England beat South Africa by 83 to level the ODI series and tie the decider at Headingley on Sunday | News about cricket
Reece Topley (2-17) took a two-goal lead as South Africa slid to 6-4, chasing 202; Adil Rashid (3-29) came back to beat tourists to have the lowest ODI score compared to the UK; Watch the Tuesday ODI that decides the series on Sunday (10:30 a.m. broadcast, 11 a.m. start)
Last Updated: 7/22/22 10:22 pm
He leveled this streak with a 118-hit strike against South Africa in the second international in a rain-affected day at Emirates Old Trafford.
Chasing 202 in a 29-plus-one-sided clash, England took South Africa to 6-4 in the opening four answer rounds before finally knocking them out with 83 – their lowest overall score against England in cricket ODI.
Janneman Malan and, centurion from the series opener, Rassie van der Dussen started Reece Topley (2-17) for ducks, while David Willey (1-9) captured Quinton de Kock (5) and Jos Buttler run out of Aiden Markram without facing in the next round.
England’s main concern since that time has been the return of light rain in Manchester and the possibility of it forcing players out of action before the 20-plus mark of innings, which needs to be achieved to produce a result.
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Buttler spun at both ends to get through the washer and not only did they do it, but Moeen Ali (2-22) caught Henrich Klaasen (33) and Adil Rashid (3-29) running through the bottom row. .
Prior to that, another tug-of-war from the hosts saw them beaten in allotment overruns for the fifth time in a row in this summer’s cricket ODI.
Dwaine Pretorius claims career-best stats of 4-36, including key strikers Joe Root (1) and Jonny Bairstow (28) in a game that looks like England slipped to 101-6 after being beaten down. The opponent inserts in the match.
Phil Salt managed 17 in his first ODI of the summer – for retired Ben Stokes – before he tumbled like 14-year-old Jason Roy did before, trying to pull a short midwicket.
Root played an unusually poor shot, a terrible hack across the road that he only succeeded in at the top and was behind De Kock, while Bairstow was bowled, defeated by a single shot. serve slower.
Moeen Ali (6) quickly came and went, plunging into the deep perpendicular with Keshav Maharaj (1-29), while Shamsi confronted Buttler (19), caught in the low third man on the thick outer edge special.
Liam Livingstone (38 off 26) and Sam Curran (35 off 18) rescued the round somewhat with some exhilarating cameos but both perished in the middle of a boundary battle.
Livingstone hit 3 6 4 4 balls from the first 4 balls in Anrich Nortje’s 21st game, before falling to the 5th, and Curran reaped 14 from the first 3 serves in the 24th serve. of Tabraiz Shamsi only to lose points on the 4th ball.
Willey (21) also went six and went out when Pretorius took his fourth while the tail then limped until Rashid (12) ran out with assistance from a dove to see He bowled 201 with five spare balls.
South Africa have never once threatened that score after losing by four points in their first four chaotic responses.
Curran picked the fifth ball, David Miller (12 years old) on the ninth, before the spinning players began their work – Moeen took the last four wickets past the 20 mark to send England to victory. convincing victory, leveling the series.
‘Can we do better? Sure’
Former England captain, Eoin Morgan: “Jos Buttler will be smiling as much as he can. He’s very much looking forward to the boys continuing to play an aggressive franchise.
“We think we’re going to see that in abundance with the bat, but the way they’re bowling and defending a point below par is as good a day as he can claim.”
England’s white ball captain, Jos Buttler: “It was great that we won. I’m happy with the way we held the ball, those early goals really put us on our way.
“The boys keep trying and playing the style that we want as a team. Can we do it better? Absolutely. But, again, with the mindset and That positivity helped us get to a score that now looks great.
“We know we can improve, but that’s going to be the consistent message. We haven’t fully opened fire with the bat all summer so far in whiteball cricket, but we knew we would be in danger. How dangerous it is to do that.”
Watch the decisive Tuesday ODI match between England and South Africa on Sky Sports Cricket on Sunday. Coverage begins at 10:30 a.m., with first shadow at 11 a.m.