After winning against South Africa in the World Cup opener, England will play against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Monday. England started their World Cup 2019 campaign with a 104-run victory over Faf du Plessis-led South Africa at the Oval. While Sarfaraz Ahmed's Pakistan opened in the tournament by the defeat against West Indies on the same ground where they will face England today.
Eoin Morgan's England can also take some confidence from their last ODI series at home just before the World Cup against Pakistan in which they handed a 4-0 whitewash to the Sarfaraz Ahmed-led side.
With Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes, England have strong batting line and Jofra Archer strengthens their bowling attack.
Pakistan batsmen will have to work on to give a good total so that their bowlers can fight in the game. With Mohammad Amir and Wahab, Riaz bowling department of the team is fine but they have to show their performance on records.
Ben Stokes(England): Scored 89 runs in the tournament opener against South Africa
Mohammad Amir(Pakistan): Took 3 wickets at the economy of 4.33 on the same ground
Matches: 9
England won: 4
Pakistan won: 4
Tied: 0
No result: 1
Date and Day: June 3, 2019, Monday.
Place: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Time: 3:00 pm IST, 10:30 am local time
Watch: Live streaming will be available live on Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 in English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD in Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of the World Cup 2019 England vs Pakistan match will be available on Hotstar.
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali
A video of Khushdil's four sixes is going viral on social media.
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On the other hand, it was difficult for Ben's father Gerard Stokes who was watching the final back in New Zealand and cheering for blackcaps whether to celebrate his son's effort or to be sad for his country's loss.
In terms of form, Australia has been one of the top performers in the league stages, losing just two matches in nine games. They comfortably thumped England by 64 runs at Lord's during the league stage. Australia finished second in the table with 14 points in nine matches.
Both the teams will fight to fix their spot in the semi-finals.
The century against bangladesh on Tuesday took Rohit to the top of most run scorers of 2019 World Cup surpassing David Warner.
India currently holds the second spot on the points table with 11 points while Bangladesh occupies the 6th spot with seven points.
Shankar is likely to be replaced in the squad by Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal, who made his Test debut against Australia last year, has not yet played in the ODI format.
Sri Lanka holds the 7th position on the World Cup points table with 6 points while West Indies is on 9th with just one victory and three points.
With 11 points and no losses India occupies the second spot on the points table while England is on 5th with 8 points.
Australia tops on the points table with 12 points while New Zealand is spotted on third with 11 points.
Pakistan is placed at the 6th position on the points table with 7 points while Afghanistan is at the rock bottom and yet to open its account.