ICC Dream11 Daily Fantasy tips: South Africa vs England

If you want to stand a chance of winning big daily during ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, you can play ICC Dream11 Daily Challenge for each and every match during the tournament. It kicks off with the first match between England and South Africa at the Kennington Oval in London on May 30.

There will be varieties of contests available— some big leagues consisting of millions of users and some small leagues with a few hundred users—and you can even create private contests to play with your friends. So, who are the players you should consider picking for this match? Who are the ones you should avoid? Let's have a look.

Ground overview:

The Kennington Oval is a pretty small ground and the pitch is pretty good for batting as well. So, we can expect a high scoring game. That's why we should invest in top order batsmen mostly and only those bowlers who have proven themselves as wicket-takers before.

Fantasy Team

Wicket-Keeper(s)

Quinton de Kock and Jonny Bairstow

It's better to go with both of these players as they will open the batting for their respective sides. Although Jos Buttler is the one who will keep for England, it is better to avoid him as it is not certain how much batting time he would get. Both De Kock and Bairstow like pace on the ball and they will enjoy the true nature of the pitch as that will aid their shot-making.

Batsmen

Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen, Eoin Morgan and Joe Root

Both of Amla and Van der Dussen seemed to be in pretty good touch during the warm-up games. Moreover, Amla averages a whopping 53.50 in 21 matches against England and has two centuries and six fifties to his name as well. Van der Dussen on the other hand is a pretty good option at only 8 credits.

Morgan and Root are the two England batsmen you can consider picking for this match. Root averages 53.00 against South Africa in a total of 9 ODIs and has two centuries to his name while playing against them too.

Morgan also averages a healthy 37.50 against South Africa with one hundred to his name. You can opt to pick Faf du Plessis instead of Morgan as he has been in terrific form of late. However, he averages only 27.16 against England in ODIs and costs 0.5 credits more than Morgan as well. So, that is something you need to consider before picking him.

All-Rounder

Ben Stokes

He is the only all-rounder we are picking in this match as the batting and bowling skills of other ones doesn't offer much fantasy value. He will bat at a higher position as compared to other all-rounders and his bowling is pretty much more effective as well.

Bowlers

Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Lungi Ngidi and Imran Tahir

Archer has a huge potential for points in this match. He will be handed the death bowling duties and that gives him a chance to pick up a lot of wickets. He will bowl the initial overs too and it's a bonus if he gets a wicket during that period. Adil Rashid is the other England bowler you can pick as the South African middle order generally struggles against wrist spin. So, both of them are no-brainer at only 8.5 credits. Lungi Ngidi and Imran Tahir appear to be the best wicket-taking options in the South African bowling attack. Ngidi, priced at 8.5 credits, offers a good alternative to Kagiso Rabada who has a high price-tag of 9.5 credits. Tahir on the other hand is a must-have player owing to his capability of picking up multiple wickets.