| ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Mumbai: |
| South Africa 399-7 (50 overs): Klaasen 109 (67), Jansen 75* (42) |
| England 170 (22 overs): Wood 43* (17), Atkinson 35 (21) |
| South Africa win by 229 runs |
| Scorecard. Table |
England’s World Cup defence is hanging by a thread after a horrible 229-run thrashing by South Africa in Mumbai.
The world champions can nonetheless qualify for the semi-finals however will doubtless need to win all 5 of their remaining group matches to ensure doing so.
In one in all their all-time worst defeats, England struggled with sickness and harm in sweltering warmth and the Proteas crashed 399-7 – probably the most England have ever conceded in a 50-over recreation.
Heinrich Klaasen hit a 61-ball hundred and Marco Jansen 75 from 42 balls as England misplaced all management.
Having been battered in the sphere, England’s batters have been then blown away in what grew to become in an more and more ugly evening.
They have been 68-6 after which 100-8 – just some slogging from Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson stopping an much more humiliating margin of defeat.
Still, it’s the largest in their historical past in phrases of runs in one-day worldwide cricket, with Jos Buttler’s facet 170 all out in 22 overs.
Their floundering marketing campaign continues towards Sri Lanka on Thursday earlier than conferences towards India and Australia that would finish their probabilities.
England hammered in the warmth
England got here into this recreation needing a press release win to resurrect their marketing campaign.
Instead, it has been left in a sorry mess after one in all their all-time lows on this stage.
They received the toss and rung the adjustments – Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone all dropped and Ben Stokes lastly match – earlier than Reece Topley had Quinton de Kock caught behind with the second ball.
That was pretty much as good because it obtained.
Topley went off with an injured finger on his bowling hand after seven overs, Adil Rashid battled admirably by way of sickness for 2-61, just for their issues to deepen when David Willey, one of many three replacements, went down with cramp after 36 overs.
The consequence was a staff that regarded completely frazzled.
The final 10 overs went for 143 runs, together with 84 from the ultimate 5, as Klaasen and Jansen brutally mixed for a partnership of 151 in simply 77 balls.
That left England needing to drag off their highest chase in ODIs and the best by any staff at a World Cup – however, confronted with a wave of momentum, they didn’t get shut.
Unless they will produce one of the vital unlikely turnarounds, their reign as world champions might be over earlier than the event actually hots up.
Batters blown away
England’s slide began as early because the third over when Jonny Bairstow, having flicked one leg-side six, was caught at advantageous leg after sending the ball excessive into the evening sky off Lungi Ngidi.
When Joe Root flicked Jansen into the fingers of leg slip and Dawid Malan was caught down the leg facet on overview to start out the left-armer’s subsequent over the writing was already on the wall.
Stokes was enjoying his first match of the event after hip harm. Even he couldn’t pull England out of this mess.
He drove straight again to Kagiso Rabada and was caught and bowled for 5 earlier than 23-year-old seamer Gerald Coetzee nicked off Buttler for 15 and pinned Harry Brook lbw for 17 in the area of three balls.
Wood and Atkinson had some enjoyable in their partnership of 70 in 32 balls.
Wood was dropped on 10 and hit 5 sixes in his 43, whereas Atkinson struck seven fours in a 21-ball 35.
But defeat was confirmed when Atkinson was bowled by left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, with Topley not in a position to bat due to his harm.
Afterwards, England coach Matthew Mott stated early indications are Topley has suffered a damaged finger and added travelling reserve Jofra Archer is not going to be thought of for choice, with any potential substitute for Topley to be flown in.
Klaasen inflicts carnage
South Africa really made a cautious begin after the lack of De Kock by reaching 18-1 off six overs. Reeza Hendricks, who was known as in on the morning of the sport to switch ailing captain Temba Bavuma, took 13 balls to get off the mark.
But the harm to Topley, suffered fielding a drive off his personal bowling, proved to be the catalyst, as measured aggression grew to become all-out assault. His subsequent two deliveries have been hit for 4 earlier than Root needed to full the left-armer’s over.
Hendricks struck 85 from 75 balls earlier than being bowled by Rashid because the Proteas reached 200-3 in the thirty first over.
Topley ultimately returned after prolonged remedy and when he had Aiden Markram caught at deep mid-wicket and David Miller taken at mid-on there was an opportunity for England to restrict the harm.
Klaasen, although, took 21 balls to go from 50 to 100 by crashing something brief and driving excessive down the bottom.
Willey, by now battling the consequences of cramp, bowled a waist-high full toss that was thrashed for six whereas Topley conceded 26 from the forty ninth and Mark Wood’s seven wicketless overs went for 76.
‘We have been completely outplayed’ – response
Player of the match, South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen: “That hundred is up there with my finest ever. The situations have been brutal.
“The defeat to the Netherlands was a tricky loss however one defeat doesn’t make a foul staff. This was a unbelievable efficiency.”
England captain Jos Buttler: “Incredibly disappointing. We got here right here with excessive hopes, we needed to play our greatest cricket however we have been properly in need of that and very well overwhelmed in the tip. Potentially we must always’ve batted first in this warmth.
“It leaves us with no room for error. We in all probability need to win each different recreation we play from right here on.”
South Africa stand-in captain Aiden Markram: “A unbelievable all-round efficiency from us. An effective way to bounce again from the defeat to the Netherlands. You could not have requested for larger efforts and the abilities on high of these efforts, too.”
England coach Matthew Mott, talking to Sky Sports: “That was a tough evening for us. The warmth was greater than we bargained for. We have been really in management of the powerplay early on however it simply spiralled uncontrolled after that.
“We have been completely outplayed and so they engineered the situations completely.”
