England vs South Africa, 2nd ODI

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Matthew Breetzke

Very happy. Me and Stubbo found it to be quite tricky. Thought 280 was a good total, the longer we batted we felt better. Bit of old-school cricket. Bit of batsmanship, we read the conditions, wanted to build partnerships and score at the back end. (on his run with the bat in this format) I don't know to be honest, it's been really good so far and hope it continues.

England's last four ODIs vs South Africa
Lost by 229 runs (Mumbai 2023)
Lost with 125 balls to spare (Karachi 2025)
Lost with 175 balls to spare (Leeds 2025)
Lost by 7 runs (Lord’s 2025)

Harry Brook:
They probably got 10-15 too many, to get one blow of that score was a great effort. (Bethell at 4) Was just to unsettle their spinners. They had two left-arm spinners, tried to keep the right and left hand combo. We were quite unlucky in the powerplay, lots of plays and misses, couple of LBWs did not go our way. Minute improvements, was a great effort from the lads today.

Temba Bavuma:
Very proud. Brought some pride and enjoyment to the people back home and also the ones who came in here enjoyed a good game. More than competitive score, definitely would have taken that when we were three-down. Matthew Breetzke continuing his good run and well supported by Stubbs, and young Brevis doing what he does. We did not start well with the ball, Kesh showing why he is number one and our fielding was much better. Bosch has the ability to bowl in the powerplay but also outside of the powerplay. He will be proud of his performance and gave us a lot of control, which we were looking for particularly in the middle overs. We don't have a lot of options at the moment, lots of them are injured. We will see what the conditions are there (Southampton) and we will put out our best team there.