ENG vs sa: Keshav Maharaj’s deadly bowling and Markram’s stormy innings defeated England by 7 wickets

By Cross Talk India Team On Sep 2, 2025

By winning the toss, South Africa invited England to bat first. England started very bad and Ben Docket was out on a score of just 5. After this, Joe Root (14) and captain Harry Brook (12) also returned to the pavilion early. For England, only wicketkeeper Jamie Smith Tick, who scored 54 runs. But the team suddenly shattered 102/3 due to continuous tremors and finally was all out for 131 runs in 24.3 overs.

South African bowlers did not give England any chance. Keshav Maharaj took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 5.3 overs while bowling deadly. At the same time, Vian Mulder took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 7 overs.

Chasing a target of 132 runs, South Africa started fast. Opener Aidan Markram played a stormy innings of 86 runs off just 55 balls, including 13 fours and 2 sixes. Wicketkeeper Ryan Ricelton took the innings by scoring 31*.

However, South Africa lost three wickets in a while as soon as the victory reached near. Markram was dismissed at 86, then captain Temba Bavuma (6) and Triston Stabs (0) were also dismissed early. But as soon as Dawld Bravis came, a six in the second ball hit the team to 132/3 in 20.5 overs and won.

Only Adil Rashid was effective for England, who took all 3 wickets for 26 runs in 3.5 overs. At the same time, Jofra Archer bowled economically but did not succeed.

In this way, South Africa defeated England in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the series and gave a shock to the hosts.