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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets

England
153
South Africa
156/3
Date
Monday 29 May 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 153 all out (31.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c HM Amla b K Rabada 4 5 1 0 80.0
Alex Hales c HM Amla b K Rabada 1 2 0 0 50.0
Joe Root lbw b WD Parnell 2 5 0 0 40.0
Eoin Morgan c Q de Kock b WD Parnell 8 13 1 0 61.5
Jonny Bairstow st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj 51 67 8 0 76.1
Jos Buttler c F du Plessis b K Rabada 4 4 1 0 100.0
Adil Rashid c F du Plessis b K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.0
David Willey c JP Duminy b WD Parnell 26 39 3 0 66.7
TS Roland-Jones not out 37* 37 5 1 100.0
Jake Ball b KA Maharaj 7 9 1 0 77.8
Steven Finn c AB de Villiers b KA Maharaj 3 5 0 0 60.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 0) 10
Total 31.1 overs 153

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (JJ Roy, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (JE Root, 1.5 ov), 3-15 (EJG Morgan, 3.6 ov), 4-15 (AD Hales, 4.1 ov), 5-20 (JC Buttler, 4.5 ov), 6-20 (AU Rashid, 4.6 ov), 7-82 (DJ Willey, 19.1 ov), 8-134 (JM Bairstow, 27.3 ov), 9-143 (JT Ball, 29.5 ov), 10-153 (ST Finn, 31.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
K Rabada 9 1 39 4 4.33 2 0
WD Parnell 8 0 43 3 5.38 2 0
M Morkel 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0
KA Maharaj 6.1 0 25 3 4.05 0 0
CH Morris 4 0 29 0 7.25 0 0

South Africa · Innings 156/3 (28.5 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla b TS Roland-Jones 55 54 11 0 101.9
Q de Kock b JT Ball 34 39 4 0 87.2
JP Duminy not out 28* 43 3 0 65.1
F du Plessis c JC Buttler b JT Ball 5 7 1 0 71.4
AB de Villiers not out 27* 30 5 0 90.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) 7
Total 28.5 overs 156/3

Did not bat: DA Miller, CH Morris, WD Parnell, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, M Morkel

Fall of wickets: 1-95 (HM Amla, 14.6 ov), 2-95 (Q de Kock, 15.3 ov), 3-101 (F du Plessis, 17.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 4.5 0 43 0 8.90 1 0
Jake Ball 10 0 43 2 4.30 5 0
Steven Finn 7 1 35 0 5.00 0 0
TS Roland-Jones 7 2 34 1 4.86 0 0

Player of the match: K Rabada · Umpires: MA Gough, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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England v South Africa stats

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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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