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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI
Result
South Africa won by 62 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JN Malan | c LS Livingstone b MM Ali | 57 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 74.0 |
| Q de Kock | b SM Curran | 19 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 86.4 |
| HE van der Dussen | b LS Livingstone | 134 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 114.5 |
| AK Markram | c JM Bairstow b LS Livingstone | 77 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 126.2 |
| DA Miller | not out | 24* | 14 | 4 | 0 | 171.4 |
| H Klaasen | c JJ Roy b BA Carse | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 |
| AL Phehlukwayo | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 6, nb 1) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 333/5 | ||||
Did not bat: KA Maharaj, A Nortje, L Ngidi, T Shamsi, D Pretorius
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Q de Kock, 6.3 ov), 2-144 (JN Malan, 25.3 ov), 3-295 (AK Markram, 45.4 ov), 4-297 (HE van der Dussen, 45.6 ov), 5-327 (H Klaasen, 49.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Curran | 10 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 6.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Potts | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 3 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Brydon Carse | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5.11 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 8.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Adil Rashid | 10 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 6.30 | 2 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Roy | c DA Miller b KA Maharaj | 43 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 69.4 |
| Jonny Bairstow | lbw b AK Markram | 63 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 88.7 |
| Joe Root | b A Nortje | 86 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 111.7 |
| Ben Stokes | lbw b AK Markram | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Jos Buttler | c & b T Shamsi | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Liam Livingstone | b L Ngidi | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Moeen Ali | c sub (D Pretorius) b T Shamsi | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Sam Curran | lbw b A Nortje | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Brydon Carse | c sub (D Pretorius) b A Nortje | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 175.0 |
| Adil Rashid | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Potts | not out | 3* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 7, nb 1) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 46.5 overs | 271 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (JJ Roy, 18.6 ov), 2-125 (JM Bairstow, 23.6 ov), 3-142 (BA Stokes, 27.6 ov), 4-164 (JC Buttler, 31.6 ov), 5-194 (LS Livingstone, 36.4 ov), 6-199 (MM Ali, 37.4 ov), 7-252 (JE Root, 44.3 ov), 8-253 (SM Curran, 44.5 ov), 9-254 (AU Rashid, 44.6 ov), 10-271 (BA Carse, 46.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KA Maharaj | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
| L Ngidi | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 5.44 | 0 | 1 |
| A Nortje | 8.5 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 6.00 | 4 | 0 |
| T Shamsi | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 5.89 | 2 | 0 |
| AL Phehlukwayo | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| AK Markram | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 1 | 0 |
| D Pretorius | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: HE van der Dussen · Umpires: M Burns, RA Kettleborough · TV umpire: RK Illingworth · Match referee: BC Broad. 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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