Quote from: Farhan99 on September 06, 2025, 08:19:01 PM

Quote from: MusaPk on September 05, 2025, 06:34:53 PM

England made a good come back in second ODI after losing the first ODI in awful manner. When South Africa finished their innings at 330 runs in 50 overs, it looks like England will lose second ODI also. But English team surprised everyone by making 325 runs. Root and Butler both scored 61 runs for their side. England needed 16 runs in last over by that time 9 wickets have gone down and they don't have any recognised batsmen on the crease. Matthew Breetzke was man of the match for his brilliant 85 runs.

Yep, In the 2nd ODI game SA defeated Eng by a small margin.

The point is that South Africa won that 2nd game and therefore they have already won the series. It was a high scoring game and England did a good effort to reach to 325 runs but still lose the match. I am sure that that would have broken their hopes and i am not sure how well they can forget that loss and comeback in this match. Of Course a loss of series by 2-1 is much better as compared to a 3-0 loss and therefore England must have in their back of their minds that they have to win this match and save the whitewash at least (if not the series).