South Africa vs England Scorecard (Match 2), 4 Sept 2025

South Africa tour of England 2025

Completed

South Africa

330/8

(50.0 ov)

England

325/9

(50.0 ov)

South Africa won by 5 runs

Match 2 · ODI · 4 Sept 2025

Lord's, London

Key performer

JC Archer

England

27 (14) · 4/62

133

FANTASY PTS

MP Breetzke · South Africa

85 (77) · 1 ro

JG Bethell · England

58 (40) · 1/61

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
AK Markram c & b AU Rashid	49	64	6	1
RD Rickelton c JC Buttler b JC Archer	35	33	5	0
T Bavuma c JC Buttler b AU Rashid	4	7	0	0
MP Breetzke lbw b JC Archer	85	77	7	3
T Stubbs run out (WG Jacks/JC Archer)	58	62	2	1
D Brevis c AU Rashid b JG Bethell	42	20	3	3
C Bosch not out	32	29	3	0
S Muthusamy lbw b JC Archer	7	6	1	0
KA Maharaj b JC Archer	1	2	0	0

Extras 17 (wd 15, nb 0, b 0, lb 2)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
JC Archer (3wd)	10.0	0	62	4
S Mahmood (2wd)	10.0	1	53	0
BA Carse (2wd)	10.0	0	68	0
AU Rashid	10.0	1	33	2
JG Bethell (4wd)	5.0	0	61	1
WG Jacks (4wd)	5.0	0	51	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
JL Smith c RD Rickelton b N Burger	0	1	0	0
BM Duckett b KA Maharaj	14	33	1	0
JE Root st RD Rickelton b KA Maharaj	61	72	8	0
JG Bethell c D Brevis b C Bosch	58	40	5	3
HC Brook c T Bavuma b S Muthusamy	33	40	2	1
JC Buttler b L Ngidi	61	51	3	3
WG Jacks c KA Maharaj b N Burger	39	33	1	2
BA Carse c AK Markram b N Burger	7	9	1	0
JC Archer not out	27	14	2	2
AU Rashid run out (MP Breetzke/N Burger)	2	4	0	0
S Mahmood not out	2	3	0	0

Extras 21 (wd 16, nb 0, b 2, lb 3) · Target 331

Bowler	O	M	R	W
N Burger (8wd)	10.0	0	63	3
L Ngidi (8wd)	10.0	0	72	1
C Bosch	10.0	1	38	1
KA Maharaj	10.0	0	59	2
AK Markram	2.0	0	27	0
S Muthusamy	8.0	0	61	1

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
JC Archer · England	133
MP Breetzke · South Africa	98
JG Bethell · England	94
JC Buttler · England	86
AU Rashid · England	80
N Burger · South Africa	75
C Bosch · South Africa	72
JE Root · England	69
AK Markram · South Africa	65
T Stubbs · South Africa	62
D Brevis · South Africa	59
KA Maharaj · South Africa	59
RD Rickelton · South Africa	48
WG Jacks · England	44
HC Brook · England	37
S Muthusamy · South Africa	33
L Ngidi · South Africa	25
BM Duckett · England	15
S Mahmood · England	14
T Bavuma · South Africa	12
BA Carse · England	8
JL Smith · England	0

South Africa won by 5 runs

Toss: England, chose to fieldPlayer of the match: MP BreetzkeVenue: Lord's, LondonSeries: South Africa tour of England 2025

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