England have recovered from World Cup woes - De Villiers


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 19 May 2017

Cricket - South Africa v Afghanistan - World Twenty20 cricket tournament - Mumbai, India, 20/03/2016. South Africa's AB de Villiers watches his shot. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Picture Supplied by Action Images

(Reuters) - England have recovered from their disastrous 2015 World Cup campaign and are one of the favourites for next month's Champions trophy, South Africa captain AB de Villiers said ahead of the teams' three-match one-day international series.

England were dumped out in the group stages of the World Cup after winning only one of their five matches. They are currently ranked fifth in the ICC world rankings for the format.

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