South Africa vs England, 3rd ODI Highlights: England Register 59-Run Win Over SA To Avoid Whitewash
SA vs ENG, 3rd ODI Highlights: Centuries from Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan, followed by a six-wicket haul from Jofra Archer, guided England to a 59-run victory over South Africa in the third and final ODI match of the three-match series
SA vs ENG, 3rd ODI Highlights: Centuries from Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan, followed by a six-wicket haul from Jofra Archer, guided England to a 59-run victory over South Africa in the third and final ODI match of the three-match series. Put to bat first, England started off a on a bad note as they lost three wickets with only 14 runs on the baord. However, Malan (118) and Buttler (131) completed respective centuries and took England to a huge total of 346/7 in 50 overs. Later, South Africa lost initial wickets but Heinrich Klaasen smashed 80 runs and gave a ray of hope to the hosts. But, he was dismissed by Archer and South Africa were bundled out for 287. Apart from Archer, Adil Rashid took three wickets while  Chris Woakes scalped one wicket. With this win, England successfully avoided a whitewash in three-match series as South Africa claimed a 2-1 victory. (SCORECARD)
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South Africa win the series by 2-1. The trophy is handed to Bavuma and the celebration starts. That's all from this exciting three-game series. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. Keep checking the schedule page as the action continues across the globe. Till then, Goodbye and Cheers!
Temba Bavuma says he is very happy, they came into the series under pressure but they have done well and he is proud of how they played. States they just wanted to express themselves and look to be positive and that is what they kept speaking about. Adds there were a lot of positives. Ends by saying winning the series was main and he is very happy about how things went about.
Jos Buttler wins the Player of the Series and Player of the Match award. He says it is good to finish with a win. States they have played some good cricket. He congratulates South Africa but he is delighted to get a win. States it was a really good effort to post 340 from the position they were in. They spoke about building a partnership and they knew they could catch up. Says guys going on and making tons is really good and with the ball, there have been some really good things like Archer's performance. Ends by saying the schedule is something they need to try and work with and it is great to be back together and they look forward to the challenges ahead.
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Earlier in the day, England were three down for hardly anything after being inserted but Buttler and Malan played sublime knocks. The two added over 200 and courtesy that England managed to score close to 350 which in the end, they managed to defend easily.
For South Africa, none of their batters went onto make a big score. They needed someone to play a knock like Buttler or Malan but that was not the case. Heinrich Klaasen played brilliantly but fell at the wrong time. There were a few in the top order who got off to start but whenever the momentum seemed like shifting towards the hosts, England managed to strike.
Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid between them shared 9 out of the 10 wickets to fall. The rest just were not upto the mark. Chris Woakes was either too full or too short and the same with Curran. Thankfully for England, they scored enough that despite majority of their bowlers having a bad day, they managed to come out on top.
What an outstanding bowling effort from Jofra Archer. Had he not been there, it would have surely been South Africa who would have won this game.
OUT! TIMBER! Sixth one for Archer and he does the job for his team! A slower length ball, angling on off. Shamsi fails to put his bat on it and the ball hits the off pole. A solid win for England as they win by 59 runs.
FOUR! Short, slower and on middle. Ngidi pulls it hard through mid-wicket for four runs.
On middle, this is hit to deep mid-wicket for one.
Short one, outside off. Shamsi bottom edges his shot to the keeper.
Short in length and on middle. Shamsi on his toes has a poke but misses.
Around off, tapped to point.
This is full and around off. Ngidi swings his bat and slices it to third man for one.
A wicket-maiden for Archer. On the pads, pushed to mid-wicket.
A slower length ball, outside off. Shamsi looks to push but misses.
Targets the stumps but Shamsi does well to push it to cover.
Full and on off, played back to the bowler.
This is very full and close to the off pole. Shamsi swings and misses.