However, the target for England in the second ODI match is 331 runs, that is, England has to score 6+ runs in every over, if England cannot do that, then their run rate will continue to increase, but England's batsmen will be under considerable batting pressure, as a result of which the scales of victory will tilt towards South Africa.
If England can win the target of 331 runs on this pitch, it will be a new record. We have seen England's weak batting lineup in the first match. So the possibility of England winning is very low. Even then, since England is an experienced team. They will definitely try to win. England will have to score more than 6.5 runs per over. This is a very difficult task. Before scoring any runs, England lost the very important wicket of Jamie Smith. Their collection is 54 runs in 9 overs. If the batsmen can survive at the crease and do not lose wickets quickly, then the match will undoubtedly become competitive.
I thought England would be all out before scoring 300 runs in the second ODI against South Africa but England really performed well against South Africa even though they came close to losing the second ODI. If there was another over left then this win would definitely have gone to England. South Africa have already secured the series by winning the first two matches of the series so now they just have to whitewash England. If South Africa can win all three ODI matches against England then it will be a big record for South Africa in the ODI series. Although the third match is a match to defend England's honour so England will try to perform quite well in the third match and by any means England will try to win the third ODI match against South Africa.