South Africa dominated over England in today’s match and the team advanced to the semi final rounds of the Champions Trophy 2025. England actually won the toss in the game but they took a wrong decision and that made a massive defeat. So let’s get into the article to look back to the game between South Africa versus England.
A look back to the game between South Africa versus England
England won the toss and elected to bat first, but it was a wrong decision as the team collapsed under 200. Phil Salt added 8 while his partner Ben Duckett contributed 24. Jamie Smith was not able to open his account while Joe Root tried to move on but he went back to the pavilion after scoring 37.
Harry Brook had 19 while the captain of the side Jos Buttler contributed 21 and Liam Livingstone added 9 to the total. The Jamie Overton and Jofra Archer contributed 11 and 25 respectively. Adil Rashid added 2 while Saqib Mahmood contributed 5 and England finished the innings at 179 in just 38.2 overs.
In the reply, South Africa lost openers quickly as Ryan Rickelton went back to the pavilion after scoring 27 and Tristan Stubbs was not able to open his account.
However, things were easy for Rassie van der Dussen was not out after scoring 72 and Heinrich Klaasen contributed 64 while David Miller added 7 and that was enough for South Africa to register 7 wickets victory over England in just 29.1 overs.
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