ICC World Cup 2019: England beat South Africa by 104 runs in opener
Image Credits: Twitter/@ICC England made a creditable start for their Cricket World Cup campaign because they crushed South Africa in the tournament opener by 104 runs on Thursday in The Oval. Ben Stokes scored the highest of 89, and after the host team sent for batting, scored a competitive total of 311 for eight. Jopra Archer took two early wickets and South Africa never saw the possibility of reaching their goal, getting out of the 20th over in the 40th over, gave the World Cup favorite England the right start. Stokes said, "I'm sure some nervous kicks were all around - I`ve never felt that it's not so in the long run. It's a great start to come up with victory." "As we did, to perform - I think we have done the best in almost two or three years." The score we scored was fantastic. " England lost Johnny Bairstow on the second ball of the match, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock caught by spinner Imran Tahir, but Jason Roy and Joe Root shared a ...