ISLAMABAD – The 2019 edition of the World Cup began on Thursday when hostsEngland thrashed South Africa by 104 runs in the opening match.

A total of ten teams namely England, India, South Africa, New Zealand,Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan arefeaturing in the quadrennial tournament and will battle it out for thecoveted trophy over the next one and a half month.

Unlike previous editions, each of the ten teams is scheduled to playagainst each other once in a round-robin format this time around, with thetop-four sides storming into the semi-finals.

*Let us take a look at the point table after Pakistan vs West Indies clash:*

TeamsMatWonLostTiedNRPtsNRRWest Indies 1 1 0 0 0 2 +5.802England 1 1 0 0 0 2 +2.080Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2.080Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 0 -5.80