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England men · ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Group stage
Result
South Africa won by 229 runs
Last checked 24 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q de Kock | c JC Buttler b RJW Topley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| RR Hendricks | b AU Rashid | 85 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 113.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | c JM Bairstow b AU Rashid | 60 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 98.4 |
| AK Markram | c JM Bairstow b RJW Topley | 42 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 95.5 |
| H Klaasen | b AAP Atkinson | 109 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 162.7 |
| DA Miller | c BA Stokes b RJW Topley | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| M Jansen | not out | 75* | 42 | 3 | 6 | 178.6 |
| G Coetzee | c sub (LS Livingstone) b AAP Atkinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| KA Maharaj | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 3, w 9, nb 1) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 399/7 | ||||
Did not bat: K Rabada, L Ngidi
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Q de Kock, 0.2 ov), 2-125 (HE van der Dussen, 19.4 ov), 3-164 (RR Hendricks, 25.2 ov), 4-233 (AK Markram, 34.6 ov), 5-243 (DA Miller, 36.3 ov), 6-394 (H Klaasen, 49.1 ov), 7-398 (G Coetzee, 49.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece Topley | 8.5 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 9.96 | 4 | 0 |
| David Willey | 9 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 6.78 | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 6.1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 7.78 | 0 | 0 |
| AAP Atkinson | 9 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 6.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 7 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 10.86 | 1 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 10 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 6.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Bairstow | c HE van der Dussen b L Ngidi | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 83.3 |
| Dawid Malan | c Q de Kock b M Jansen | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
| Joe Root | c DA Miller b M Jansen | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ben Stokes | c & b K Rabada | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Harry Brook | lbw b G Coetzee | 17 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 68.0 |
| Jos Buttler | c Q de Kock b G Coetzee | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 214.3 |
| David Willey | c K Rabada b L Ngidi | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Adil Rashid | c RR Hendricks b G Coetzee | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.4 |
| AAP Atkinson | b KA Maharaj | 35 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 166.7 |
| Mark Wood | not out | 43* | 17 | 2 | 5 | 252.9 |
| Reece Topley | absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 9, w 5, nb 1) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 22 overs | 170/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (JM Bairstow, 2.3 ov), 2-23 (JE Root, 3.6 ov), 3-24 (DJ Malan, 5.1 ov), 4-38 (BA Stokes, 8.1 ov), 5-67 (JC Buttler, 11.1 ov), 6-68 (HC Brook, 11.3 ov), 7-84 (AU Rashid, 15.1 ov), 8-100 (DJ Willey, 16.3 ov), 9-170 (AAP Atkinson, 21.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Ngidi | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 5.20 | 3 | 0 |
| M Jansen | 5 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 |
| K Rabada | 6 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 6.33 | 0 | 1 |
| G Coetzee | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: H Klaasen · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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