England vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Cardiff, ENG vs SA, Sep 10 2025 - Squads

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Cardiff, September 10, 2025, South Africa tour of England

(7.5/7.5 ov) 97/5

(5/5 ov, T:69) 54/5

South Africa won by 14 runs (DLS method)

Player Of The Match

Donovan Ferreira

, SA

25* (11)

Cricinfo's MVP

, SA

46.13 ptsImpact List

	England	South Africa
1	Harry Brook (c) batter	Aiden Markram (c) allrounder
2	Jofra Archer bowler	Corbin Bosch allrounder
3	Tom Banton wicketkeeper batter	Dewald Brevis batting allrounder
4	Jacob Bethell batting allrounder	Nandre Burger bowler
5	Jos Buttler wicketkeeper batter	Donovan Ferreira middle-order batter
6	Brydon Carse bowling allrounder	Bjorn Fortuin bowler
7	Sam Curran allrounder	Marco Jansen bowling allrounder
8	Liam Dawson allrounder	Kwena Maphaka bowler
9	Will Jacks batting allrounder	Senuran Muthusamy batting allrounder
10	Saqib Mahmood bowler	Lhuan-dre Pretorius wicketkeeper batter
11	Jamie Overton bowling allrounder	Kagiso Rabada bowler
12	Adil Rashid bowler	Ryan Rickelton wicketkeeper batter
13	Rehan Ahmed bowling allrounder	Tristan Stubbs batter
14	Phil Salt wicketkeeper batter	Lizaad Williams bowler
15	Luke Wood bowler	-

Aug 23, 2025 | Last modified at Aug 23, 2025

Language

English

Win Probability

SA 100%

SAENG

100%50%100%

Over 5 • ENG 54/5

Tom Banton c Markram b Bosch 5 (5b 0x4 0x6 11m) SR: 100

W

South Africa won by 14 runs (DLS method)

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Match Coverage

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