SA vs ENG / South Africa defeated world champion England badly - defeated by 229 runs

SA vs ENG: England has suffered their biggest defeat in ODIs. The team was defeated by South Africa in the World Cup by a huge margin of 229 runs. Batting first at Mumbai's Wankhede ground, South Africa scored 399 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. The England team was all out after scoring 170 runs in 22 overs. Heinrich Klaasen scored 109 runs in the first innings for South Africa, he scored a century on 61 balls. He also received the Player of the Match award for this performance. 3 players from the team also scored fifty. Among the bowlers, Gerald Cooties took the maximum of 3 wickets. Whereas Yanson scored 75 runs in 42 balls and also took 2 wickets.

England's biggest defeat

England suffered their biggest defeat in ODIs. Earlier in the year 2022, Australia had defeated them by 221 runs at Melbourne ground. England's biggest win in the World Cup had earlier also come against South Africa. The team had lost by 122 runs at The Oval in 1999. This is the third time in the World Cup that the England team has lost by a margin of more than 100 runs.

The defending champion reached below Netherlands in the points table

World Cup 2019 champion England suffered its third defeat in the tournament. Before South Africa, they had also lost to New Zealand and Afghanistan. The team is now at 9th position in the points table, above only Afghanistan. Even Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Netherlands are above them. England have 2 points after one win in 4 matches. Whereas South Africa is at third position with 6 points after 3 wins in 4 matches. New Zealand is at first and India at second.

Cootzi got 3 wickets, Ngidi-Yanson got 2-2 wickets

Gerald Cootzie took maximum 3 wickets from South Africa. Lungi Ngidi and Marco Janson got 2-2 wickets. While Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj got 1-1 wicket.

England captain Jos Buttler returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs, David Willey 12, Adil Rashid 10, Harry Brook 17 and Gus Atkinson 35 runs. England lost only 9 wickets, Reece Topley could not come to bat due to injury while bowling.

Lost 4 wickets in first 10 overs

The English team, which set out to chase the target of 400 runs, had a very bad start. The team lost 4 wickets in just 10 overs. Jonny Bairstow was out after scoring only 10 runs, David Malan 6, Joe Root 2 and Ben Stokes 5 runs. The team scored 67 runs in 10 overs, but also lost 4 wickets.

Clason scored a century on 61 balls

Heinrich Klaasen, who came to bat at number 5 for South Africa, batted excellently. After getting set, he hit big shots and completed his century in just 61 balls. He was out after scoring 109 runs on 67 balls. In this innings he hit 4 sixes and 12 fours.

Yanson scored 75 runs on 42 balls

Marco Janson came to bat after 5 wickets fell in the 37th over. He also scored quickly after getting set. After completing fifty on 35 balls, he played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs on 42 balls. In this innings he hit 6 sixes along with 3 fours. He also made a partnership of 151 runs with Heinrich Klaasen on 77 balls.

Reece Topley took 3 wickets

Clausen scored a century from South Africa. Whereas 3 players scored fifty. Reeza Hendricks scored 85, Marco Jansson scored 75, Rassie Van der Dussen scored 60 and Aiden Markram scored 42 runs. Reece Topley took 3 wickets from England. Whereas Adil Rashid and Gus Atkinson got 2-2 wickets.

Duson and Hendricks made a partnership of 121 runs

Quinton de Kock was out in the very first over. After his wicket, Rassie van der Dussen, who came to bat at number 3, scored a fifty. He also made a partnership of 121 runs with opener Reeza Hendricks. Van der Dussen was out after scoring 60 runs and their partnership broke.

Hendricks was out after scoring 85 runs.

After Van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks made a 39-run partnership with Aiden Markram. He became the victim of Adil Rashid after scoring 85 runs. After him, Markram also returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs. David Miller could score only 5 runs from the team.

South Africa lost wicket in powerplay, still kept attacking approach

South Africa lost a wicket in the powerplay but kept scoring runs. Quinton de Kock lost his wicket on the second ball of the innings. After this, Reeza Hendricks and Van der Dussen took over the innings and scored runs at a run rate of 5.9. During the powerplay, maximum 11 runs came in the 7th over of Reece Topley.

Playing eleven of both the teams

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood and Reece Topley.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.