Two matches will be played today (Saturday) at Zahur Hossain Stadium in Chittagong. New Zealand will play Netherlands at 3.30 pm and England will face South Africa at 7.30 pm.
The confidence England would have gained from the win against Sri Lanka could prove crucial going into the final two-group games, report agencies.
Following Alex Hales's cracking century, the first by an England player in Twenty20 Internationals, and their rousing chase of a big total against Sri Lanka, a team that had endured a difficult winter and was traditionally not at its best in the subcontinent, appears transformed. All of a sudden, England are not thinking about not embarrassing themselves, but of a place in the semi-finals and beyond.
And in their way are South Africa, a team that is yet to figure out its best playing XI, batting line-up or approach to the shortest version of the game. From the South African camp there have been various voices suggesting that things were not as unsettled as they appeared from the outside, but their performance against The Netherlands, where defeat loomed as a real prospect before the opposition buckled, inspired little confidence.
When the Super10s began, Sri Lanka were the team to beat in Group 1, and they sit at the top of the points table thanks to a superior net run-rate, but England showed that Dinesh Chandimal's men could be well beaten, Lasith Malinga or not. The group is suddenly wide open, and any self-doubt in the England camp has evaporated ahead of their today's (Saturday) encounter against South Africa.
In the game against New Zealand it was JP Duminy who did the bulk of the batting, crashing his way to 86, while Dale Steyn bowled an inspired spell. Against The Netherlands, Hashim Amla sparked the batting while Imran Tahir celebrated his 35th birthday with a game-changing four-wicket bag.
"'Steyn is bowling fantastically well in taking wickets. You've got the danger men of Amla and de Villiers. We know how big a wickets those guys will be, and we might have similar plans for Steyn as we had for Malinga. We will be smart about it in on Saturday," said Broad. "It's an exciting place to be. With the ball we haven't really fired yet, but I have a lot of confidence we can do that. We're very aware of South Africa's danger men but if we do what we did against Sri Lanka we will win that game."
South Africa need the win as much as England, for the two teams are likely to be joined by New Zealand on four points, should they play to form and get past The Netherlands in the afternoon game on Saturday. But, more than just winning to get the points on the board, Faf du Plessis and his men need to convince themselves that they have a clear plan that can take them forward in the tournament.
