Recent Match
Champions Trophy, 2025, 11th Match, Group B, , Mar 1st, 2025

South Africa

(29.1 ov) 181/3

England

(38.2 ov) 179/10

complete South Africa won by 7 wkts

Player of Match: Marco Jansen

England lost all their group games and leave the sub-continental shores with gloomy memories. Buttler stepping down as England's white-ball captain will perhaps lead to a paradigm shift for English cricket. But as Buttler mentioned in the post-match interview, we all are hopeful that with no burden of captaincy, Buttler will play with a lot of freedom and once again reinvent himself in ODI cricket. Root is a prime example of having prospered after relinquishing captaincy. South Africa, on the other hand, march on and enter the semis with their confidence soaring sky high. Join us tomorrow for the blockbuster game between India and New Zealand in Dubai. Tomorrow's result will give us clarity as to which teams will play each other respectively in first semi-final and second semi-final. That's it from our side for tonight. See you there. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!
Aiden Markram: (On his hamstring niggle) I think it’s alright, hopefully in the next few days, I can get good rest and recover. (On the pitch) It was slow initially, the boys adapted really well to the conditions. We held our lengths and bowled in good channels. (On Marco Jansen) He has been huge for us, he takes wickets upfront, he finds different ways of doing so and he pairs well with KG as well. (On Klaasen) He has been in ridiculous sort of form since the last many months. He had a little niggle but he never really left, he has been great for us. (On their plans if they play their semi-final in Dubai) We have to see whether that’s the case and what the conditions will be like, we have a big squad to choose from. The coach generally gets the best out of the players.
Jos Buttler: It was really a disappointing performance, we were short of our mark today, so really disappointing. A decent surface, a little bit slow and two-paced, Duckett got us into a nice position but we couldn't take advantage of that. I don't know to be honest, as a whole group, we are not getting the results and that takes away the confidence from us. So, it's a change of scene and we have to see where cricket takes us. Of course, there is no doubt, the talent is there, we have all the elements to put together a great side, I'm sure Brendon and the guys at the top will formulate some plans and it's up to the individuals as well to put their mark and assure that the team gets to where it wants to be. It was a fantastic time to be a world-cup winning captain and that was my best day in my captaincy tenure. Joe has been a shining light and a great example for us. After relinquishing his captaincy, he has played brilliantly and hopefully, I can follow in his footsteps.
Stats by Roshan Gede
Jos Buttler as England ODI captain
Matches: 45
Wins: 18
Defeats: 26
NR: 1
W/L ratio: 0.692
Of the 14 England captains who have led in at least 15 ODIs, his win-loss ratio is the second-lowest.
England have now lost 10 of the 11 internationals in 2025 (four out of five T20Is and each of the six ODIs).
Highest win-margins for SA in CT (by wickets)
By 9 wickets vs BAN, Edgbaston, 2004
By 8 wickets vs ENG, Nairobi, 2000
By 7 wickets vs ENG, Karachi, 2025
By 6 wickets vs ENG, Dhaka, 1998
Most defeats in a CT edition without a single win
3 - Zimbabwe in 2006
3 - West Indies in 2009
3 - Pakistan in 2013
3 - England in 2025
Most consecutive ODI defeats for England
11 - October 2000 - June 2001
7 - February 1985 - June 1985
7 - March 1993 - May 1993
7 - February 1999 - April 1999
7 - June 2006 - September 2006
7* - November 2024 - March 2025
Heinrich Klaasen now has 15 50-plus scores in ODIs. Of those 15, today's knock was the only one that didn't feature a single six.
Marco Jansen: It’s a good feeling, the boys worked very hard, good batting conditions from a batting point of view, ver happy to go through. I used all my options really well, hit my lengths really well. (On the catch he took to dismiss Brook) Only 28 meters? Wow! I only saw the ball going up and didn’t think much, I got there really easily. (On making it to the semi-finals) Will take it as it comes but for now, we are going to rest tomorrow.
19:44 Local Time, 14:44 GMT, 20:14 IST:
29.1
Livingstone to Miller, SIX, straight down the ground
28.6
Adil Rashid to van der Dussen, no run, drifting in on middle, van der Dussen nudges it to short mid-wicket
28.5
Adil Rashid to Miller, 1 run, on a length on middle and leg, Miller nudges it through mid-wicket
David Miller, left handed bat, comes to the crease
28.4
Adil Rashid to Klaasen, out Caught by Saqib Mahmood!! Klaasen c Saqib Mahmood b Adil Rashid 64(56) [4s-11]
Adil Rashid to Klaasen, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
28.3
Adil Rashid to Klaasen, no run
28.2
Adil Rashid to Klaasen, no run