England wants desperately to win their first world cup match in London on May 30 against South Africa. Crowd in London definitely will support the English team. A win against SA will do wonders for England as they will get points to begin with.

Not Much Impact of Warm ups

Outcome of warm up games might not be considered for any side to expect the same in the league stage. West Indies might have handed big defeat in the hands of New Zealand and India did the same for Bangladesh. However, with the start of world cup a couple of days later, the team, who keeps their nerves can win matches. ODI is that format. where team strategies have changed as at anytime the scoring rate might be increased. More so, if the top order fails to deliver then there’s always a chance for the middle order to reconstruct the innings. Later on, hard hitters having experience of T20s come in and if they click then the score can reach over 300.

It’s been expected that most of the matches starting in this world cup from May 30 will be high scoring games. The pitches are made flat in order to support the batting order as the crowd will cheer when boundaries scored. There’s always entertainment in high scoring games but not as much in close low scoring contests. One sided matches may not be entertaining. But, the supporters of their respective countries want their side win by big margins.

England Looks To Dominate

England looks to dominate the world with their extra efforts having better players in their side. Friday’s first match is equally important for both England and South Africa. Looks like a win for the English team will make crowd to come closer to watch the world cup in large numbers. However, people from around the world will be glued to their television sets. Their entire day will be interesting as they will watch each match of the world cup keeping fingers crossed. Those working during this summer will be updated about world cup through online media.

English team after having lost to Australia in the warm up game will look to reconstruct their game plans. It will be a close contest between South Africa and the English team. It’s tough to predict that who will win their first game scheduled on May 30.

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Khalid M Raza