The 2nd ODI match of the South Africa tour of England, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Friday, 22nd July 2022 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.

England started this home series against South Africa as a favorite team but they repeated the performance as they were against India. They lost the opening ODI by a huge margin of 62 runs. The batting and bowling departments of England totally failed to give the best performance in the first ODI match. On the other side, South Africa had a winning start to this tour of England and they will be full of confidence for this match. South Africa is a good form and this match is going to be very interesting as both teams will try to win this match. Today prediction of this match is in the favor of England.

The bowling department of England was not impressive in the first match and they leaked 333 runs in 50 overs. Sam Curran, Matty Potts, Moeen Ali, Brydon Carse, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, and Liam Livingstone were used as bowlers in the first match. Liam Livingstone was the most successful bowler in the first match with two wickets to his name in four overs against 30 runs. Brydon Carse, Moeen Ali, and Sam Curran picked one wicket each while Matty Potts, Adil Rashid, and Ben Stokes were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. The above-mentioned bowlers are experienced and they have to give the best performance otherwise, they will lose the series.

England has a strong batting order in the squad and they were good in the first match but could not chase the target of 334 runs their full team came back to the pavilion in 46.5 overs on a total of just 271 runs. Joe Root was the most successful and highest run-scorer with 86 runs to his name on 77 balls with the help of five boundaries and two huge sixes. Jonny Bairstow also performed well and scored 63 runs. He faced 71 balls and smashed seven boundaries during his inning. Jason Roy was the other batter who was good with the bat. He scored 73 runs. Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Liam Livingstone are the other batters in the squad of England. Remember that Ben Stokes had retired from ODI cricket and the previous ODI was his final ODI match.

No one of us was expecting that South Africa will play so well in the first match as they did. The way how their batting order performed in the first match was just outstanding. They put a big total of 333 runs on the board in their 50-over inning. Almost all batters from their side put some runs on the board. Janneman Malan and de Kock are opening the batting inning with van der Dussen, Markram, David Miller, Klaasen, and Phehlukwayo available to handle the middle and lower batting order. van der Dussen was the highest run-scorer in the previous match who scored a century. He scored a total of 134 runs on 117 balls and smashed 10 boundaries during his inning. Aiden Markram was the other batter who was just good with the bat.

Aiden Markram scored 77 runs while the opening batter, Janneman Malan scored 57 runs. David Miller remained not out after scoring 24 runs. The performance of the bowling department of South Africa was not impressive but they defended the target of 334 runs and send the full team of England back to the pavilion on a total of 271 runs in 46.5 overs. Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Aiden Markram, and Dwaine Pretorius were the bowlers in the squad of South Africa. Anrich Nortje was the most successful bowler in the previous match with four wickets to his name in 8.5 overs against 53 runs. Aiden Markram and Tabraiz Shamsi picked two wickets each while Lungi Ngidi and the skipper, Keshav Maharaj picked one wicket each.

England had played a total of 768 ODI matches so far. They won 388 matches while other teams won 343 matches. 29 matches of England were ended with no result and one match was tied and eight matches of this team were tied.

South Africa had played 642 ODI matches right now with 393 wins to their name while they had lost 223 matches. Their 20 matches ended with no result and 6 matches were tied.

England had played 64 ODI matches against South Africa where they had won 28 matches while South Africa had won 31 matches. 4 matches of England against South Africa ended with no result and 1 match was tied.

According to our match prediction, England is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make England a favorite team in this match, Some of the key factors are mentioned below:

• England had lost the opening match but they are a strong team
• England is overall a strong and experienced team than South Africa
• The batting order of England is not in good form
• The bowling strength of both teams are almost equal

England has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to South Africa, so the winning chances of England for today's match have been increased. The equation of the winning chances of both teams for today's match is below.

England has a 60% chance of winning this match
South Africa has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 2nd ODI Match match between England and South Africa is going to be played at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. A total of 190 can be difficult for batting second to chase.

The weather forecast in Manchester on match day is good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

England
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, David Willey, Craig Overton, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley.

South Africa
Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj (c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Captain: A Markram
Vice-Captain: R van der Dussen
Jose Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Q de Kock, Jose Root, Janeman Malan, D Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi, A Nortje, M Potts

Date: Friday, 22nd July 2022
Time: 12:00 PM GMT / 01:00 PM LOCAL / 05:30 PM IST

Stadium: Emirates Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Opened: 1857
Capacity: 19000
Ends: Stretford End, Brian Statham End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to: Lancashire
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 56
Matches won batting first: 26
Matches won bowling first: 29
Average 1st Inns scores: 228
Average 2nd Inns scores: 202
Highest total recorded: 397/6 (50 Ov) by ENG vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 45/10 (40.3 Ov) by CAN vs ENG
Highest score chased: 305/7 (49.4 Ov) by AUS vs ENG
Lowest score defended: 221/8 (60 Ov) by ENG vs NZ

Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, Philip Salt, Matty Potts.