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England men · ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 5 runs

England
325/9
South Africa
330/8
Date
Thursday 4 September 2025 · England in 2025
Start
13:00 UK
Venue
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Competition
ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

South Africa · Innings 330/8 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AK Markram c & b AU Rashid 49 64 6 1 76.6
RD Rickelton c JC Buttler b JC Archer 35 33 5 0 106.1
T Bavuma c JC Buttler b AU Rashid 4 7 0 0 57.1
MP Breetzke lbw b JC Archer 85 77 7 3 110.4
T Stubbs run out (WG Jacks/JC Archer) 58 62 2 1 93.5
D Brevis c AU Rashid b JG Bethell 42 20 3 3 210.0
C Bosch not out 32* 29 3 0 110.3
S Muthusamy lbw b JC Archer 7 6 1 0 116.7
KA Maharaj b JC Archer 1 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 15, nb 0) 17
Total 50 overs 330/8

Did not bat: N Burger, L Ngidi

Fall of wickets: 1-73 (RD Rickelton, 13.1 ov), 2-78 (T Bavuma, 14.4 ov), 3-93 (AK Markram, 18.6 ov), 4-240 (MP Breetzke, 39.6 ov), 5-259 (T Stubbs, 41.5 ov), 6-297 (D Brevis, 45.2 ov), 7-326 (S Muthusamy, 49.1 ov), 8-330 (KA Maharaj, 49.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 10 0 62 4 6.20 3 0
Saqib Mahmood 10 1 53 0 5.30 2 0
Brydon Carse 10 0 68 0 6.80 2 0
Adil Rashid 10 1 33 2 3.30 0 0
Jacob Bethell 5 0 61 1 12.20 3 0
Will Jacks 5 0 51 0 10.20 2 0

England · Innings 325/9 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jamie Smith c RD Rickelton b N Burger 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ben Duckett b KA Maharaj 14 33 1 0 42.4
Joe Root st RD Rickelton b KA Maharaj 61 72 8 0 84.7
Jacob Bethell c D Brevis b C Bosch 58 40 5 3 145.0
Harry Brook c T Bavuma b S Muthusamy 33 40 2 1 82.5
Jos Buttler b L Ngidi 61 51 3 3 119.6
Will Jacks c KA Maharaj b N Burger 39 33 1 2 118.2
Brydon Carse c AK Markram b N Burger 7 9 1 0 77.8
Jofra Archer not out 27* 14 2 2 192.9
Adil Rashid run out (MP Breetzke/N Burger) 2 4 0 0 50.0
Saqib Mahmood not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 16, nb 0) 21
Total 50 overs 325/9

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JL Smith, 0.1 ov), 2-66 (BM Duckett, 12.5 ov), 3-143 (JG Bethell, 23.3 ov), 4-147 (JE Root, 24.5 ov), 5-216 (HC Brook, 36.3 ov), 6-256 (JC Buttler, 42.3 ov), 7-288 (BA Carse, 46.1 ov), 8-290 (WG Jacks, 46.5 ov), 9-313 (AU Rashid, 48.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
N Burger 10 0 63 3 6.30 4 0
L Ngidi 10 0 72 1 7.20 4 0
C Bosch 10 1 38 1 3.80 0 0
KA Maharaj 10 0 59 2 5.90 0 0
AK Markram 2 0 27 0 13.50 0 0
S Muthusamy 8 0 61 1 7.63 0 0

Player of the match: MP Breetzke · Umpires: M Burns, Sharfuddoula · TV umpire: Nitin Menon · 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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