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2081dThe Report by George Dobell at Lord's

Rabada and Parnell blow England away

South Africa will go into the Champions Trophy with confidence partially restored after inflicting a crushing seven-wicket defeat upon England at Lord's

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HM Amla
HM Amla
55(54) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
2 20 5 0 24 0 0 4
JM Bairstow
JM Bairstow
51(67) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • steered
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
12 0 8 4 15 1 0 11

Best performances - Bowlers

K Rabada
K Rabada
O9
M1
R39
W4
Eco4.33
RHB
OFFLEG
4W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
KA Maharaj
KA Maharaj
O6.1
M0
R25
W3
Eco4.05
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45

Match days

29 May 2017 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Alan Gardner

South Africa win by seven wickets and pull the series back to 2-1. They'd sealed the match after five overs today, leaving England on 20 for 6 - the first time ever in ODI cricket that six wickets had gone in the opening five overs. Bairstow, Willey, and Roland-Jones staged a recovery but it was never likely to be enough. South Africa's opening stand was 95 and it was job done. Next stop: Champions Trophy. I'll bring you the presentations shortly.

James B: "Seems like a good time to remind England fans that before today's glitch England were averaging close to 350 for not a lot of wickets from their last 11 innings. Not time to hit the panic button. Today was about bad mentality rather than a lack of ability, this will scare some sense into them." Stop being so sensible

Man of the match Kagiso Rabada. "There was something there for the bowlers today. I struggled at a bit at Leeds...if you aren't getting better it's a bit of a concern. It's nice to bowl here, there's a bit in the wicket and some good bounce. Always a pleasure. Hopefully we can go to the Champions Trophy on a high."

Player of the series Eoin Morgan...but he won't be having a word just yet

AB de Villiers. "It looks a lot better now, we had a lot to play for today and there some encouraging signs. It was very pleasing. The boys hung onto almost everything that came their way. The intensity was very good. It comes down to the basics, top of off with the odd bouncer, and a couple of fuller ones moved around a bit. All three grounds have been different. It's all about the senior players to communicate to the rest of the team. We are pretty sure [of our best XI] but we have 15 really good players and the team can change at any time. We are very confident."

And is Morgan. "We seemed to nick everything, South Africa made the most conditions, but we've had better starts than 20 for 6. If you look at our dismissals today South Africa didn't let us get away, sometimes you have to sit in. It was a nice reminder. Today wasn't our day. Jason has scored a huge amount of runs for us, the way in which he plays is very important and it will continue to be like that. A big score is around the corner. We've gain a lot of confidence from this series. It's flattering to be favourites, today is a reminder not to get carried away but we'll give it a good crack."

And that just about wraps things up for today. There's a couple more days of build-up to go, then it's full steam ahead on June 1. We'll back for that match between England and Bangladesh. For now, from Andrew and Alan, it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

28.5
4
Willey to Duminy, FOUR, and that's that! A lovely way to finish it, full and wide outside off, a classic cover drive
28.4
0
Willey to Duminy, no run, fuller, he comes forward and drives to mid-off
28.3
0
Willey to Duminy, no run, nearly drags one on, back of a length, takes an inside edge into his pads
28.2
1
Willey to de Villiers, 1 run, driven straight down the ground to long-off
28.1
4
Willey to de Villiers, FOUR, short, wide outside off, a freebie for AB as he slashes it away in the air through point

END OF OVER:
28 | 5 Runs | SA: 147/3 (7 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 5.25, RRR: 0.31)

  • Jean-Paul Duminy24 (40b)
  • AB de Villiers22 (28b)
  • Steven Finn7-1-35-0
  • David Willey4-0-34-0
27.6
0
Finn to Duminy, no run, very full from round the wicket, dug out to point

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st95HM AmlaQ de Kock
2nd0JP DuminyQ de Kock
3rd6JP DuminyF du Plessis
4th55JP DuminyAB de Villiers