rate of 89.2. he could smash any player anywhere in the ground. His role in the cricket world cup would be very important. Aiden Markram: He is a young talented cricketer with an age of 24 years who has scored 500 runs in 18 matches with an average of 29. He has scored 2 fifties in one day cricket. He would benefit from experiencing the big cricket event in his lifetime. He has played some good innings

Batting Eggs Eoin Morgan (capt) one of the best English players who played 217 matches with highest score of 124 and average of 39. he is also leading his side in this cricket world cup.his career also include 12 hundreds and 43 fifties. he was selected as captain because he lead English side in many previous big events and he know how to handle the pressure of big games. Joe Root He is one of the English players to look for in this cricket world cup. He is one of the very few players in the world with average of 50 who played over 100 matches. he scored 5090 runs with career best score of 133 in his career of 126 matches. his strike rate is 86 which is also very crucial in the current era of the cricket. Joe Denly another young player who played just 9 games with the career best of 67 and average of 29 runs. he has some good figures in the county cricket and played some great innings in the domestic cricket which influenced selectors to include him in the squad.  Jason Roy H

Batting eggs: Rohit Sharma: One of the finest opening batsmen who has three double centuries in One day international and who can hit every length of shot in any direction in the middle. If he stay on the crease, he can be very dangerous for the opposition. Shikar Dhawan second Indian opening batsman who joins Rohit Sharma is Shikar Dhawan. his style of playing of quite aggressive with wise approach. his placements on the ground can damage any team on a given day. his fantastic record of 16 hundreds and 27 fifties in 128 ODI's, is proof of his importance. Virat Kohli Number one ODI cricket batsmen and the only player among all who are playing in this world cup who could place in the ODI team of all time. his average of over 70 in ODI in since champions trophy in England is strong indication can he can smash any bowler anywhere. He is also one of the players to watch for in this world cup. Bowling Eggs: Kuldeep Yadav: His amazing statistics show 87 wickets in 44