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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets

England
131
South Africa
137/3
Date
Tuesday 2 September 2025 · England in 2025
Start
13:00 UK
Venue
Headingley, Leeds
Competition
ODI · International series · 1st ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 131 all out (24.3 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jamie Smith c C Bosch b PWA Mulder 54 48 10 0 112.5
Ben Duckett c RD Rickelton b N Burger 5 8 1 0 62.5
Joe Root c RD Rickelton b L Ngidi 14 17 3 0 82.4
Harry Brook run out (RD Rickelton/T Stubbs) 12 18 2 0 66.7
Jos Buttler c RD Rickelton b PWA Mulder 15 24 0 1 62.5
Jacob Bethell c AK Markram b KA Maharaj 1 2 0 0 50.0
Will Jacks c & b KA Maharaj 7 7 1 0 100.0
Brydon Carse not out 3* 7 0 0 42.9
Jofra Archer c AK Markram b PWA Mulder 0 1 0 0 0.0
Adil Rashid lbw b KA Maharaj 9 14 1 0 64.3
Sonny Baker b KA Maharaj 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 4, nb 0) 11
Total 24.3 overs 131

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (BM Duckett, 2.2 ov), 2-44 (JE Root, 7.3 ov), 3-82 (HC Brook, 13.6 ov), 4-102 (JL Smith, 17.2 ov), 5-107 (JG Bethell, 18.1 ov), 6-117 (WG Jacks, 20.1 ov), 7-119 (JC Buttler, 21.2 ov), 8-119 (JC Archer, 21.3 ov), 9-131 (AU Rashid, 24.2 ov), 10-131 (S Baker, 24.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
N Burger 4 0 28 1 7.00 2 0
L Ngidi 5 0 20 1 4.00 0 0
C Bosch 3 0 21 0 7.00 0 0
PWA Mulder 7 0 33 3 4.71 1 0
KA Maharaj 5.3 0 22 4 4.00 1 0

South Africa · Innings 137/3 (20.5 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AK Markram c JL Smith b AU Rashid 86 55 13 2 156.4
RD Rickelton not out 31* 59 4 0 52.5
T Bavuma c WG Jacks b AU Rashid 6 9 0 0 66.7
T Stubbs b AU Rashid 0 1 0 0 0.0
D Brevis not out 6* 2 0 1 300.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 1) 8
Total 20.5 overs 137/3

Did not bat: T de Zorzi, PWA Mulder, C Bosch, KA Maharaj, N Burger, L Ngidi

Fall of wickets: 1-121 (AK Markram, 18.1 ov), 2-131 (T Bavuma, 20.2 ov), 3-131 (T Stubbs, 20.3 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Sonny Baker 7 0 76 0 10.86 4 0
Jofra Archer 5 1 8 0 1.60 0 0
Brydon Carse 5 0 24 0 4.80 0 1
Adil Rashid 3.5 0 26 3 6.78 0 0

Player of the match: KA Maharaj · Umpires: Nitin Menon, RJ Warren · TV umpire: Sharfuddoula · 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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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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