England started their World Cup mission with a comfortable 104-run win against South Africa at The Oval. Four Englishmen – Ben Stokes, Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, and Joe Root – notched up fifties, as did two South Africans, Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen.
Stokes’ 89 was the highest of them all, which put him at the top of the World Cup 2019 runs chart at the end of the first day.
Player | Team | R | Ave | SR | 50+ |
Ben Stokes | England | 89 | 89.00 | 112.7 | 1 |
Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 68 | 68.00 | 91.9 | 1 |
Eoin Morgan | England | 57 | 57.00 | 95.0 | 1 |
Jason Roy | England | 54 | 54.00 | 101.9 | 1 |
Joe Root | England | 51 | 51.00 | 86.4 | 1 |
Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | 50 | 50.00 | 82.0 | 1 |
Andile Phehlukwayo | South Africa | 24 | 24.00 | 96.0 | 0 |
Jos Buttler | England | 18 | 18.00 | 112.5 | 0 |
Chris Woakes | England | 13 | 13.00 | 92.9 | 0 |
Hashim Amla | South Africa | 13 | 13.00 | 56.5 | 0 |
Eighteen wickets fell in the day, of which 17 went to the bowlers. Jofra Archer and Lungi Ngidi, both playing their maiden World Cup matches, picked up 3 wickets apiece – the most.
Player | Team | W | Ave | Econ | 4WI |
Jofra Archer | England | 3 | 9.00 | 3.85 | 0 |
Lungi Ngidi | South Africa | 3 | 22.00 | 6.60 | 0 |
Ben Stokes | England | 2 | 6.00 | 4.23 | 0 |
Liam Plunkett | England | 2 | 18.50 | 5.28 | 0 |
Imran Tahir | South Africa | 2 | 30.00 | 6.10 | 0 |
Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | 2 | 33.00 | 6.60 | 0 |
Adil Rashid | England | 1 | 35.00 | 4.37 | 0 |
Andile Phehlukwayo | South Africa | 1 | 44.00 | 5.50 | 0 |
Moeen Ali | England | 1 | 63.00 | 6.30 | 0 |