South Africa vs England, 3rd ODI at Kimberley, Feb 01 2023, England tour of South Africa

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3rd ODI (D/N), Kimberley, February 01, 2023, England tour of South Africa
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346/7
(43.1/50 ov, T:347) 287

England won by 59 runs

Player Of The Match
131 (127) & 3 catches
jos-buttler
Player Of The Series
261 runs
jos-buttler
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Scores: Ranjith P | Comms: Andrew Miller
Scorecard summary
England 346/7(50 overs)
131 (127)
4/62 (10)
118 (114)
2/53 (10)
South Africa 287/10(43.1 overs)
6/40 (9.1)
3/68 (10)

9.01pm And with that, South Africa gather to collect their series trophy. A fine win for a fine team, to cap a fine month for the game in the country. With the success of the SA20, there's been a buzz about this performance, and they are well on track to make it to the World Cup automatically. From Miller, Alan and Ranjith, good night!

Presentation time

Temba Bavuma: "Very happy, came in under a lot of pressure for World Cup points, done ourselves justice against a top side. We've challenged ourselves, a lot of learnings, a lot of confidence in how we've gone about it. Guys going out and expressing themselves. Looking to be positive, how England play their cricket. We've seen something different with our batters. A lot of boxes ticked in the series. Guys will keep playing in the same vein, want it to become part of our culture. Even in Test cricket. Winning the series in the main series, super-happy for the team, and I'm finding the gaps again. I'm a happy captain standing here at the moment."

Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match, and Player of the Series.

"Nice to finish with a win today. Bar ten or 15 overs in first ODI we've played some brilliant cricket in a hard-fought series. Congrats to SA. Both wanted to bowl first, it wasn't straightforward at the top, so was a fantastic effort. We spoke about building a partnership, it would get easier, and not the biggest ground so we could catch up. Some really good strides, guys making hundreds is excellent, and Jofra Archer's performance tonight was excellent and deserving of MoM award. Broke the game open with wicket of Klaasen. A lot of senior players, Woakes, Moeen, Adil, Roy, leaders themselves. We've a strong squad, bar the recent results, we're building nicely."

"The schedule is something we have to work with... great to be back together as a group for a short period of time. Look forward to joining up again in Bangladesh."

8.47pm South Africa, meanwhile, are back to needing favours in their World Cup qualification. They have to beat Netherlands 2-0 and hope that New Zealand can beat Sri Lanka at least once... nevertheless, they've have accepted this 2-1 result in advance, you suspect.

Noor: "Captain Buttler or Captain Bavuma for Player of the Series award?" Bavuma was magnificent to be fair (and a series-winner too). Didn't get as many runs, but in terms of leading from the front, he showed how he needs his team to go. And his captaincy in game one was excellent too

Richard : "Got to be honest after Jofra's figures in the other match. I wouldn't have played him. How tough to be an armchair coach!" Well, irrespective of that first game, these matches are mostly about honing England's 50-over form ahead of the World Cup. And therefore, his presence was a no-brainer once he had pulled up fit.

8.42pm Well, that was a very entertaining three-match series. Could only really have been improved if the second and third matches had been reversed and this was a decider. A 59-run win seems fairly routine, but from 14 for 3 in the first instance, and then with Klaasen going like the clappers in the chase, South Africa's 3-0 was very much on. But up popped Jofra Archer, with a career-best haul of 6 for 40, the third-best by an England bowler in ODIs, and the end came rapidly.

Jonathan: "The right thing to do would be chop up the Man of the match award into three and give a piece each to Buttler, Malan and Archer. Three extremely key performances in England's win today. " So true. Can't separate those batting performances

43.1
W
Archer to Shamsi, OUT

six of the best for Archer! It's all sewn up in superb style, line and length, flicking the top of off as Shamsi hops out of line as well he might. England have stopped the rot with their first win in six

Tabraiz Shamsi b Archer 1 (10b 0x4 0x6 11m) SR: 10
end of over 436 runs
SA: 287/9CRR: 6.67 RRR: 8.57 • Need 60 from 42b
Lungi Ngidi5 (2b 1x4)
Tabraiz Shamsi1 (9b)
Reece Topley 7-0-48-0
Jofra Archer 9-1-40-5

Owais Ahmad: "Gotta give it to SA. They never let the RRR go out of bounds. Good fight. "

42.6
4
Topley to Ngidi, FOUR runs

banged in short, and slammed out through cow corner! Well, why not. It was there to hit, and with an open stance, Ngidi hauls another boundary to close in on 300

42.5
1
Topley to Shamsi, 1 run

flogged out to deep midwicket. The jeopardy has rather evaporated

42.4
Topley to Shamsi, no run

anchored way outside leg, throwing the bat at the wide bouncer and under-edging to the keeper

42.3
Topley to Shamsi, no run

beats the outside edge, hopping over middle stump as the batter leaps to leg

42.2
Topley to Shamsi, no run

jabs with hard hands, open face out to point

42.1
1
Topley to Ngidi, 1 run

full length on the outswinger, a thick outside-edge on the drive through third man

end of over 42Wicket maiden
SA: 281/9CRR: 6.69 RRR: 8.25 • Need 66 from 48b
Tabraiz Shamsi0 (5b)
Lungi Ngidi0 (0b)
Jofra Archer 9-1-40-5
Adil Rashid 10-0-68-3
41.6
Archer to Shamsi, no run

dipping again on the toes, fenced to the on-side. A wicket maiden to cement his fine night's work

Robert : "Hands up who was scared they'd never see this version of Jofra again. Bet Steve Smith is following the score." I won't lie. I did worry at times. So pleased for him. But it's early days yet. The Ashes are still a long way off in his comeback narrative

41.5
Archer to Shamsi, no run

back of a length, hops past the off stump as Shamsi hops out of line

41.4
Archer to Shamsi, no run

probing away on a very full length, eased into the off side with an open-faced push

41.3
Archer to Shamsi, no run

full once more, eased into the covers

Os du Randt: "Just realised South Africa has a full front row in their last 3 batsman! " And coming from the Ox himself that's something. I can still feel the vibrations of that Scott Gibbs hit though...

41.2
Archer to Shamsi, no run

very full, just skims past the off stump

It's all over now. Bar the sweet swinging of Tabraiz Shamsi's blade

41.1
W
Archer to Parnell, OUT

cleaned up and Archer has five! Round the wicket, tight line, good hard length, attacking the stumps and splattering the top of middle. Parnell made room to leg, trying to force the agenda as he needed to do, but beaten by a champion cricketer on this occasion

Wayne Parnell b Archer 34 (29b 3x4 1x6 54m) SR: 117.24

Archer...

end of over 412 runs • 1 wicket
SA: 281/8CRR: 6.85 RRR: 7.33 • Need 66 from 54b
Wayne Parnell34 (28b 3x4 1x6)
Adil Rashid 10-0-68-3
Jofra Archer 8-0-40-4

And that's a fitting end to Rashid's spell. Took some tap in between whiles, but turned it a mile today

40.6
W
Rashid to Magala, OUT

huge wipe at the legbreak, and Magala snicks to the keeper! Lovely flight and dip from Rashid, lots of grip off the pitch, perfect teaser to the big-hitting tailender. The eyes lit up, Buttler's gloves were true. England are much closer to home than they were eight balls ago

Sisanda Magala c †Buttler b Rashid 2 (6b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 33.33
40.5
Rashid to Magala, no run

on the back foot again, another googly turning from outside off, tapped to midwicket

40.4
1
Rashid to Parnell, 1 run

back of a length on the googly, flicked against the spin off the back foot to midwicket

40.3
1
Rashid to Magala, 1 run

well flighted on the legbreak, Magala punches back down the pitch, not totally certain he picked that but Rashid can't gather in his followthrough

40.2
Rashid to Magala, no run

rips the wrong'un into the front pad, probably done too much, but England review. Magala planted the dog, didn't pick it as he was struck below the knee-roll. Might be tighter than I thought to be fair... nope, missing leg. On we go

40.1
Rashid to Magala, no run

tossed up, above the eyeline, dipping on off stump and thumped to cover

Charl: "I feel like this is the time to mention that Magala can seriously hit a cricket ball" With ten overs to go, it feels like the ideal time

end of over 405 runs • 1 wicket
SA: 279/7CRR: 6.97 RRR: 6.80 • Need 68 from 60b
Wayne Parnell33 (27b 3x4 1x6)
Sisanda Magala1 (1b)
Jofra Archer 8-0-40-4
Adil Rashid 9-0-66-2
39.6
Archer to Parnell, no run

rocks back to the short ball, through to the keeper. Huge over in a thrilling chase

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
JC Buttler
131 runs (127)
6 fours7 sixes
Productive shot
pull
21 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
83%
DJ Malan
118 runs (114)
7 fours6 sixes
Productive shot
pull
18 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
81%
Best performances - bowlers
JC Archer
O
9.1
M
1
R
40
W
6
ECO
4.36
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
2W
L Ngidi
O
10
M
0
R
62
W
4
ECO
6.2
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Diamond Oval, Kimberley
TossSouth Africa, elected to field first
Series
Season2022/23
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultSouth Africa won the 3-match series 2-1
Match numberODI no. 4514
Match days1 February 2023 - daynight (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsEngland 10, South Africa -1
Language
English
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