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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa
259/3
England
258/8
Date
Tuesday 4 February 2020 · England in 2020
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
PPC Newlands, Cape Town
Competition
ODI · International series · 1st ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 258/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c RR Hendricks b JT Smuts 32 32 5 0 100.0
Jonny Bairstow c L Sipamla b AL Phehlukwayo 19 25 3 0 76.0
Joe Root run out 17 21 0 0 81.0
Eoin Morgan c T Bavuma b T Shamsi 11 18 1 0 61.1
Joe Denly c RR Hendricks b BE Hendricks 87 103 6 2 84.5
Tom Banton lbw b T Shamsi 18 23 3 0 78.3
Sam Curran b T Shamsi 7 18 0 0 38.9
Chris Woakes c DA Miller b L Sipamla 40 42 2 0 95.2
Tom Curran not out 15* 18 0 0 83.3
Chris Jordan not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 1) 11
Total 50 overs 258/8

Did not bat: MW Parkinson

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (JJ Roy, 9.2 ov), 2-53 (JM Bairstow, 10.2 ov), 3-83 (JE Root, 15.3 ov), 4-83 (EJG Morgan, 15.6 ov), 5-108 (T Banton, 21.5 ov), 6-131 (SM Curran, 27.5 ov), 7-222 (CR Woakes, 44.1 ov), 8-254 (JL Denly, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BE Hendricks 8 0 46 1 5.75 0 1
L Ngidi 7 0 42 0 6.00 0 0
JT Smuts 10 0 43 1 4.30 0 0
AL Phehlukwayo 8 0 47 1 5.88 3 0
T Shamsi 10 0 38 3 3.80 2 0
L Sipamla 7 0 40 1 5.71 3 0

South Africa · Innings 259/3 (47.4 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock b JE Root 107 113 11 1 94.7
RR Hendricks c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 6 14 1 0 42.9
T Bavuma lbw b CJ Jordan 98 103 5 2 95.1
HE van der Dussen not out 38* 45 3 0 84.4
JT Smuts not out 7* 11 1 0 63.6
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) 3
Total 47.4 overs 259/3

Did not bat: DA Miller, AL Phehlukwayo, BE Hendricks, L Ngidi, L Sipamla, T Shamsi

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (RR Hendricks, 6.6 ov), 2-198 (Q de Kock, 35.1 ov), 3-234 (T Bavuma, 42.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 9 0 36 1 4.00 0 0
Sam Curran 5 0 28 0 5.60 0 0
Joe Root 7 0 35 1 5.00 0 0
Tom Curran 7 0 38 0 5.43 1 0
MW Parkinson 8.4 0 48 0 5.54 0 0
Chris Jordan 5 0 31 1 6.20 0 0
Joe Denly 6 0 41 0 6.83 0 0

Player of the match: Q de Kock · Umpires: S George, GO Brathwaite · TV umpire: Aleem Dar · 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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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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