South Africa’s defeat was confirmed in the first 5 overs of Archer.Image Credit Source: PTI
England may have lost the ODI series, but on the go, they defeated South Africa by 342 runs to set the world record of the biggest win. With this, England achieved a lot of honor. In the last match of the ODI series played in Southampton, England scored a big score like 414 runs on the basis of memorable centuries of Jacob Bethel and Joe Root. In response, the South African team was piled up for just 100 runs and his fastest fast bowler Jofra Archer, whose defeat of South Africa was decided in the first 5 overs.
The last match of the series was played on Sunday 7 September at Rose Bowl Stadium. South Africa defeated England by 7 wickets in the first match and 5 wickets in the second and won the series. In the third match, he had a chance to do a clean-sweep but it could not happen. The England batsmen had already made this victory difficult and then Archer made it an essential. In this way, the South African team, which was more than 400 runs for the second time in the last 15 days, lost badly for the second time.
For England, the pair of Jamie Smith and Ben Docket started fast and within 16 overs, England crossed the 100 -run mark. After this, Root and Bethel, who had shared a good partnership in the last match and scored strong half -centuries but they did not prove to be quite. But this time both of them completed the cancer of the previous match and shared a partnership of 182 runs. Bethel scored his first international century, while Root scored the 19th ODI century. In the end, Joss Butler scored 62 runs in just 32 balls and took the team to 414 runs, which was his biggest score against South Africa.
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