England vs South Africa 2nd T20I Match Prediction

Preview

England vs South Africa: Despite the calls for lighter schedules and workload management, England still find themselves playing two T20I on consecutive days. There form continues to be a concern. South Africa though are full of talented cricketers. Kagiso Rabada is back in the side and the bowling looks pretty strong with him Nortje and Ngidi handling the pace attack.

Match Details

Match: England vs South Africa

Date: 28th July 2022

Time: 11:00 PM PM IST

Venue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Weather Report

The weather seems ok during the England vs South Africa game with mild chances of rain.

Pitch Report

The Cardiff track is flat and good for batting. A lot of runs are likely and batting second is a better option.

England vs South Africa Predicted Playing XI

England Playing XI

Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(c,wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Moeen Ali, David Willey/ Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Adil Rashid.

South Africa Playing XI

Quinton De Kock, Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, Rassie Van Der Dussen, David Miller(c), Henrich Klaasan, Dwaine Pretorious, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Key Players

Quinton De Kock

The 3rd ODI saw Quinton De Kock get disturbed at a stage where he was threatening to take the game away from England. He looked very fluent, was batting well, but rained played spoilsport. The fluency is there though and now that he has some runs under his belt he will be a dangerous force to reckon with in the shorter format.

Chris Jordan

With Reece Topley using his bounce effectively and Mark Wood and Jofra Archer likely to comeback for the World Cup, Chris Jordan’s spot is likely to be a worry. He is a great bowler, who is pretty economical but he will have to come up with some eye catching performance if he is to get past the other three bowlers and find his name in the World Cup squad.

England vs South Africa Match Tips

Both teams are pretty balanced. South Africa though are in better form and that could help them against a transitioning England side.

Match Prediction: South Africa will win the match.