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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 27 runs

South Africa
298/7
England
271
Date
Friday 27 January 2023 · England in 2023
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
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 bat

South Africa · Innings 298/7 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock c JC Buttler b SM Curran 37 41 5 1 90.2
T Bavuma c SM Curran b MM Ali 36 28 4 1 128.6
HE van der Dussen c BM Duckett b SM Curran 111 117 6 1 94.9
AK Markram c DJ Malan b OP Stone 13 19 1 0 68.4
H Klaasen lbw b AU Rashid 30 32 0 2 93.8
DA Miller c DJ Willey b SM Curran 53 56 4 1 94.6
WD Parnell c DJ Malan b JC Archer 2 4 0 0 50.0
SSB Magala not out 5* 4 1 0 125.0
K Rabada not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 3) 9
Total 50 overs 298/7

Did not bat: A Nortje, T Shamsi

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (T Bavuma, 8.4 ov), 2-87 (Q de Kock, 13.6 ov), 3-116 (AK Markram, 21.1 ov), 4-171 (H Klaasen, 30.5 ov), 5-281 (HE van der Dussen, 47.2 ov), 6-287 (WD Parnell, 48.3 ov), 7-295 (DA Miller, 49.3 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 6 0 38 0 6.33 1 0
Jofra Archer 10 0 81 1 8.10 3 2
Moeen Ali 8 0 51 1 6.38 0 0
Sam Curran 9 0 35 3 3.89 1 1
Adil Rashid 10 0 55 1 5.50 0 0
OP Stone 7 0 37 1 5.29 0 0

England · Innings 271 all out (44.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c WD Parnell b K Rabada 113 91 11 4 124.2
Dawid Malan c T Bavuma b SSB Magala 59 55 9 0 107.3
Ben Duckett c Q de Kock b A Nortje 3 5 0 0 60.0
Harry Brook lbw b SSB Magala 0 3 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler c Q de Kock b A Nortje 36 42 4 0 85.7
Moeen Ali c HE van der Dussen b SSB Magala 11 17 1 0 64.7
Sam Curran c Q de Kock b K Rabada 17 21 0 1 81.0
David Willey c DA Miller b A Nortje 8 9 2 0 88.9
Adil Rashid not out 14* 17 1 0 82.4
Jofra Archer c H Klaasen b A Nortje 0 4 0 0 0.0
OP Stone c & b T Shamsi 1 5 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 4, nb 3) 9
Total 44.2 overs 271

Fall of wickets: 1-146 (DJ Malan, 19.3 ov), 2-151 (BM Duckett, 20.5 ov), 3-152 (HC Brook, 21.3 ov), 4-196 (JJ Roy, 29.1 ov), 5-222 (MM Ali, 33.4 ov), 6-234 (JC Buttler, 36.5 ov), 7-250 (DJ Willey, 38.5 ov), 8-266 (SM Curran, 41.6 ov), 9-267 (JC Archer, 42.5 ov), 10-271 (OP Stone, 44.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WD Parnell 8 0 42 0 5.25 1 0
K Rabada 10 0 46 2 4.60 1 1
AK Markram 2 0 18 0 9.00 1 0
A Nortje 10 0 62 4 6.20 0 1
T Shamsi 5.2 0 55 1 10.31 0 1
SSB Magala 9 0 46 3 5.11 1 0

Player of the match: SSB Magala · Umpires: BP Jele, M Erasmus · TV umpire: A Paleker · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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