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Result
England won by 189 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c Q de Kock b VD Philander | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
| DP Sibley | c Q de Kock b K Rabada | 34 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 44.7 |
| Joe Denly | b KA Maharaj | 38 | 130 | 5 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Joe Root | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 35 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Ben Stokes | c D Elgar b A Nortje | 47 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 61.0 |
| Ollie Pope | not out | 61* | 144 | 7 | 0 | 42.4 |
| Jos Buttler | c Q de Kock b D Pretorius | 29 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 107.4 |
| Sam Curran | b D Pretorius | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 69.2 |
| DM Bess | c Q de Kock b VD Philander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b K Rabada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| James Anderson | c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 91.5 overs | 269 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Z Crawley, 2.6 ov), 2-63 (DP Sibley, 24.5 ov), 3-105 (JE Root, 40.5 ov), 4-127 (JL Denly, 47.3 ov), 5-185 (BA Stokes, 66.3 ov), 6-221 (JC Buttler, 74.6 ov), 7-231 (SM Curran, 78.6 ov), 8-231 (DM Bess, 80.1 ov), 9-234 (SCJ Broad, 81.6 ov), 10-269 (JM Anderson, 91.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD Philander | 16 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| K Rabada | 19.5 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 3.43 | 0 | 1 |
| A Nortje | 18 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 3.11 | 1 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 27 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 |
| D Pretorius | 11 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c JE Root b DM Bess | 88 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 48.9 |
| PJ Malan | c JE Root b SCJ Broad | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 29.4 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 |
| F du Plessis | c BA Stokes b JM Anderson | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| HE van der Dussen | c BA Stokes b SM Curran | 68 | 187 | 7 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Q de Kock | c JM Anderson b SM Curran | 20 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 76.9 |
| VD Philander | not out | 17* | 58 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| D Pretorius | c BA Stokes b JM Anderson | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| KA Maharaj | c DP Sibley b JM Anderson | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| K Rabada | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| A Nortje | c BA Stokes b JM Anderson | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 89 overs | 223 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (PJ Malan, 7.1 ov), 2-38 (Zubayr Hamza, 9.5 ov), 3-40 (F du Plessis, 13.5 ov), 4-157 (D Elgar, 62.4 ov), 5-191 (Q de Kock, 71.2 ov), 6-200 (HE van der Dussen, 75.6 ov), 7-207 (D Pretorius, 80.4 ov), 8-215 (KA Maharaj, 84.4 ov), 9-215 (K Rabada, 84.5 ov), 10-223 (A Nortje, 88.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 19 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 18 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2.11 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Curran | 13 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Bess | 27 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c Q de Kock b K Rabada | 25 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 71.4 |
| DP Sibley | not out | 133* | 311 | 19 | 1 | 42.8 |
| Joe Denly | c D Pretorius b A Nortje | 31 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 27.9 |
| Joe Root | c F du Plessis b D Pretorius | 61 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 62.2 |
| DM Bess | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ben Stokes | c HE van der Dussen b KA Maharaj | 72 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 153.2 |
| Ollie Pope | b K Rabada | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Jos Buttler | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 127.8 |
| Sam Curran | c Zubayr Hamza b KA Maharaj | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 86.7 |
| Stuart Broad | not out | 8* | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 |
| Extras | (b 18, lb 3, w 1, nb 0) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 111 overs | 391/8 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Z Crawley, 10.5 ov), 2-101 (JL Denly, 43.5 ov), 3-217 (JE Root, 77.4 ov), 4-218 (DM Bess, 78.6 ov), 5-310 (BA Stokes, 96.1 ov), 6-315 (OJ Pope, 97.5 ov), 7-356 (JC Buttler, 103.1 ov), 8-375 (SM Curran, 106.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Rabada | 20 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 |
| VD Philander | 14 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nortje | 18 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 3.39 | 1 | 0 |
| D Pretorius | 16 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 43 | 9 | 160 | 2 | 3.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ Malan | c BA Stokes b SM Curran | 84 | 288 | 3 | 0 | 29.2 |
| D Elgar | c JC Buttler b JL Denly | 34 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 43.6 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 18 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 30.5 |
| KA Maharaj | lbw b JM Anderson | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| F du Plessis | c JL Denly b DM Bess | 19 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad | 17 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 12.1 |
| Q de Kock | c Z Crawley b JL Denly | 50 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 46.7 |
| VD Philander | c OJ Pope b BA Stokes | 8 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 15.7 |
| D Pretorius | c JE Root b BA Stokes | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| A Nortje | c Z Crawley b BA Stokes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| K Rabada | not out | 3* | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 5) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 137.4 overs | 248 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (D Elgar, 28.6 ov), 2-123 (Zubayr Hamza, 54.2 ov), 3-129 (KA Maharaj, 58.5 ov), 4-164 (F du Plessis, 76.2 ov), 5-171 (PJ Malan, 86.5 ov), 6-237 (Q de Kock, 120.4 ov), 7-237 (HE van der Dussen, 125.5 ov), 8-241 (D Pretorius, 133.3 ov), 9-241 (A Nortje, 133.4 ov), 10-248 (VD Philander, 137.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 18 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 23 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Bess | 33 | 14 | 57 | 1 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 16 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 2.31 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Denly | 18 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 23.4 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 1.48 | 1 | 4 |
Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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