CWC 2019: Strengths and weaknesses of each team

#1 England

Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy

Strengths: England are clearly the favorites to win the World Cup in front of their home fans.

Their home advantage gives them an early edge over their oppositions but their dazzling top order, especially their explosive opening pair is one of their biggest strengths in this tournament. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow have forged a very strong opening combination which has coasted past opponents with ease.

England have sent many of their oppositions on a leather hunt and have belted scores which weren't seemingly possible at the start.

England also have great all-rounders who compliment their top order and the wicket-keeper Jos Buttler's batting efforts and leadership skills are huge positives as well.

Weaknesses: England, like South Africa, don't have any apparent weaknesses and their squad mostly has all bases covered. However, their pace bowling line-up lacks a leader or a spearhead to head the attack and though their young guns like Tom Curran and Jofra Archer have done a good job, they sometimes lack the experience to do the right job.