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England Men vs South Africa Men - Match 1

ENG

311/8 (50.0)

207 (39.5)

CR:5.20 | RR:10.33

England win by 104 runs

MATCH DETAILS

Venue
The Oval, London
Series
ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2019
Toss
South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl.
Umpire
Dharmasena, H D P K , Oxenford, B N J
Match Referee
Boon, D C
Tv Umpire
Reiffel, P R
Man of the Match
Ben Stokes

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lungi Ngidi	6	5	0	1	120.00
Imran Tahir	0	1	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	Ec.
Ben Stokes	2.5	0	12	2	0	0	4.24

39.3 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, hit pad past fine leg for 4 runs.

39.2 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Morgan.

39.1 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pushing, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.

38.6 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

Over 39. 6 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. South Africa: 8-199(rr 5.10)

38.6 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to point for no runs, shy attempt by Roy.

38.5 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

38.4 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

SIX! Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Slower length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.

38.3 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

38.2 Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi

Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge to point for no runs, fielded by Roy.

38.1 Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla

OUT! Caught. Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Off cutter bouncer, outside off stump on the back foot hooking, top edge in the air uncontrolled to wicketkeeper, by Buttler. Banged in short and Amla tried to hook from somewhere above his head. It would probably have been a wide had he not got a little top edge through to Buttler. Amla goes and this game moves closer to its conclusion.

37.6 Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla

Over 38. 7 runs. Bowler: Ben Stokes. South Africa: 7-193(rr 5.08)

37.6 Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla

Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ali.

37.5 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot defending, mis-timed to point for 1 run, shy attempt by Roy.

37.4 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Slower ball half volley, down leg side on the front foot glancing, hit pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

37.3 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Stokes, fielded by Root.

37.2 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Close to a leaping Eoin Morgan, perhaps he got a fingertip to it, but it's away to the boundary for four.

37.1 Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla

Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Morgan.

36.6 Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada

Over 37. 3 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. South Africa: 7-186(rr 5.03)

36.6 Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada

Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, middle stump no foot movement driving, inside edge to gully for no runs, fielded by Roy.

36.5 Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla

Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ali.

36.4 Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada

Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.

36.3 Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada

Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

36.2 Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla

Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for 1 run.

36.1 Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla

Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, bottom edge to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

35.6 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Over 36. 1 run. Bowler: Ben Stokes. South Africa: 7-183(rr 5.08)

35.6 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot Steer, to point for no runs, fielded by Roy.

35.5 Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada

Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Ali.