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England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 104 runs

England
311/8 (50 ov)
South Africa
207 (39.5 ov)
Date
Thursday 30 May 2019 · England in 2019
Venue
The Oval, London

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 311/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c F du Plessis b AL Phehlukwayo 54 53 8 0 101.9
Jonny Bairstow c Q de Kock b Imran Tahir 0 1 0 0 0.0
Joe Root c JP Duminy b K Rabada 51 59 5 0 86.4
Eoin Morgan c AK Markram b Imran Tahir 57 60 4 3 95.0
Ben Stokes c HM Amla b L Ngidi 89 79 9 0 112.7
Jos Buttler b L Ngidi 18 16 0 0 112.5
Moeen Ali c F du Plessis b L Ngidi 3 9 0 0 33.3
Chris Woakes c F du Plessis b K Rabada 13 14 1 0 92.9
Liam Plunkett not out 9* 6 1 0 150.0
Jofra Archer not out 7* 3 1 0 233.3
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 0) 10
Total 50 overs 311/8

Did not bat: AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (JM Bairstow, 0.2 ov), 2-107 (JJ Roy, 18.4 ov), 3-111 (JE Root, 19.1 ov), 4-217 (EJG Morgan, 36.5 ov), 5-247 (JC Buttler, 41.2 ov), 6-260 (MM Ali, 43.6 ov), 7-285 (CR Woakes, 47.3 ov), 8-300 (BA Stokes, 48.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Imran Tahir 10 0 61 2 6.10 0 0
L Ngidi 10 0 66 3 6.60 2 0
K Rabada 10 0 66 2 6.60 2 0
D Pretorius 7 0 42 0 6.00 0 0
AL Phehlukwayo 8 0 44 1 5.50 4 0
JP Duminy 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0
AK Markram 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0

South Africa · Innings 207 all out (39.5 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock c JE Root b LE Plunkett 68 74 6 2 91.9
HM Amla c JC Buttler b LE Plunkett 13 23 1 0 56.5
AK Markram c JE Root b JC Archer 11 12 2 0 91.7
F du Plessis c MM Ali b JC Archer 5 7 1 0 71.4
HE van der Dussen c MM Ali b JC Archer 50 61 4 1 82.0
JP Duminy c BA Stokes b MM Ali 8 11 1 0 72.7
D Pretorius run out (BA Stokes/EJG Morgan) 1 1 0 0 100.0
AL Phehlukwayo c BA Stokes b AU Rashid 24 25 4 0 96.0
K Rabada c LE Plunkett b BA Stokes 11 19 2 0 57.9
L Ngidi not out 6* 5 0 1 120.0
Imran Tahir c JE Root b BA Stokes 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) 10
Total 39.5 overs 207

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (AK Markram, 7.4 ov), 2-44 (F du Plessis, 9.3 ov), 3-129 (Q de Kock, 22.6 ov), 4-142 (JP Duminy, 25.5 ov), 5-144 (D Pretorius, 26.2 ov), 6-167 (HE van der Dussen, 31.5 ov), 7-180 (AL Phehlukwayo, 34.1 ov), 8-193 (HM Amla, 38.1 ov), 9-207 (K Rabada, 39.4 ov), 10-207 (Imran Tahir, 39.5 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 5 0 24 0 4.80 0 0
Jofra Archer 7 1 27 3 3.86 1 0
Adil Rashid 8 0 35 1 4.38 0 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 63 1 6.30 0 0
Liam Plunkett 7 0 37 2 5.29 0 0
Ben Stokes 2.5 0 12 2 4.24 0 0

Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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