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Best performances - Batsmen

MP Breetzke
85(77) 7x4 - 3x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
10 1 18 9 22 6 8 11
JE Root
JE Root
61(72) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
12 4 2 6 21 2 1 13

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer
JC Archer
O10
M0
R62
W4
Eco6.2
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
N Burger
O10
M0
R63
W3
Eco6.3
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Andrew Miller

END OF OVER:
50 | 10 Runs | ENG: 325/9 (6 runs required, RR: 6.50)

  • Jofra Archer27 (14b)
  • Saqib Mahmood2 (3b)
  • Senuran Muthusamy8-0-61-1
  • Nandre Burger10-0-63-3

9.43pm So, that is a wrap... the Headingley match was done and dusted at 5.26pm, presentations and all. This one has cracked on significantly longer, but the upshot is the same. South Africa's excellent one-day outfit has now beaten Australia and England away in the space of a fortnight. Throw in the World Test Championship final on this same ground back in June, and it's been a hell of a year for them! We'll be back in Southampton on Sunday, but from Miller, Abhimanyu and Vairavan, good night!

Time for the presentations: The Player of the Match is Matthew Breetkze

"Very happy, tricky at the start, thought a good score was 280. It was a bit of old-school cricket at the start, batsmanship... read the conditions then score at the back end. It's been good so far [five ODI fifties in a row], hope it continues!"

Harry Brook: "They probably got 10-15 too many, but to get within one blow at the end was a good effort. Bethell, we wanted to unsettle their spinners, and keep the left-hand-right-hand combination. We were v unlucky in the powerplay, didn't go our way, but stuck in there nicely. We need minute improvements, early wickets would help."

Temba Bavuma: "Very proud, good game of cricket, the people who came to watch were entertained. More than competitive score, definitely taken that when we were three-down. Breetzke and Stubbs, built his confidence. With the ball Keshav showed his class and our fielding was much better. Bosch gives ability to bowl in and outside powerplay. He gave us a lot of control, particularly in the middle part of the innings. We don't have a lot of options with lots of injuries, but we'll enjoy the victory and go to Southampton to put together the best team possible."

9.28pm And with that, South Africa close out a compelling contest, and seal their first ODI series win in England since 1998! It was all set up by their batting, Breetkze, Brevis, Stubbs, Markram et al, all making key contributions to post a hefty 330 for 8. And despite some feisty batting from Bethell and Buttler, and a typically calm 61 from Root, there was just a touch too much to do at the back-end of the chase, thanks in particular to Corbin Bosch's old-school analysis of 10-1-38-1.

Lungi Ngidi was magnificent too, not least with his brilliant slower ball to confound Buttler, while Keshav Maharaj lived up to his No.1 billing with another key spell of 2 for 59. England have now won just ten ODIs out of 31 since the start of the 2023 World Cup, and seven of 22 in this new cycle. How the mighty are fallen!

Mustafa Moudi : "A few Months Ago, South Africa won first their First ICC Trophy since 1998 and now they have won their first ODI Series against England since 1998. South Africa achieving all milestones they last achieved in 1998, every time they are travelling to England this year !!"

49.6
1
Muthusamy to Archer, 1 run, Archer went for broke, but South Africa close it out! The ball was in his arc, he galloped to the pitch, but over-ran it a fraction, and a roundhouse launch dribbles to short fine leg! It was a nervy ball from Muthusamy, in truth, but Archer's eyes lit up too much!
49.5
4
Muthusamy to Archer, FOUR, reverse-slap! Doesn't quite get the elevation, but it does reach the boundary... six for a Super Over!
49.4
0
Muthusamy to Archer, no run, short, wide line, outside off, Archer goes for the big hack through the covers, but picks out deep cover... they turn down the single... sixes needed!
49.3
4
Muthusamy to Archer, FOUR, premeditated reverse-pull! Archer gets into position early, Muthusamy fires it down the leg-side, but gets dumped through extra cover! Game on!
49.2
0
Muthusamy to Archer, no run, gutsy bowling! All the pace off, dips and spins, beating a massive honk to leg!
49.1
1
Muthusamy to Mahmood, 1 run, back of a length, bashed through mid-on, a big cheer as Archer gets back on strike!

South Africa have missed the cut-off... only four in the deep as the spinner returns

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0BM DuckettJL Smith
2nd66JE RootBM Duckett
3rd77JE RootJG Bethell
4th4JE RootHC Brook
5th69JC ButtlerHC Brook
6th40JC ButtlerWG Jacks
7th32BA CarseWG Jacks
8th2JC ArcherWG Jacks
9th23AU RashidJC Archer
10th12S MahmoodJC Archer