Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

JC Buttler
JC Buttler
131(127) 6x4 - 7x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 21 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 12 24 11 16 10 27 30
DJ Malan
DJ Malan
118(114) 7x4 - 6x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
6 11 12 18 21 22 7 21

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer
JC Archer
O9.1
M1
R40
W6
Eco4.36
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
L Ngidi
L Ngidi
O10
M0
R62
W4
Eco6.20
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

South Africa won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Match days

1 February 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 10, South Africa -1

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Andrew Miller

9.01pm And with that, South Africa gather to collect their series trophy. A fine win for a fine team, to cap a fine month for the game in the country. With the success of the SA20, there's been a buzz about this performance, and they are well on track to make it to the World Cup automatically. From Miller, Alan and Ranjith, good night!

Presentation time

Temba Bavuma: "Very happy, came in under a lot of pressure for World Cup points, done ourselves justice against a top side. We've challenged ourselves, a lot of learnings, a lot of confidence in how we've gone about it. Guys going out and expressing themselves. Looking to be positive, how England play their cricket. We've seen something different with our batters. A lot of boxes ticked in the series. Guys will keep playing in the same vein, want it to become part of our culture. Even in Test cricket. Winning the series in the main series, super-happy for the team, and I'm finding the gaps again. I'm a happy captain standing here at the moment."

Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match, and Player of the Series.

"Nice to finish with a win today. Bar ten or 15 overs in first ODI we've played some brilliant cricket in a hard-fought series. Congrats to SA. Both wanted to bowl first, it wasn't straightforward at the top, so was a fantastic effort. We spoke about building a partnership, it would get easier, and not the biggest ground so we could catch up. Some really good strides, guys making hundreds is excellent, and Jofra Archer's performance tonight was excellent and deserving of MoM award. Broke the game open with wicket of Klaasen. A lot of senior players, Woakes, Moeen, Adil, Roy, leaders themselves. We've a strong squad, bar the recent results, we're building nicely."

"The schedule is something we have to work with... great to be back together as a group for a short period of time. Look forward to joining up again in Bangladesh."

8.47pm South Africa, meanwhile, are back to needing favours in their World Cup qualification. They have to beat Netherlands 2-0 and hope that New Zealand can beat Sri Lanka at least once... nevertheless, they've have accepted this 2-1 result in advance, you suspect.

Noor: "Captain Buttler or Captain Bavuma for Player of the Series award?" Bavuma was magnificent to be fair (and a series-winner too). Didn't get as many runs, but in terms of leading from the front, he showed how he needs his team to go. And his captaincy in game one was excellent too

Richard : "Got to be honest after Jofra's figures in the other match. I wouldn't have played him. How tough to be an armchair coach!" Well, irrespective of that first game, these matches are mostly about honing England's 50-over form ahead of the World Cup. And therefore, his presence was a no-brainer once he had pulled up fit.

8.42pm Well, that was a very entertaining three-match series. Could only really have been improved if the second and third matches had been reversed and this was a decider. A 59-run win seems fairly routine, but from 14 for 3 in the first instance, and then with Klaasen going like the clappers in the chase, South Africa's 3-0 was very much on. But up popped Jofra Archer, with a career-best haul of 6 for 40, the third-best by an England bowler in ODIs, and the end came rapidly.

Jonathan: "The right thing to do would be chop up the Man of the match award into three and give a piece each to Buttler, Malan and Archer. Three extremely key performances in England's win today. " So true. Can't separate those batting performances

43.1
W
Archer to Shamsi, OUT, six of the best for Archer! It's all sewn up in superb style, line and length, flicking the top of off as Shamsi hops out of line as well he might. England have stopped the rot with their first win in six

T Shamsi b Archer 1 (11m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 10.00

END OF OVER:
43 | 6 Runs | SA: 287/9 (60 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 6.67, RRR: 8.57)

  • Lungi Ngidi5 (2b)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi1 (9b)
  • Reece Topley7-0-48-0
  • Jofra Archer9-1-40-5

Owais Ahmad: "Gotta give it to SA. They never let the RRR go out of bounds. Good fight. "

42.6
4
Topley to Ngidi, FOUR, banged in short, and slammed out through cow corner! Well, why not. It was there to hit, and with an open stance, Ngidi hauls another boundary to close in on 300
42.5
1
Topley to Shamsi, 1 run, flogged out to deep midwicket. The jeopardy has rather evaporated
42.4
0
Topley to Shamsi, no run, anchored way outside leg, throwing the bat at the wide bouncer and under-edging to the keeper
42.3
0
Topley to Shamsi, no run, beats the outside edge, hopping over middle stump as the batter leaps to leg
42.2
0
Topley to Shamsi, no run, jabs with hard hands, open face out to point

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49RR HendricksT Bavuma
2nd13RR HendricksHE van der Dussen
3rd50RR HendricksAK Markram
4th46H KlaasenAK Markram
5th16DA MillerH Klaasen
6th19H KlaasenM Jansen
7th85WD ParnellH Klaasen
8th3WD ParnellSSB Magala
9th0WD ParnellL Ngidi
10th6T ShamsiL Ngidi