SA vs. ENG: South Africa won the ICC World Cup 2023 match for the third time after defeating England by 229 runs. While Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee showed off their bowling skills, Heinrich Klaasen produced a fantastic innings.
To continue applying pressure on England’s batting, Gerald Coetzee and Kagiso Rabada keep taking England’s wickets. The reigning champions’ top batsmen have all returned to the pavilion as England appears to be wilting under the pressure. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root were quickly dismissed by Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen. It gave South Africa dominance. England needs a partnership at this point, and opener Dawid Malan has joined Ben Stokes in the hunt.
SA vs. ENG CWC 2023 Highlights
For England, Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan started the 400-run chase, and they must raise the run rate after the first over. The South African attack is being led by Lungi Ngidi, who will look to get early wickets to put further pressure on England.
After 50 overs, South Africa had scored 399/7 thanks to a fantastic combination between Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen. To give England some comfort, Gus Atkinson bowled a solid last over, but every bowler for the reigning champions today has been extremely costly. Recce Topley and Adil Rashid gave England consistent wickets throughout the match to prevent any large partnerships. After Quinton de Kock was dismissed early in the batting, Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen stabilised the innings.
At Mumbai’s storied Wankhede Stadium, England chose to bat first after winning the toss. The Wankhede hosted its last World Cup game in 2011, when India defeated Sri Lanka to win the championship. Both England and South Africa suffered embarrassing losses in their most recent matches against Afghanistan and the Netherlands, respectively, and will be hoping to rebound with a victory in this match.
England, who defeated Bangladesh to earn their lone victory of the competition, will be aiming to continue their winning ways and get over their 69-run loss against Afghanistan.
South Africa will be attempting to regain their previous level of dominance following their painful 38-run loss to the Netherlands. Prior to the Netherlands match, the Proteas batsmen had been in fine form, but their inability to reach a 246-run mark must have cast doubt on their capacity to chase down such totals.
Position of South Africa and England on the points chart
The defending champions, England, are now in sixth place in the standings with just two points and a net run rate of -0.84 after losing two of their three ICC ODI World Cup 2023 games.
With two convincing victories against Sri Lanka and Australia, South Africa, on the other hand, has maintained its position in the top four of the standings. With a net run rate of +1.385, Temba Bavuma’s group is presently in third position on the points chart.
SA vs. ENG: Player of the match
ENG vs SA: Player of the Match of SA vs. ENG was Heinrich Klaasen of South Africa . For his outstanding 109-run performance against the bowlers of England. Heinrich Klaasen made sure South Africa maintained its momentum in the closing overs and finished with a high total of 399 runs. His century, which took just 61 balls to complete, is the sixth-fastest century in the ICC World Cup.
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