Mumbai (Maharashtra): South African put on a clinical show as they defeated defending champions England by massive 229 runs in a league stage game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium here.
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Keshav Maharaj cleaned up Gus Atkinson (35 off 21 balls) as England were bundled out for 229 runs. Reece Topley did not due to an injury. South Africa have brought their campaign back on track after the loss to the Netherlands. - 8.20 pm
Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson are only delaying the inevitable with their hitting as defending champions England are starring at a huge defeat. - 8.11 pm
Mark Wood hits two boundaries and is still fighting for his survival in the middle. - 8.05 pm
Another one bites the dust as Willey's stay at the crease is cut short by Rabada's brilliant catch. - 7.58 pm
Adil Rashid walks back to pavilion after scoring 10 off 13 balls. - 7.45 pm
England lost their sixth wicket in the form of Harry Brook. He made 17 off 25 with two fours and a six. England are now teet - 7.09 pm
Malan also walks back to the pavilion after nicking one to the wicketkeeper on a delivery by Marco Jansen. - 6.59 pm
Joe Root was the second English batter to walk back to the pavilion. He flicked to leg-slip, only to be caught by David Miller as Marco Jansen got his first wicket in the fourth over of the innings. All-rounder Ben Stokes joined Dawid Malan in the middle. The net run rate has climbed to over 8 runs per over. - 6.48 pm
Jonny Bairstow (10 off 12 balls) goes for another big hit but he is caught at deep square leg by Rassie van der Dussen. Pacer Lungi Ngidi provided the first breakthrough for South Africa. Joe Root and Dawid Malan are trying to rebuild. - 6.47 pm
Bairstow smashes a pull towards backward square leg and earns a boundary as a result. - 6.40 pm
England starts the chase with Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan at the crease while Lungi Ngidi start the proceedings with the ball. - 6.05 pm
Two wickets in the last over and a tight over from Gus Atkinson ahs restricted South Africa to one run short of the 400-run mark. - 5.58 pm
A flurry of sixes in the penultimate over from Marco Jansen makes 400 a possible total. South Africa are heading towards a huge total now. Highest partnership for sixth wicket or below for SA in ODIs surpassing 138* bw Justin Kemp & Andrew Hall against India in Cape Town in 2006 - 5.51 pm
Jansen also scores fifty and the duo is taking the team to a huge total in the fixture against England. - 5.46 pm
Klassen musters up his fourth ODI hundred in 61 balls. However, he looks very tired in these playing conditions. - 5.40 pm
Jansen smashes a maximum to a back-of-length delivery to deep midwicket and the Klaasen-Jansen duo is now trying to attack every ball. - 5.32 pm
Jansen hits a boundary over extra cover and the duo will now take their chances to guide the team to a huge total. - 5.25 pm
19 runs from a single over by Klaasen as he displays top-notch aggression smashing three boundaries and a six. - 5.20 pm
A six from Klaasen to Adil Rashid and he is now switching the gears as the back end looms ahead. - 5.13 pm
Klassen notches up his fifty with two consecutive fours against Topley and he will like to stay at the crease till the fag end of the innings. - 5.05 pm
After the departure of Miller, the South African batter are now taking the innings ahead with a caution. - 4.55 pm
After Markram and Miller went back to the hut in quick succession, the responsibility to steer innings as Klaasen is heading towards half-century. - 4.15 pm
Klaasen now changing the gears as he blasted a boundary straight towards long-off and South Africa have maintained their scoring rate above six so far which hints possibility of them crossing the 300-run mark. - 4.05 pm
Adil Rashid bowled a googly and Hendricks chopped it back onto the stumps. The ball was outside off and he was trying to dab it down, the inside edge hit the middle stump. Hendricks looked good for so much more but has to walk back now. He scored the third-best World Cup debut score for South Africa. - 3.50 pm
Rashid is bowling a tidy over here as he is getting some assistance from the surface for spin. - 3.45 pm
Two sixes from Henricks against Joe Root and he is firing on all cylinders after spending some time on the crease. - 3.41 pm
Reeza Hendricks smacks a four but Rashid is getting some turn here and he can cause trouble for the South African batters. - 3.33 pm
Adil Rashid has come up with an important breakthrough as van der Dussen tried to play a big shot to a full-length delivery but the top edge from his willow popped up and landed at midwicket where Jonny Bairstow grabbed an easy take. - 3.24 pm
Both Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen notched up their individual fifties in the 17th over. The foundation for a big South African score has been laid down by the two. Both the batters will be eyeing to now smash hundreds. - 3.17 pm
Rassie Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen are taking on listless England attack on a batting friendly track. - 3.05 pm
Reeza Hendricks has changed gears and is now playing shots at will. - 2.53 pm
Rassie van der Dussen and Reeza Hendricks have steadied the South African ship and so far added 56 runs for the unbroken second wicket. - 2.39 pm
Rassie van der Dussen and Reeza Hendricks are trying to build the South African innings after they lost an early wicket. South Africa have cantered to 39/1 after eight overs. - 2.20 pm
A slow start from the South Africans. England pacers Topley and Willey have kept things tight for Porteas till now. - 2.10 pm
It's a maiden! David Willey bowls the first maiden of the match. - 2.01 pm
Quinton De Kock departs soon after scoring a boundary on the first ball of the match.
Playing XI:
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), David Willey, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Reece Topley
South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
