World Cup 2019: 3 challenges that South Africa face in their opening match against England

#2 England's spinners

Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali would relish bowling on the hard Oval wicket

The South Africans have not been the best players of spin, at least not in recent years. During their home series against India last year, the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal managed 33 scalps in just six ODIs.

While England are most likely to play two specialist spinners in the form of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, even Joe Root penetrated through Afghanistan's batting order during their last warm up match, picking up three wickets.

The responsibility of dealing with the spinners will lie with the middle order trio of captain Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy and David Miller. But their top three will also have to adapt to spin if they are made to face it early on.

England's spinners took four wickets during their last warm up game at the Oval, the venue for tomorrow's match, so they will likely pose a strong threat to the South African batters.