At the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday, March 1, South Africa defeated England by seven wickets with 125 deliveries remaining in Match 11 of the Champions Trophy 2025. With this, they advanced from Group B to the knockout stage alongside Australia.
On the second and fourth deliveries of the first over, Phil Salt hit a few of boundaries to start the English innings. But in yet another frantic innings, Marco Jansen had the final laugh by getting rid of the opener. In his next over, the tall left-arm pacer dismissed another player. England were 62/3 at the end of the 10-over mark, and Jansen had taken all three of their wickets.
Harry Brook and Joe Root both contributed significant runs to the scoreboard. But by the end of the 18th over, the English were five down when both batsmen were dismissed in quick succession. The Proteas never allowed England to escape their grasp, and it was a traditional middle overs squeeze. The captain was the ninth wicket to go, as Jos Buttler ultimately ran out of partners. In the end, England was dismissed for 179 in 38.2 overs.
For South Africa, moving Tristan Stubbs up the order did not work out well.
Jofra Archer took his first wicket of the evening as he was out for a five-ball duck. Saqib Mahmood did not exactly put as much pressure on the batting lineup as Archer had, despite the fact that Archer had started off rather promisingly. Even though Ryan Rickelton was dismissed in the same manner as Stubbs, South Africa was still positioned rather well at 58/2.
Rassie van der Dussen was joined in the centre by Heinrich Klaasen. As they edged closer to the target by milking runs in the middle overs, the two batters worked effectively together. The English bowlers did not pose a danger to their position. Adil Rashid took a consolation wicket for the unfortunate English team when the two batters were within inches from their objective, breaking the 127-run stand.
Check out how X reacted to Match 11 of Champions Trophy 2025:
Temba Bavuma #ENGvSA #ENGvsSA pic.twitter.com/DsJMFRP7eq
— बलिया वाले 2.0 (@balliawalebaba) March 1, 2025
– Semi Final in CWC 2023.
– Final in T20I WC 2024.
– Qualified into Final in WTC 2025.
– Qualified into Semi in CT 2025.SOUTH AFRICA, ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT TEAM IN CRICKET
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— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 1, 2025
Temba Bavuma supremacy https://t.co/aT8Eya1ZhP
— Ziya (@Ziyab07) March 1, 2025
As clinical as it gets for South Africa as they finish Group B on top!
NEXT STOP FOR
SEMI-FINALS
#ChampionsTrophyOnJioStar
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 1, 2025
Marco Jansen has quietly become a powerplay beast in ODIs over the last two years.
22 wickets in 23 innings in the first 10 overs : Joint-most among all bowlers from Test-playing nations
Fun fact: He went wicketless in powerplay in his first 6 innings, but once he got going, he… pic.twitter.com/tNV4SvSEnd
— Abhishek AB (@ABsay_ek) March 1, 2025
Marco Jansen is the Player of the match
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— Werner (@Werries_) March 1, 2025
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Men’s CWC
Men’s T20 WC
Champ Trophy
WTC Final
Men’s U19 WC
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— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 1, 2025
That is the end of Jos Buttler’s time as England white-ball captain and what a disaster it was, at the end! #ChampionsTrophy #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/jl51Y3Jcda
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) March 1, 2025
South Africa Pace Attack
#ENGvsSA #ENGvSA
— बलिया वाले 2.0 (@balliawalebaba) March 1, 2025
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