Best performances - Batsmen
RD Rickelton
103(106) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 20 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Rahmat Shah
90(92) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 13 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
21/02Result
3rd Match, Group B (D/N), ICC Champions Trophy at Karachi, Feb 21 2025
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
208 (43.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
21/02Result
3rd Match, Group B (D/N), ICC Champions Trophy at Karachi, Feb 21 2025
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
208 (43.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
K Rabada
- O8.3
- M1
- R36
- W3
- Eco4.23
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
PWA Mulder
- O9
- M0
- R36
- W2
- Eco4
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Partnerships
South Africa - Innings
Afghanistan - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRickelton's maiden ODI hundred, middle order set up SA's big win over Afghanistan
Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Wiaan Mulder shared seven wickets, even as Rahmat Shah scored 90
Klaasen misses Afghanistan game as precaution over left elbow injury
Tristan Stubbs was also not included in the playing XI in South Africa's tournament opener
Rickelton is rocking it in all three formats, one by one
Rickelton may not have even played if Klaasen was fit, and he might have made himself undroppable after the century
Shahidi: 'We're not here to just participate, we want to win the title'
Afghanistan captain exudes confidence ahead of the team's first game in the Champions Trophy, against South Africa
Afghanistan begin with dreams to realise, South Africa with nightmares to quash
South Africa come into this tournament with six ODI losses in a row, but this is stronger unit than any they fielded in the lead-up
