Headingley, Leeds – Venue Details & Pitch Report

Average First Innings Score at Headingley in ODIs since 2018: 266

Batting First vs Batting Second at Headingley in ODIs since 2018: Win Bat 1st - 50%, Win Bat 2nd - 50%

ENG-IRE Players in the top 10 leading run-scorers list at the venue since 2018: Joe Root(1)

ENG-IRE Players in the top 10 leading wicket-takers list at the venue since 2018: None

Pitch Report: The pitch at Headingley, Leeds, is expected to assist the batters throughout the match. Having said that, there is a forecast of rain and overcast conditions at the ground, which might assist fast bowlers especially with the new ball. 

The last ODI at this ground between England and South Africa back in 2022, was called off due to rain, when South Africa was 159/2 in 27.4 Overs.

Predicted Playing XI - England (ENG) vs Ireland (IRE), 1st ODI

England: Zak Crawley©, Will Jacks, Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Sam Hain, Phil Salt(wk), Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton, Brydon Carse, Luke Wood, Matthew Potts

Ireland: Paul Stirling©, Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(wk), Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Stephen Doheny, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Josh Little, Craig Young

Stat Box - England (ENG) vs Ireland (IRE), 1st ODI

ENGLAND

Performances of England players at Headingley in ODIs:

Joe Root: Inns - 6, Runs - 421, Avg - 84, 50s - 2, 100s - 2

Performances of England players against Ireland in ODIs:

Joe Root: Inns - 3, Runs - 129, Avg - 64, 50s - 1

Performances of England players at Headingley in T20s:

Joe Root: Inns - 6, Runs - 226, Avg/SR - 56/133, 50s - 2

Sam Hain: Inns - 4, Runs - 131, Avg/SR - 33/131, 50s - 1

Ben Duckett: Inns - 4, Runs - 111, Avg/SR - 37/125, 50s - 0

Phil Salt: Inns - 5, Runs - 103, Avg/SR - 21/168, 50s - 1

Brydon Carse: Inns - 10, Runs - 77, Avg/SR - 13/148, Wicekts - 5, Avg/Eco - 59/10.7

Tom Hartley: Inns - 8, Runs - 53, Avg/SR - 18/153, Wickets - 6, Avg/Eco - 20.1/7

Luke Wood: Inns - 5, Wickets - 7, Avg/Eco - 26/9.9

George Scrimshaw: Inns - 3, Wickets - 4, Avg/Eco - 21/8.5

IRELAND

Performances of Ireland players in ODIs against England

Paul Stirling: Inns - 11, Runs - 337, Avg - 30.6, 100s - 1

Andy Balbirnie: Inns - 7, Runs - 197, Avg - 28, 100s - 1

Curtis Campher: 68, 59 & Inns - 3, Wickets - 5

Andy McBrine: Inns - 3, Runs - 64, Avg - 32, Wicekts - 1

George Dockrell: Inns - 7, Runs - 57, Avg - 19, Wickets - 2

Gareth Delany: Inns - 3, Runs - 34m Wickets - 1

Harry Tector: Inns - 3, Runs - 57, Avg - 28

Lorcan Tucker: Inns - 4, Runs - 28, Avg - 9

Josh Little: Inns - 4, Wickets - 10, Avg/Eco - 20/6.9, Best - 4/63

Craig Young: Inns - 3, Wickets - 6, Avg/Eco - 29/6.5, Best - 3/53  

Barry McCarthy: 2w, 0w

Mark Adair: 31+1w, 0w

Fantasy Notes - England (ENG) vs Ireland (IRE), 1st ODI

POINTS TO CONSIDER

  • ECB confirmed that Joe Root has been included in the squad for the first ODI against Ireland in place of Harry Brook. This was after Root's request to play and with the approval, he will be playing at his homeground in Leeds where he is in the top 3 runs scorers in ODIs of alltime.
  • Harry Tector and George Dockrell are the only batters to average over 40 in ODIs since Janary 2023 among the Ireland batters as both average 56. This. alongwith the fact that they will be playing against a second string England squad, makes us consider them as very good differential options with a selection in just 26% and 8% of the teams, respectively.
  • Curtis Campher in Metro Bank One Day Cup 2023: Inns - 5, Runs - 193, Avg - 39, 100s - 1; With Ireland, he is likely to bowl a couple of overs and his allround value batting in the middle order makes him a safe fantasy option. 
  • England captain Zak Crawley is coming into this game on the back of a 158 for Kent in the County Championship.
  • With rain forecast around Leeds, pacers will get good assistance while the batters might be vulnerable. If Ireland bowls first, the Irish pacers cannot be entirely ignored especially the likes of Josh Little, who have the ability to cause big trouble for England's top order.
  • Craig Young who is selected in just 17% of the teams has been in good form recently. In his last 9 white ball matches, he has picked up 22 wickets including in the recent ODI series against India where he picked up 2 and 1 wickets. Consider backing him as a differential given the expected pace friendly conditions due to the overcast weather.

Fantasy XI - England (ENG) vs Ireland (IRE), 1st ODI

WK: Phil Salt

BAT: Joe Root, Ben Duckett

AR: Curtis Campher, Craig Overton, Rehan Ahmed

BOWL: Luke Wood, Brydon Carse, Mark Adair, Craig Young, Matthew Potts

C/VC: Joe Root, Craig Overton

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Stats Credit: Cricinfo, Cricmetric

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