Lungi Angidi broke Morne Morkel’s record by taking a special wicket of Joe Root, included in this special list against England

By Cross Talk India Team Last updated Sep 2, 2025

On Tuesday (September 2), Nandre Burger took the initial wicket for South Africa, after winning the toss in the first ODI between England and South Africa, after which Ngidi sent England batsman Joe Root to the pavilion. This wicket was very special for him as Angidi completed his 16 wickets in ODIs against England and overtook Morne Morkel (15 wickets).

Ngidi has now reached seventh in the list of South African bowlers who took the most wickets in ODIs against England. The top of this list is Sean Pollock, who took 40 wickets in 30 matches against England. He is followed by Allen Donald (31 wickets), Jacques Kallis (25 wickets), Kagiso Rabada (22 wickets), Makhaya NTney (20 wickets) and Wayne Parnell (17 wickets).

Significantly, Ngidi achieved this achievement in just 11 matches, while Morkel had 14 matches. This wicket not only gave a big blow to the opposing team, but also achieved in individual records.

Talking about the match, England’s innings, batting first, was reduced to 131 runs in just 24.3 overs. Jamie Smith scored 54 runs, but no batsman besides him could cross the 15 -run mark. For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj and Vian Mulder bowled deadly. Maharaj took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 5.3 overs, while Mulder took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 7 overs. At the same time, Lungi Engidi and Nandre Burger also got 1-1 success.

South Africa did not find any difficulty in chasing the small target and the team comfortably took a 1-0 lead in the series with 7 wickets in 20.5 overs.