ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Predictions: ENG vs BAN Predictions

Match 12 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be a clash between England and Bangladesh. The hosts come onto this match in the back of a minor hiccup, namely a loss to Pakistan. Bangladesh, have been boosted by their victory over South Africa, but lost to New Zealand

Team News

The hosts look likely to opt for four seamers for the clash with Bangladesh, so the likes of Adil Rashid could be left high and dry. His poor performance in the last match, does little to help his cause.

Predicted Playing 11

England: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain

Weather and pitch report

The match will be held at Sophia Gardens where the pitch has not been kind to batsmen. A couple of matches on the pitch have been low-scoring. However, England have the opportunity to run riot, from a bowlers point of view. However, all eyes will be on the weather especially considering that the Pakistan-Sri Lanka game got cancelled

H2H record

The two teams have met on three times and surprisingly, the Tigers have won 2 encounters. They also lead in the highest score score tally with a score of 275 to England’s’ 260. However, England do lead the lowest score tally, with 147 to 143.

Wicketkeeper

In the Dream 11 team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match, Mushfique Rahim along with Jonny Bairstow, will be the pick of the bunch. Rahim has scored a total of 97 runs with a high score of 78 at a strike rate of 84.34. Bairstow on the other hand, has scored 32 runs, at a strike rate of 100.00.

Batsmen

Three batsmen find themselves on this Dream 11 team for this ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match. Joe Root and Jason Roy represent England, while Soumya Sarkar is the sole representative for Bangladesh.

Joe Root has notched up 158 runs with a high score of 107 at a strike rate of 96.93. Teammate, Jason Roy has racked up 62 runs with a high score of 54 at a strike rate of 103.33.

On the other side of the fence, Soumya Sarkar has picked up 67 runs with a high score of 42 at a strike rate of 121.81.

All rounders

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 PAK vs SL Dream 11 team also consists of three all-rounders, namely Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes.

Shakib Al Hasan has amassed a grand total of 139 runs at a strike rate of 91.44 and a high score of 75. In addition to that, he also has 3 wickets at an economy of 4.85.

Moeen Ali has picked up 22 runs at a strike rate of 75.86 and 4 wickets at an economy of 5.65. Ben Stokes has 102 runs with a high score of 89 at a strike rate of 105.15 along with 2 wickets at an economy of 5.59.

Bowlers

The ES ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Dream 11 team consists of a trio of bowlers, namely Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes for England, and Mustafizur Rahman for Bangladesh.

So far, Mustafizur Rahman has picked up  wickets at an economy of 6.69. England’s Jofra Arch has amassed 3 wickets at an economy of 6.23. Teammate, Chris Woakes has picked up 3 wickets at an economy of 7.30.

Captain and vice captain

Eoin Morgan and Mashrafe Mortaza lead England and Bangladesh in this ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match. Both players seek glory for their respective teams on the back of mixed results.

However, for ES’ ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Dream 11 team, Shakib Al Hasan is chosen to lead, while Jonny Bairstow will be handed vice-captain duties.