Cricket World Cup 2023: 5 Teams that can win tournament title

2. England

The defending champions England not only revolutionised Test cricket, but they have changed the way one-day cricket is played as well. Under the captaincy of Jos Buttler, England has adopted the same approach as the Test side, filling their side with batters and all-rounders. This gives their top-order freedom to go after the bowling from the start, knowing they have a backup in the middle and lower order.

England was bolstered with the return of Ben Stokes in the ODI side, but he will be playing solely as a batter. The recent form of Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, and Jonny Bairstow are encouraging. Their spin attack of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid is very good, though they will miss Jofra Archer a lot.

The pace attack of England has variety in Mark Wood’s speed, David Willey and Reece Topley’s left-arm fast and Chris Woakes’ ability to swing the ball early.