ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after England vs South Africa: Stokes, Archer, Ngidi take early lead

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