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England men · ODI · International series · 3rd ODI

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 2 wickets

South Africa
256/7
England
257/8
Date
Sunday 9 February 2020 · England in 2020
Start
08:00 UK
Venue
Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Competition
ODI · International series · 3rd ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

South Africa · Innings 256/7 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock b AU Rashid 69 81 5 2 85.2
RR Hendricks b S Mahmood 11 26 2 0 42.3
T Bavuma lbw b AU Rashid 29 43 3 0 67.4
HE van der Dussen b MM Ali 5 8 1 0 62.5
JT Smuts run out 31 38 2 1 81.6
DA Miller not out 69* 53 4 4 130.2
AL Phehlukwayo lbw b AU Rashid 14 31 1 0 45.2
BE Hendricks run out 3 6 0 0 50.0
L Sipamla not out 10* 14 0 0 71.4
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 8, nb 0) 15
Total 50 overs 256/7

Did not bat: L Ngidi, T Shamsi

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (RR Hendricks, 7.5 ov), 2-89 (T Bavuma, 20.3 ov), 3-94 (HE van der Dussen, 21.5 ov), 4-140 (Q de Kock, 30.2 ov), 5-155 (JT Smuts, 34.6 ov), 6-188 (AL Phehlukwayo, 42.2 ov), 7-204 (BE Hendricks, 44.5 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Tom Curran 9 1 38 0 4.22 3 0
Saqib Mahmood 5 1 17 1 3.40 1 0
Chris Jordan 9 0 59 0 6.56 4 0
Joe Root 7 0 42 0 6.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 51 3 5.10 0 0

England · Innings 257/8 (43.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c L Ngidi b BE Hendricks 21 21 0 2 100.0
Jonny Bairstow c AL Phehlukwayo b L Sipamla 43 23 6 3 187.0
Joe Root c T Bavuma b T Shamsi 49 52 3 0 94.2
Eoin Morgan c & b BE Hendricks 9 14 1 0 64.3
Joe Denly c AL Phehlukwayo b L Ngidi 66 79 6 3 83.5
Tom Banton c Q de Kock b BE Hendricks 32 32 4 1 100.0
Moeen Ali not out 17* 16 3 0 106.3
Tom Curran c T Bavuma b L Ngidi 5 9 1 0 55.6
Adil Rashid c Q de Kock b L Ngidi 2 10 0 0 20.0
Chris Jordan not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 13, nb 0) 13
Total 43.2 overs 257/8

Did not bat: S Mahmood

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (JM Bairstow, 6.2 ov), 2-69 (JJ Roy, 7.5 ov), 3-86 (EJG Morgan, 11.1 ov), 4-162 (JE Root, 25.2 ov), 5-232 (JL Denly, 36.4 ov), 6-232 (T Banton, 37.1 ov), 7-241 (TK Curran, 38.6 ov), 8-252 (AU Rashid, 42.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
L Ngidi 9 2 63 3 7.00 4 0
BE Hendricks 10 0 59 3 5.90 2 0
L Sipamla 9.2 1 42 1 4.50 1 0
T Shamsi 10 0 58 1 5.80 0 0
JT Smuts 3 0 12 0 4.00 0 0
AL Phehlukwayo 2 0 23 0 11.50 5 0

Player of the match: Adil Rashid · 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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Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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