The final match in T20 World Cup Group 1 sees England clash with South Africa in Sharjah on Saturday and by the time the teams take to the field the Proteas will know what they need to do if they are to reach the semi finals.

 

 

 

Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

Group 1 Update.

 

England top this group with 4 wins from 4 and as long as they avoid a heavy defeat against South Africa they will top the group. Australia's result against West Indies in the first of Saturday's games will have a big impact.

 

Right now Australia and South Africa both have 3 wins and 1 defeat against their name but the Aussies currently have the better net run rate, +1.031 compared to the Proteas +0.742. After the result of Australia v West Indies the calculators will come out but for now the scenario is best explained here.

 

England

 

England have been foot perfect in this group, winning all of their games with plenty in hand. Victories over West Indies (6 wickets), Bangladesh (8 wickets), Australia (8 wickets) and most recently Sri Lanka (26 runs) have seen the bookmakers make them favourites to win the tournament and around 16/10 to reach the final.

 

Jos Buttler has scored 214 runs in his 4 matches including a ton against Sri Lanka last time out, the only century of the tournament at the time of writing.

This is how they lined up last time out

Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

 

South Africa

 

After losing their opening game to Australia by 5 wickets at this venue the Proteas have been walking a tightrope but they managed to put themselves back in contention with wins over West Indies (8 wickets) and then Sri Lanka (4 wickets) where they got up thanks to 2 David Miller sixes and then a Rabada boundary off the penultimate ball.

 

Last time out Bangladesh provided the opposition and the Proteas bowled them out for 84 and completed the chase in 13.3 overs for a 6 wicket win.

 

The Proteas bowling unit has been stronger than the batting in my opinion and Anrich Nortje is leading wicket taker with 8.

 

At the time of writing the Proteas odds to win the tournament are around 11/1.

 

This was how South Africa lined up last time out.

Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

 

Head to Head

 

Overall the teams have met 21 times with England winning 11 to South Africa's 9 with 1 no result

 

The most recent meeting's came in South Africa in March 2020 and England completed a 3-0 clean sweep of the series.

 

England have won 8 ou of the last 10 head to heads

 

The Betting

 

England are currently trading at around 12/25 to win the game and South Africa can be backed at around 33/20

 

To hit the most sixes England are 8/13 with South Africa 7/4 and a tie 7/1

 

Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

The Verdict

 

This is obviously a huge task for the Proteas who are going to need some big performances with bat and ball.

 

The SA bowling attack has done well all tournament and as England have had no problem in that department I like the chance of over 12.5 total wickets in the match.

 

Bets: Total match wickets over 12.5 at even money

 

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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

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