SA vs ENG Dream11 Team - 1st ODI 2020 | 6 Dec

The world champions England are enjoying yet another high in international cricket, yet to lose an international series since that victory last year. Now, they’ve managed to win away from home again, thrashing South Africa 3-0 in the T20 series and they’re back to their most favourite format – the ODIs. A series of 3 ODIs will be played in SA before the visitors leave to go back home.

South Africa will be very demotivated after that sweep in the T20 series, the first time they’ve conceded such a bad series loss against England. The 1st ODI will be played at Boland Park after the initial 1st ODI scheduled for Newlands, Cape Town was postponed because of a player testing positive for Covid-19. Keep reading for our complete PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) fantasy preview of the SA vs ENG 1st ODI…

Match info

Tournament: England tour of South Africa 2020.
Date: 6th December 2020, 1:30pm IST.
Venue: Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa.
Capacity: 10,000+
Series status: First game of the 3-match series.

Recent form

SA: W W W L L
ENG: L W L L W

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Numbers

Head to head in last 4 completed ODIs, these teams are tied 2-2.
At this ground, South Africa have won 4 of their last 5 ODIs.
At this ground, England has never played an ODI before.
Janneman Malan – 129* in just his 2nd ODI – vs Australia.

South Africa

The first person on my team list will have to be middle order batsman Rassie van der Dussen who averaged 136 in the T20I series, being dismissed only once in 3 games while in the ODI format, he has 7 fifties in just 16 ODIs for South Africa. Pite van Biljon, Bjorn Fortuin, Faf du Plessis and Reeza Hendricks have been released which means added pressure on the shoulder of captain Quinton de Kock to perform at the top.

A good all-rounder who could even be made the fantasy captain of your SA vs ENG 1st ODI fantasy team is Andile Phehlukwayo but we’re unsure if he’s been deemed fit to play. Pick him for sure if he’s in the team, or else you can choose George Linde who had a decent T20 series too. With the ball, please don’t leave out Anrich Nortje who is among the quickest pacers in the world and was a huge star in the IPL 2020 season.

England

For the visitors, all-round abilities will be lacking as Ben Stokes and Sam Curran have been left out of the squad. Instead, we have Moeen Ali and Tom Curran fighting for that all-rounder spot. Since he’s a better batsman, we think Moeen may make the cut. Talking about all-round abilities, please also pick Chris Woakes who is a bowling machine but also has a few fifties in recent matches for England across formats.

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With only 30 runs in 3 games in the T20 series, Jason Roy is out of form and we’re leaving him out of our PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) fantasy team while picking his opening partner Jonny Bairstow. With one fifty and a maiden century in his last 3 appearances for England, Sam Billings has matured as a batsman over the years and there’s no way I’m leaving him out of my team today.

South Africa vs England – 1st ODI 2020 Betting

South Africa vs England 2020 – 1st ODI betting
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South Africa ODI Squad

Quinton de Kock (C), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, JJ Smuts, Junior Dala, George Linde, Lutho Sipamla, Kyle Verreynne, Glenton Stuurman, Beuran Hendricks.

England ODI Squad

Eoin Morgan (C), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Lewis Gregory, Sam Billings, Olly Stone, Liam Livingstone.