South Africa vs England 2nd ODI: South Africa registered a thumping victory over England in the second ODI. The hosts defeated world champions England by 5 wickets in the match played at Bloemfontein. Captain Temba Bavuma played an important role in winning the match to South Africa. In this high scoring match, Bavuma scored a century while playing the captaincy innings. The hosts achieved the target of 343 runs given by England in 49.1 overs. During this, Bavuma, who played the best innings, was declared the player of the match. After this victory, South Africa took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the ODI series.
England scored 342 runs
In the match played at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa won the toss and bowled. England’s start was not good. The first wicket of the visiting team fell for 27 runs. Jason Roy, who came to start the innings, got out after scoring 9 runs. David Malan also did not stay at the crease for long. He made 12 and kept walking. Ben Duckett, who came to bat at number three, was able to score 20 runs. After this, young Harry Brook handled the innings with captain Jose Butler. Sharing these two half-century partnerships, England recovered from the initial shocks. Brook got out after scoring 80 runs. During this, Butler stood at one end. He played an unbeaten inning of 94 runs. All-rounder Moeen Ali was also successful in scoring a century, he was dismissed after scoring 51 runs. In this way, England scored 342 runs for 7 wickets in their innings.
Bavuma played the captaincy innings
Chasing the target of 343 runs for the victory, the South African team got off to a good start. Quinton Dickock and Temba Bavuma, who came to start the innings, added 77 runs for the first wicket. Dickock got out after scoring 31 runs. While Bavuma stood firm. During this, Rasi van der Dussen 38 and Aiden Markram 49 and Henry Klaasen played useful innings of 27 in the middle order. Temba Bavuma scored 109 runs while playing the captaincy innings. When Bavuma was out, South Africa’s score was 174 for 2 wickets.
Once wickets fell quickly in the middle order, it seemed that England would win easily. But David Miller and Marco Jansen managed to steer the team to victory. Miller remained unbeaten on 58 and Jansen scored 32 runs. South Africa completed the target of 343 runs in 49.1 overs at the loss of 5 wickets. Temba Bavuma, who played a century, was awarded the title of Player of the Match.
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