Joe Root and Jacob Bethel scored centuriesImage Credit Source: Getty Images
England, who lost the ODI series at the hands of South Africa, scored a big score in the last match. England, who scored only 131 in the first match of the series and 330 runs in the second match, had to face defeat. In such a situation, in the third and last ODI match, the team captained by Harry Brook also crossed the 400 mark and scored a tremendous score of 414 runs. Jacob Bethel’s first and after the 19th century of Joe Root, Jose Butler’s 27 -ball half -century brought England to this score.
England batted first in the last match of the series on Sunday 7 September in Southampton. South Africa had already won the series, so the team had changed 2 bowlers and gave Kodi Yusuf a chance to debut. But England spoiled his debut. Jamie Smith (62) and Ben Docket (31) made a fast start and then the Bethel-Root pair made a tremendous partnership and extended the team towards a big score.
The partnership between Bethel and Root started in the 17th over and in the 41st over, Keshav Maharaj broke it. But during this time, both of them took a partnership of 182 runs in just 144 balls and took the team to 299 runs. During this, 21 -year -old Bethel scored his first century in just 76 balls. He scored 110 runs (82 balls) with the help of 13 fours and 3 sixes. After him, Joe Root (100 runs, 96 balls) also scored his 19th century in ODI, which included 6 fours. After this, former captain Joss Butler worked to bring England beyond 400 runs.
England’s score was 302 runs in the 41st over, when Butler came to the crease. After this, in the next 56 balls of the innings, Butler took the team to 414 runs. England star wicketkeeper-batsman completed his half-century in just 27 balls. During this, he also shared a 69 -run partnership with the route. Butler played a stormy innings of 62 runs in just 32 balls and returned unbeaten. His innings included 8 fours and 1 six. In this way, England scored 414 runs losing 5 wickets in 50 overs, including 50 boundary (44 fours, 6 sixes).
This was the 7th time in ODI cricket, when England crossed the 400 -run mark. But for the first time against South Africa, he achieved this feat. At the same time, for the fourth time against South Africa, a team was able to score more than 400 for the fourth time. However, the troubled thing for South Africa was that within 15 days, more than 400 runs were scored against him for the second time. Earlier on August 24, Australia scored 431 runs against South Africa in Macc.
