Former South Africa fast bowler has backed England to win the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019 to be hosted by England and Wales. England are currently the number one ranked ODI team ahead of India.
“If ever they have a chance to win one, it’s definitely now,” Donald was quoted as saying by Sky Sports News on the sidelines of an event to mark a year before the start of CWC 2019.
“The way they take on one-day internationals now it’s a different England from the one I’ve seen. I’ll be honest, given what I faced back in the day, I wouldn’t have thought they could get to this point. But there’s something about them that I like,” he said.
Donald, however, was cautious about South Africa’s chances.
“Well, we just lost one of our biggest assets in AB de Villiers,” he said.
“South Africa will always challenge and get close to winning the World Cup … Not to say that we won’t win the World Cup, but AB was just a massive loss.”
