04/09Result

2nd ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of England at London, Sep 4 2025

South Africa won by 5 runs

Player of the Match

Matthew BreetzkeSouth Africa

Best performances - Batsmen

MP Breetzke

85(77) 7x4 - 3x6

Control %86%

Productive Shot
cover drive
16 runs
1x4 - 1x6

JE Root

61(72) 8x4 - 0x6

Control %77%

Productive Shot
cover drive
21 runs
4x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer

O10

R62

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

R63

Eco6.3

RHB
OFFLEG
		1W


		1W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

South Africa - Innings

AK Markram35 (46)

RD Rickelton35 (33)

T Bavuma4 (7)

AK Markram1 (2)

MP Breetzke2 (10)

AK Markram13 (16)

147

MP Breetzke83 (67)

T Stubbs55 (59)

T Stubbs3 (3)

D Brevis12 (8)

C Bosch8 (9)

D Brevis30 (12)

S Muthusamy7 (6)

C Bosch21 (17)

KA Maharaj1 (2)

C Bosch3 (3)

England - Innings

BM Duckett0 (0)

JL Smith0 (1)

JE Root41 (43)

BM Duckett14 (33)

JE Root18 (24)

JG Bethell58 (40)

JE Root2 (5)

HC Brook2 (3)

JC Buttler37 (33)

HC Brook31 (37)

JC Buttler24 (18)

WG Jacks15 (18)

BA Carse7 (9)

WG Jacks24 (13)

JC Archer1 (2)

WG Jacks0 (2)

AU Rashid2 (4)

JC Archer16 (6)

12*

S Mahmood2 (3)

JC Archer10 (6)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

England blown to bits-and-pieces as part-timers' bowling strategy backfires
Sam Curran recall on the cards as lack of fourth seamer leaves spinning options exposed in ODIs
Breetzke takes inspiration from Northants to make ODI record
The South Africa batter hopes to rejoin his county team-mates for Finals Day next Saturday between two T20Is
Breetzke stars as South Africa seal series in five-run thriller
England's poor 50-over form continues as South Africa claim first ODI series win in country since 1998
Breetzke and Stubbs stamp their middle-order authority as SA build to 2027
Breetzke reiterated that he belongs and Stubbs put a lean patch behind him to show he's still got it
De Zorzi out of remaining two ODIs against England with hamstring injury
Since Breetzke is available for the second ODI, no replacement has been named

England INNINGS		R	B
JL Smith	caught wk	0	1
BM Duckett	bowled	14	33
JE Root	stumped	61	72
JG Bethell	caught	58	40
HC Brook	caught	33	40
JC Buttler	bowled	61	51
WG Jacks	caught	39	33
BA Carse	caught	7	9
JC Archer	not out	27	14
AU Rashid	run out	2	4
S Mahmood	not out	2	3
EXTRAS	(b 2, lb 3, w 16)
TOTAL	325 (9 wkts; 50 ovs)

South Africa BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Burger	10.0	0	63	3	6.3	(4w)
L Ngidi	10.0	0	72	1	7.2	(4w)
C Bosch	10.0	1	38	1	3.8
KA Maharaj	10.0	0	59	2	5.9
AK Markram	2.0	0	27	0	13.5
S Muthusamy	8.0	0	61	1	7.62

England 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	BM Duckett	JL Smith
2nd	66	JE Root	BM Duckett
3rd	77	JE Root	JG Bethell
4th	4	JE Root	HC Brook
5th	69	JC Buttler	HC Brook
6th	40	JC Buttler	WG Jacks
7th	32	BA Carse	WG Jacks
8th	2	JC Archer	WG Jacks
9th	23	AU Rashid	JC Archer
10th	12	S Mahmood	JC Archer

South Africa - Innings

England - Innings

England blown to bits-and-pieces as part-timers' bowling strategy backfires

Breetzke takes inspiration from Northants to make ODI record

Breetzke stars as South Africa seal series in five-run thriller

Breetzke and Stubbs stamp their middle-order authority as SA build to 2027

De Zorzi out of remaining two ODIs against England with hamstring injury