Match Detail
England Men 8-311 ( 50.0 ) overs
South Africa Men:
207 ( 39.5 ) overs
England win by 104 runs
Toss - South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl.
Batsman
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Bowler
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Econ
Man of the Match
Ben Stokes
Commentary
In over# 40
Runs : 4 Bowler: Ben Stokes Wickets : 2
Over 40. 8 runs. Bowler: Ben Stokes. South Africa: 10-207(rr 5.17)
39.5
W
OUT! Caught. Ben Stokes to Imran Tahir. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, outside edge in the air uncontrolled to second slip, by Root. Tahir goes first ball, he's guided it straight to Joe Root at first slip. Stokes has two wickets in two balls and England complete a dominant victory here at the Oval. Expectations had been set high but these eleven men sure lived up to them today. After leaving some runs out there with the bat England were electric in the field, setting the tone from the very first ball. Each of the bowlers knew their role and executed their plans perfectly, the pressure proving too much for South Africa in the end. That's all from me at the Oval for today, join us again tomorrow when we'll be at Trent Bridge in Nottingham to see Pakistan take on the West Indies.
39.4
W
OUT! Caught. Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air uncontrolled to deep square leg, by Plunkett. Well struck by Rabada but Ben Stokes can do no wrong today and it's gone straight to Liam Plunkett at deep backward square. England have been impressive today.
39.3
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, hit pad past fine leg for 4 runs.
39.2
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Morgan.
39.1
4
FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pushing, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. Runs away fine off a thick edge and beats third man.
In over# 39
Runs : 6 Bowler: Liam Plunkett Wickets : 1
Over 39. 6 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. South Africa: 8-199(rr 5.10)
38.6
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Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to point for no runs, shy attempt by Roy.
38.5
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Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.
38.4
6
SIX! Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Slower length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. That's a great shot, Ngidi plays with the full face of the bat and lofts the ball straight over the bowler's head and into the stands.
38.3
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Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.
38.2
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Liam Plunkett to Lungi Ngidi. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge to point for no runs, fielded by Roy.
38.1
W
OUT! Caught. Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Off cutter bouncer, outside off stump on the back foot hooking, top edge in the air uncontrolled to wicketkeeper, by Buttler. Banged in short and Amla tried to hook from somewhere above his head. It would probably have been a wide had he not got a little top edge through to Buttler. Amla goes and this game moves closer to its conclusion.
In over# 38
Runs : 7 Bowler: Ben Stokes Wickets : 0
Over 38. 7 runs. Bowler: Ben Stokes. South Africa: 7-193(rr 5.08)
37.6
1
Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
37.5
1
Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot defending, mis-timed to point for 1 run, shy attempt by Roy.
37.4
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Slower ball half volley, down leg side on the front foot glancing, hit pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.
37.3
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Stokes, fielded by Root.
37.2
4
FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Close to a leaping Eoin Morgan, perhaps he got a fingertip to it, but it's away to the boundary for four.
37.1
1
Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Morgan.
In over# 37
Runs : 3 Bowler: Liam Plunkett Wickets : 0
Over 37. 3 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. South Africa: 7-186(rr 5.03)
36.6
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Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, middle stump no foot movement driving, inside edge to gully for no runs, fielded by Roy.
36.5
1
Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
36.4
1
Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
36.3
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Liam Plunkett to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.
36.2
1
Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for 1 run.
36.1
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Liam Plunkett to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, bottom edge to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.
In over# 36
Runs : 1 Bowler: Ben Stokes Wickets : 0
Over 36. 1 run. Bowler: Ben Stokes. South Africa: 7-183(rr 5.08)
35.6
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot Steer, to point for no runs, fielded by Roy.
35.5
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Ali.
35.4
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid on for no runs, fielded by Root.
35.3
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Ali.
35.2
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Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, middle stump on the back foot pushing, to backward point for no runs.
35.1
1
Ben Stokes to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
England Men:
8-311 ( 50.0 ) overs
South Africa Men
207 ( 39.5 ) overs
Toss - South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl.
England win by 104 runs
RR : 10.33
CRR : 5.2
Batsman
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4S
SR
Extras
10(b 0, lb 2, WD 8, NB 0)
Total
311/8 50.0 overs
FOW:
(Adil Rashid)
Bowlers
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Econ
Batsman
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4S
SR
Extras
10(b 4, lb 5, WD 1, NB 0)
Total
207/10 39.5 overs
FOW:
(Adil Rashid)
In over# 50
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
49.2
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Jofra Archer. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
In over# 49
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
48.1
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Ben Stokes. Slower ball back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, past fine leg for 4 runs. Not a good ball to start the over and helped around the corner with fine leg in the circle.
In over# 48
Runs : 8 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
47.6
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Liam Plunkett. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, in the air under control past deep square leg for 4 runs. Good shot from Plunkett, pulled away behind square.
47.4
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Ben Stokes. Slower ball short, middle stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Stokes does well to reach that and even better to hit it for four.
In over# 46
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
45.3
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Chris Woakes. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs. Width from Rabada allows Woakes a full swing of the arms, sending the ball flying over backward point. Just one bounce inside the boundary and over the ropes.
In over# 41
Runs : 4 Bowler: Imran Tahir Wickets : 0
40.4
4
FOUR! Imran Tahir to Ben Stokes. Googly back of a length, off stump backing away cutting, past deep point for 4 runs. The spin on the ball takes it further and further behind square and away from the fielder and means that in the end Stokes gets four for that shot.
In over# 36
Runs : 12 Bowler: Dwaine Pretorius Wickets : 0
35.5
4
FOUR! Dwaine Pretorius to Ben Stokes. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Scoop, well timed past third man for 4 runs. Very cute from Stokes. De Kock was up to the stumps and Stokes played a sort of reverse paddle scoop, letting the ball run away fine off the face of the bat.
35.4
4
FOUR! Dwaine Pretorius to Ben Stokes. Back of a length, outside off stump down the track flick, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Uses his feet and goes over the top again towards the shorter boundary. England are hitting the accelerator now.
35.2
4
FOUR! Dwaine Pretorius to Ben Stokes. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Thrown out wide and Stokes reached for it and hit over the top of extra cover. Not the ball du Plessis wanted the bowler to bowl with that field.
In over# 35
Runs : 4 Bowler: Andile Phehlukwayo Wickets : 0
34.2
4
FOUR! Andile Phehlukwayo to Ben Stokes. Back of a length, outside off stump down the track driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. A bit of luck for Stokes as he goes hard at the ball and it flies away off the edge. Third man is up in the circle so that will be four.
In over# 33
Runs : 4 Bowler: Andile Phehlukwayo Wickets : 0
32.3
4
FOUR! Andile Phehlukwayo to Eoin Morgan. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, past deep square leg for 4 runs. Not right out of the middle but it's in the gap, perfectly bisecting the two fielders in the deep.
In over# 32
Runs : 4 Bowler: Aiden Markram Wickets : 0
31.2
4
FOUR! Aiden Markram to Ben Stokes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Stokes goes over the top with a bit of width and it's wide enough to beat Rabada at long off. There was some fade in the air off the bat of Stokes which helped.
In over# 29
Runs : 4 Bowler: Imran Tahir Wickets : 0
28.4
4
FOUR! Imran Tahir to Ben Stokes. Leg spinner back of a length, to leg on the back foot cutting, past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Too short from Tahir and Stokes is on the back foot and finds the gap.
In over# 27
Runs : 4 Bowler: JP Duminy Wickets : 0
26.5
4
FOUR! JP Duminy to Eoin Morgan. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, past fine leg for 4 runs. Too straight from Duminy and the man there is in the ring and can't cut off a powerful sweep shot.
In over# 24
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
23.2
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Eoin Morgan. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot driving, well timed past long off for 4 runs. Lovely shot from Morgan, hit back beyond Ngidi all along the carpet.
In over# 19
Runs : 8 Bowler: Andile Phehlukwayo Wickets : 0
18.6
4
FOUR! Andile Phehlukwayo to Eoin Morgan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep cover for 4 runs. Hands through the ball and Morgan drives for four second ball, not afraid of hitting in the air.
18.3
4
FOUR! Andile Phehlukwayo to Jason Roy. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long on for 4 runs. Drilled back down the ground, no respect for the bowler in that shot.
In over# 16
Runs : 4 Bowler: Dwaine Pretorius Wickets : 0
15.2
4
FOUR! Dwaine Pretorius to Jason Roy. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control past long off for 4 runs. Hit up and over the top by Roy, he saw the slower ball early. This is the kind of bowling he backs himself to take apart.
In over# 13
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
12.6
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Jason Roy. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. A disappointing finish to the over for Rabada as Roy plays a short-arm pull and gets the ball well in front of square.
In over# 12
Runs : 4 Bowler: Dwaine Pretorius Wickets : 0
11.5
4
FOUR! Dwaine Pretorius to Jason Roy. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. There's the pressure releasse for Roy, short and smashed over the top. He was just starting to look twitchy too.
In over# 11
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
10.2
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Joe Root. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past long on for 4 runs. What a wonderful cricket shot from Root, that one would be at home right in the middle of the textbook.
In over# 9
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
8.4
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Joe Root. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, past deep square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Ngidi. Picked up quickly and pulled by Root. Again a South African fielder could have done better in the deep.
In over# 8
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
7.3
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Jason Roy. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump moves in front driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Finds the gap in the covers and it's another boundary for Roy, England going well now.
In over# 7
Runs : 4 Bowler: Kagiso Rabada Wickets : 0
6.1
4
FOUR! Kagiso Rabada to Jason Roy. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, well timed past long off for 4 runs.
In over# 6
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
5.3
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Jason Roy. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot glancing, well timed past fine leg for 4 runs. Punched down the ground by Roy. In fact it's gone all the way to the boundary after running quickly over the advertisements.
In over# 5
Runs : 8 Bowler: Imran Tahir Wickets : 0
4.4
4
FOUR! Imran Tahir to Joe Root. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot sweeping, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Amla. Swept off leg stump and it's through. There are some ageing legs in this South African team.
4.1
4
FOUR! Imran Tahir to Jason Roy. Leg spinner short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Too short and crashed off the back foot by Roy. How many more will Tahir bowl now?
In over# 4
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
3.4
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Joe Root. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep square leg for 4 runs. Too short this time from Ngidi and Root rocks back and pulls beautifully behind square.
In over# 2
Runs : 4 Bowler: Lungi Ngidi Wickets : 0
1.5
4
FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Joe Root. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Full and wide and gracefully dispatched to the boundary by Joe Root.
In over# 40
Runs : 4 Bowler: Ben Stokes Wickets : 0
39.1
4
FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pushing, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. Runs away fine off a thick edge and beats third man.
In over# 38
Runs : 4 Bowler: Ben Stokes Wickets : 0
37.2
4
FOUR! Ben Stokes to Kagiso Rabada. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Close to a leaping Eoin Morgan, perhaps he got a fingertip to it, but it's away to the boundary for four.
In over# 34
Runs : 4 Bowler: Jofra Archer Wickets : 0
33.4
4
FOUR! Jofra Archer to Andile Phehlukwayo. Short, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, past fine leg for 4 runs. That's gone quickly and it's gone fine and Rashid won't get there to cut it off.
In over# 33
Runs : 4 Bowler: Adil Rashid Wickets : 0
32.1
4
FOUR! Adil Rashid to Andile Phehlukwayo. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Whacked over the legside field, South Africa need plenty more of those.
In over# 30
Runs : 8 Bowler: Moeen Ali Wickets : 0
29.4
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, past deep cover for 4 runs. Too short from Moeen and cut away nicely.
29.1
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to Andile Phehlukwayo. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track Slog, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
In over# 29
Runs : 4 Bowler: Adil Rashid Wickets : 0
28.4
4
FOUR! Adil Rashid to Andile Phehlukwayo. Slider length ball, off stump down the track driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Lovely use of the feet and driven firmly into the gap.
In over# 26
Runs : 4 Bowler: Moeen Ali Wickets : 0
25.3
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to JP Duminy. Off break length ball, off stump down the track flick, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Good use of the feet from Duminy. He doesn't have much time to get going here with the rate climbing for South Africa.
In over# 22
Runs : 8 Bowler: Moeen Ali Wickets : 0
21.5
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, outside edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. That would have gone straight to first slip but there isn't one and again the ball runs away to the fence.
21.2
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed past third man for 4 runs. Followed up with a clever reverse paddle sweep that also finds its way to the boundary. Moeen has bowled two good balls in this over and conceded ten runs.
In over# 21
Runs : 4 Bowler: Liam Plunkett Wickets : 0
20.1
4
FOUR! Liam Plunkett to Quinton de Kock. Short, down leg side backing away pulling, past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. A shuffle of the feet from de Kock puts Plunkett off and he gets pulled behind square for four.
In over# 17
Runs : 4 Bowler: Adil Rashid Wickets : 0
16.1
4
FOUR! Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock. Googly length ball, down leg side on the back foot sweeping, well timed past fine leg for 4 runs. Gets it fine, down the legside from Rashid and cleverly put away.
In over# 16
Runs : 4 Bowler: Moeen Ali Wickets : 0
15.2
4
FOUR! Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed past deep backward point for 4 runs. Gets the reverse out and plays it well. That might just get him going out in the middle.
In over# 11
Runs : 4 Bowler: Adil Rashid Wickets : 0
10.5
4
FOUR! Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock. Googly length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, bottom edge past third man for 4 runs. Would you believe it! The ball has hit off stump, the bail lit up and then settled back into position on top of the stumps. To really rub it in it rebounded away for four runs too, the ball coming off the bottom edge of de Kock's bat, into his pad and then off off stump.
In over# 8
Runs : 8 Bowler: Jofra Archer Wickets : 0
7.5
4
FOUR! Jofra Archer to Faf du Plessis. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Not loads of footwork from du Plessis but great hands and the timing wasn't shabby either.
7.3
4
FOUR! Jofra Archer to Aiden Markram. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. That's another classy drive from Markram. It might have been a surprise to some that he was in the eleven today but he looks good so far.
In over# 7
Runs : 4 Bowler: Chris Woakes Wickets : 0
6.5
4
FOUR! Chris Woakes to Aiden Markram. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Finally Markram gets one through the elite fielders in the offside ring. That was a lovely cricket shot.
In over# 5
Runs : 8 Bowler: Chris Woakes Wickets : 0
4.5
4
FOUR! Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock. Back of a length, to leg on the front foot pushing, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. And that's four too, excellent timing from de Kock as he stands up really tall on that front foot.
4.3
4
FOUR! Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock. Back of a length, to leg on the front foot cutting, well timed past deep point for 4 runs. This time de Kock does get one through that offside field, he gave himself just enough room for the shot.
In over# 4
Runs : 4 Bowler: Jofra Archer Wickets : 0
3.2
4
FOUR! Jofra Archer to Hashim Amla. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, well timed past third man for 4 runs. Deft touch from the experienced Amla, run down off the face of the bat wide of second slip but fine of third man.
In over# 3
Runs : 4 Bowler: Chris Woakes Wickets : 0
2.4
4
FOUR! Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock. Off cutter back of a length, to leg on the front foot cutting, top edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. Slip had just been taken out and that's where this ball has gone. De Kock was looking to get on the front foot but it was a cutter from Woakes and it got big on him, taking a top-edge as de Kock played a flat-batted shot.
Jason Roy
0 (0)
0(0)
Jonny Bairstow
0 (0)
Jason Roy
0 (0)
0(0)
Joe Root
0 (0)
Joe Root
0 (0)
0(0)
Eoin Morgan
0 (0)
Eoin Morgan
0 (0)
0(0)
Ben Stokes
0 (0)
Ben Stokes
0 (0)
0(0)
Jos Buttler
0 (0)
Ben Stokes
0 (0)
0(0)
Moeen Ali
0 (0)
Ben Stokes
0 (0)
0(0)
Chris Woakes
0 (0)
Ben Stokes
0 (0)
0(0)
Liam Plunkett
0 (0)
Liam Plunkett
0 (0)
0(0)
Jofra Archer
0 (0)
Quinton de Kock
0 (0)
0(0)
Hashim Amla
0 (0)
Quinton de Kock
0 (0)
0(0)
Aiden Markram
0 (0)
Quinton de Kock
0 (0)
0(0)
Faf du Plessis
0 (0)
Quinton de Kock
0 (0)
0(0)
Rassie van der Dussen
0 (0)
Rassie van der Dussen
0 (0)
0(0)
JP Duminy
0 (0)
Rassie van der Dussen
0 (0)
0(0)
Dwaine Pretorius
0 (0)
Rassie van der Dussen
0 (0)
0(0)
Andile Phehlukwayo
0 (0)
Hashim Amla
0 (0)
0(0)
Andile Phehlukwayo
0 (0)
Hashim Amla
0 (0)
0(0)
Kagiso Rabada
0 (0)
Kagiso Rabada
0 (0)
0(0)
Lungi Ngidi
0 (0)
Lungi Ngidi
0 (0)
0(0)
Imran Tahir
0 (0)