England vs South Africa LIVE: Cricket World Cup 2023 reaction as Jos Buttler’s men lose by 229 runs
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Your support makes all the difference.England suffered another humiliating 229-run defeat against South Africa at Mumbai, which will be hard to come back from and keep any chances of Cricket World Cup semi-final qualification alive.
In Delhi, Jos Buttler’s side were left stunned and contemplating the nature of their 69-run defeat to Afghanistan, who only recently acquired full-ICC member status, and they fell apart again against the Proteas.
The cracks that had been evident in their first two matches became gaping holes, Henrich Klaasen smashed 109 from 67 to take South Africa to just short of 399, as England struggled to take wickets but it was the batting where the match became a disaster.
South Africa ripped through the top order, and other than a prolific record-breaking partnership for the ninth wicket between Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood, the next-highest score was Harry Brook’s 17.
It was England’s heaviest defeat in ODI cricket. It is worth remembering that England lost three matches and still qualified for the semi-finals when they went on to win the competition back in 2019, but with India and Australia still to play, it is looking like a difficult task.
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South Africa 76-1 (13) van der Dussen 34, Hendricks 36, Root 0-6 (1)
Adil Rashid may not be feeling quite right, but Joe Root bowls the 13th and goes for six singles.
Interesting decision, and he may have to bowl more than expected here.
South Africa 70-1 (12) van der Dussen 33, Hendricks 31, Wood 0-10 (1)
Wood has been brought on for his first over, and he has gone for a boundary second ball of the over.
The one thing that has been the case throughout this World Cup is that pace can often be expensive, you only have to look at Haris Rauf from Pakistan’s figures for that.
And there’s another one that takes Hendricks on to 31.
10 runs from Wood’s first over and despite claiming that early breakthrough, it’s starting to look like England need to break this partnership.
South Africa 60-1 (11) van der Dussen 28, Hendricks 26, Atkinson 0-11 (2)
It was a good comeback over from Atkinson after a slightly shaky start.
Just the one run from it and he looks to have settled into a rhythm.
South Africa 59-1 (10) van der Dussen 28, Hendricks 25, Willey 0-27 (5)
Willey has started to be expensive here after a tight start. England will be wanting to find another breakthrough, but there will be a touch of relief that that has brought up the end of the powerplay.
South Africa 49-1 (9) van der Dussen 27, Hendricks 16, Atkinson 0-10 (1)
Gus Atkinson will bowl for the first time in this tournament, in only his fourth ODI, and he makes Hendricks uncomfortable first ball of the over.
But the next one has been driven for four. It has been driven straight over the bowler’s head, but only just and that wasn’t far away from being a good catching chance.
That’s another 10 from the over, I wonder what England are going to do here.
South Africa 39-1 (8) van der Dussen 27, Hendricks 6, Willey 0-17 (4)
Willey will bowl his fourth here, and the commentators are just discussing how hot and humid it is which will not be conducive to England.
Willey’s length and line has just got a little wayward, he is hit for a four third ball of his fourth over.
And another boundary comes soon after, van der Dussen is just starting to find his footing and England will want to make sure they keep things tight.
10 runs from that over
South Africa 28-1 (7) van der Dussen 16, Hendricks 6, Topley 1-21 (3.5) Root 0-1 (0.1)
It looks like Topley has just caught the end of the finger here trying to field a delivery that just flicked the end of the finger and there’s a brief delay with the physio poised on the sidelines if he’s needed.
There’s a four fourth ball of the over from van der Dussen that will be welcomed by South Africa but Topley might be a bit frustrated.
And after that he has called the physio out to have a look at the finger.
It has not helped Topley, and he goes for two boundaries in two balls. This over will be completed by Joe Root. This could be a massive blow to England who will hope he can make a return.
South Africa 18-1 (6), van der Dussen 6, Hendricks 6, Willey 0-7 (3)
David Willey has had another solid over with just two from his third.
England will be happy with this start so far, they have the early wicket and South Africa are struggling to find the gaps.
South Africa 16-1 (5) van der Dussen 5, Hendricks 5, Topley 1-11 (3)
Willey is then called into action again the first ball of Topley’s third over with a stunning one-handed diving stop at midwicket to prevent a boundary.
The extra bounce of Topley is causing problems.
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