Proteas impress in the field as England set strong target in World Cup opener
The Proteas will be relatively pleased in restricting England to 311/8 in the World Cup opener at The Oval in London on Thursday.
After captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first, the visitors struck with the second ball of the innings as spinner Tahir – who surprisingly opened the bowling – found the outside edge of Jonny Bairstow’s bat, and Quinton de Kock took a fine catch. But they hit back with two wickets in three balls, with Andile Phehlukwayo producing a loose shot out of Roy and Rabada luring Root into a drive outside off for 51 .
England captain Morgan was the initial aggressor, hitting three sixes in his knock of 57. But he was undone by Tahir, with Aiden Markram – who was picked ahead of David Miller – taking a fine diving catch at long-on.
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