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)
Here are the Highlights of the 3rd ODI between South Africa and England from the De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
SA vs ENG, 3rd ODI Live 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!
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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.
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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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Presentation time...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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43.1WJofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
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.
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42.64Reece Topley to Lungi Ngidi
FOUR! Short, slower and on middle. Ngidi pulls it hard through mid-wicket for four runs.
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42.51Reece Topley to Tabraiz Shamsi
On middle, this is hit to deep mid-wicket for one.
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42.40Reece Topley to Tabraiz Shamsi
Short one, outside off. Shamsi bottom edges his shot to the keeper.
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42.30Reece Topley to Tabraiz Shamsi
Short in length and on middle. Shamsi on his toes has a poke but misses.
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42.20Reece Topley to Tabraiz Shamsi
Around off, tapped to point.
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42.11Reece Topley to Lungi Ngidi
This is full and around off. Ngidi swings his bat and slices it to third man for one.
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41.60Jofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
A wicket-maiden for Archer. On the pads, pushed to mid-wicket.
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41.50Jofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
A slower length ball, outside off. Shamsi looks to push but misses.
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41.40Jofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
Targets the stumps but Shamsi does well to push it to cover.
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41.30Jofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
Full and on off, played back to the bowler.
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41.20Jofra Archer to Tabraiz Shamsi
This is very full and close to the off pole. Shamsi swings and misses.