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Home , Aiden Markram, Dwaine Pretorius, Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Imran Tahir, Jofra Archer

FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019 16

England and line up before the match England triumph in WC opener proves class and Jofra Archer quells England debate in World Cup opener

crashed into the grille of the England England, home team helmet, with the veteran open- J. Roy c Du Plessis b Phehlukwayo 54 • er retiring hurt on five. J. Bairstow c De Kock b Tahir 0 and title favourites, Archer then reduced the Pro- J. Root c Duminy b Rabada 51 comfortably dispatched teas to 44 for two. E. Morgan c Markram b Tahir 57 mettlesome South edged to Joe B. Stokes ct Amla b Ngidi 89 Africa side at Root at slip and South Africa J. Buttler b Ngidi 18 fell for M. Ali c Du Plessis b Ngidi 3 just five when he top-edged a C. Woakes c Du Plessis b Rabada 13 Ben Stokes hit • hook to long leg. L. Plunkett 9 89 for England But kept the J. Archer not out 7 Proteas in the hunt, although Extras (lb2, w8) 10 retires the opener was lucky when on Total (8 , 50 overs) 311 hurt• after being hit on 25 he played ball from leg-spin- South Africa (target 312) ner onto his stumps Q. de Kock c Root b Plunkett 68 helmet by Jofra Archer only for the bails to stay put. H. Amla c Buttler b Plunkett 13 The dashing left-hander A. Markram c Root b Archer 11 AFP | London went on to complete a 58-ball F. du Plessis c Ali b Archer 5 fifty but holed out off fast bowl- R. van der Dussen c Ali b Archer 50 en Stokes starred in all er for 68. J.P. Duminy c Stokes b Ali 8 departments as England then D. Pretorius out (Stokes/Morgan) 1 Bbegan their quest to win make exactly 50 without press- A. Phehlukwayo c Stokes b Rashid 24 the World Cup with a 104-run ing on when he miscued Archer K. Rabada c Plunkett b Stokes 11 thrashing of South Africa in the to mid-on. L. Ngidi not out 6 tournament opener at the Oval His exit saw Amla return I. Tahir c Root b Stokes 0 yesterday. with South Africa struggling Extras (b4, lb5, w1) 10 The all-rounder top-scored at 167 for six in the 32nd over. Total (all out, 39.5 overs) 207 with 89 in England’s 311 for eight, held a brilliant catch in Stokes brilliance Stokes was one of four Eng- England’s Ben Stokes plays a shot the outfield and took two for The game was all but up for land batsmen who got to 50 on 12, including the last , as South Africa when a back-ped- a tricky surface, with captain England won with 61 balls left. alling and diving Stokes held (57), Stokes back in the groove Jofra Archer did the early a brilliant one-handed catch (54) and Root (51) all out soon damage with the ball, the fast in the deep to dismiss Andile after reaching the landmark. en Stokes showed England The controversial 27-year-old bowler taking three for 27 in Phehlukwayo. England lost a wicket second Bcan rely on the temperamen- all-rounder returned from the seven overs. Amla’s brave effort to res - ball before Roy and Root shared tal all-rounder as his measured earlier Barbados-born Archer, who cue the ended on 13 a stand of 106 that was equalled 89 played a key role in their vic- this year out of form with both only qualified for England in when he was caught behind off by Morgan and Stokes. tory. bat and ball. March, made his presence Plunkett’s slower-ball Du Plessi opted to field de- Stokes had struggled to hit the But he showed a glimpse of his felt even before he had taken and Stokes finished the match spite being without injured heights he showed before be - magic touch during the recent a wicket with a bouncer that when edged him spearhead and took ing acquitted of affray last year one-day series against Pakistan beat Hashim Amla for pace and to Root. the unorthodox decision to give following an incident outside a when his unbeaten 71 steered leg-spinner Tahir the first over. Bristol nightclub. England to a win at Trent Bridge. The 40-year-old, the old - est player in the tournament, struck second ball when was caught behind by De Kock for a golden . Electric Archer makes his mark Roy and Root repaired the ofra Archer wasted little time er was being given what they opener’s grille. damage but were dismissed Jproving England’s decision to perceived as preferential treat- Amla was left holding his fore- when well set as England lost fast-track the electrifying pace ment. head as South Africa’s medical two wickets for four runs in bowler was a wise move. But raw pace was the one ele- staff checked him out and he four balls to be 111 for three. Archer, born in Barbados to a ment that had been missing from was forced to retire hurt before Morgan, whose aggressive British father, only qualified to England’s attack and it took just returning later in the match -- approach has been symbolic of play for England in March but two balls to see the extra threat to be greeted by another ris - England’s rise to the top of the the 24-year-old is such a dynam- Archer brings when he whizzed ing from the ruthless one-day international rankings ic force that he was appearing in a 91 mph (146 kph) rocket past Archer. after their woeful first-round the World Cup after just three Quinton de Kock at the start of Aiden Markram had no an- exit at the 2015 World Cup, previous one-day international South Africa’s run chase. swer to the Archer onslaught struck the match’s first two appearances. In his second over, Archer hit when he fished at another scud- sixes off successive balls from Initially, some England stars Hashim Amla with a ferocious ding delivery and was caught in England’s captain Eoin Morgan (R) stumps South Africa’s (L) before he too was expressed frustration that Arch- bouncer that crashed into the the slips by . off the of England’s Ben Stokes for five caught in the deep.