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Archer’s six wickets after Butler and Malan’s century innings, England beat South Africa

Captain Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan scored centuries after fast bowler Jofra Archer’s six wickets in his first series in two years as England beat South Africa by 59 runs in the third ODI. The England team, which had already lost the three-match series, was in trouble in this match as well, losing three wickets for 14 runs, but opener Malan’s 118 and Butler’s 131-run innings and the 232-run partnership for the fourth wicket between the two. On his own, he dismissed South Africa for 287 runs in 43.1 overs after scoring 346 runs for seven wickets.

Archer tore through South Africa’s top and middle order batsmen. He took six wickets for 40 runs in 9.1 overs. Archer sealed the team’s victory by bowling South Africa’s last batsman Tabraiz Shamsi. South Africa are still out of automatic qualification for this year’s 50-over World Cup in India and need to win every match. The team has two ODIs against the Netherlands to get automatic qualification. England have booked their ticket for this World Cup.

After Jason Roy (1), Ben Duckett (0) and Harry Brook (6) returned to the pavilion cheaply, Malan and Butler did not give the South African bowlers a chance to dominate, adopting an aggressive attitude after initially batting. . Malan hit seven fours and six sixes in his 114-ball innings, while Butler hit six fours and seven sixes in his 127-ball innings.

Moeen Ali then hit a blistering 43 off 23 balls, studded with two fours and four sixes, as England made the highest ODI score at this ground. Earlier this record was in the name of Sri Lanka. In 2012, Sri Lanka scored 304 runs for five wickets. South Africa rested Kagiso Rabada and Enrich Norkia in this match. Lungi Ngidi was the best bowler of the team with figures of 4/62. Archer made his comeback in the first game of the series after being sidelined for a long time due to elbow and back injuries. He scalped the crucial wickets of Rassie van der Dussen (05), Aiden Markram (39), David Miller (13) and Heinrich Klaasen (80), South Africa’s highest run-scorer.

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