4 h. ago Jacob Bethell’s innings against South Africa offers silver lining amid England’s ODI gloom

A much-improved England came up five runs short at Lord’s as South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series

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8 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Result and final score as hosts fall just short in second ODI

After a hammering at Headingley, England couldn’t beat South Africa in a closer game at Lord’s

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8 h. ago Jacob Bethell’s blitz against South Africa offers silver lining amid England’s ODI gloom

A much-improved England came up five runs short at Lord’s as South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series

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8 h. ago Breetzke helps South Africa edge England to clinch second men’s ODI and series

2nd ODI: South Africa, 325-9, bt England, 330-8, by 5 runsVisitors secure series despite Archer’s late cameoIt has been a South African summer at Lord’s. After the World Test Championship triumph in June came a second to savour at the home of cricket: a tight five-run win under lights that sealed their first one-day international series victory on English soil for 27 years.For England it was another reminder of how far they have fallen since lifting the World Cup on this ground six years ago, this their fifth ODI series defeat from their last six. They improved on Tuesday’s howler at Headingley but they would have done well to have played any worse. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago South Africa beat England by five runs to wrap up ODI series

England have now lost eight of 11 one-dayers this year.

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9 h. ago ODI: England face record chase to take series to a decider as South Africa batters impress

Proteas’ handiness with the bat leaves Three Lions with it all to do

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13 h. ago England face record run chase to set up decider as South Africa score 331

South Africa shone at Lord’s after being put in by Harry Brook.

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13 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Latest score and updates as hosts chase 331 to win second ODI

After a hammering at Headingley, England host South Africa at Lord’s in need of a response

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13 h. ago England given target of 331 to beat South Africa: second men’s one

Updates from the second match in the series at Lord’sEmail Taha | Sign up for the SpinThe sun is shining though the hovercraft cover is still hanging about on the pitch.It’s been one of those London days where they weather constantly gaslights you. It’s gloomy, it’s sunny, it’s wet, it’s dry, it’s balmy, it’s fresh. Make up your mind!Daniel. Good afternoon,Well, that didn’t go well, did it? A prediction that the match would start at 13:00 already overturned by events. Just goes to show that very little is predictable in international cricket, especially when England are involved. Let’s all cross our fingers, except when emailing you; though typing an email with crossed fingers might well become a rite of passage for OBOers. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Latest score and updates as Archer removes Breetzke for 85 in second ODI

After a hammering at Headingley, England host South Africa at Lord’s in need of a response

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16 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Latest score and updates as hosts pick up quick wickets in second ODI

After a hammering at Headingley, England host South Africa at Lord’s in need of a response

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17 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Latest score and updates as hosts bring in Saqib Mahmood for second ODI at Lord’s

After a hammering at Headingley, England host South Africa at Lord’s in need of a response

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19 h. ago England vs South Africa live: Latest score and updates as hosts look to hit back after dreadful start to ODI series

After a hammering at Headingley, England host South Africa at Lord’s in need of a response

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42 h. ago Michael Vaughan: England putting too much pressure on Jacob Bethell

Bethell was one of many England players who failed to deliver as South Africa romped to a dominant victory in the first Metro Bank ODI at Headingley.

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44 h. ago Harry Brook backs Sonny Baker to bounce back from brutal England debut

The talented young seamer endured a first England outing to forget in a heavy defeat to South Africa at Leeds

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54 h. ago Novak Djokovic v Taylor Fritz live: US Open latest score and updates from blockbuster quarter

Djokovic has won all 10 matches he has played against Fritz, as the American looks to return to the US Open semi-finals

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60 h. ago England captain Harry Brook admits heavy South Africa loss is ‘not good enough’

South Africa needed less than 46 of the scheduled 100 overs to confirm a thumping seven-wicket win in the first match of the Metro Bank ODI series.

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61 h. ago England bowled out for just 131 in embarrassing first ODI loss to South Africa

England’s chosen XI turned in an error-strewn and incoherent effort at Headingley

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61 h. ago Markram smashes South Africa to big first ODI victory after England collapse

England 131; South Africa 137-3; SA win by seven wicketsSonny Baker endures nightmare debut with ballThey say that if you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail, and it turns out that is what England were doing across the two understaffed days of training with which they launched themselves into this series. They proceeded to get bowled out for 131 in 24.3 overs, losing their last seven wickets for just 29 runs, before Aiden Markram humbled their bowlers in propelling South Africa towards victory by seven wickets, sealed with 175 balls to spare.A week ahead of this match Temba Bavuma’s team were in the middle of a convoluted, lengthy journey from Queensland to Yorkshire via Sydney, Singapore and London. But it was England who looked jetlagged by the less long-distance but more recent whiplash turnaround from the Hundred, in which several squad members, if only two of those selected for this series opener, were engaged 48 hours earlier. In their absence the team’s first training ...

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61 h. ago Sonny Baker endures nightmare debut as South Africa dominate first ODI

England 131; South Africa 137-3; SA win by seven wicketsMarkram smashes 55-ball 86 after England collapseThey say that if you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail, and it turns out that is what England were doing across the two understaffed days of training with which they launched themselves into this series.England proceeded to get bowled out for 131 in 24.3 overs before Aiden Markram humbled their bowlers – picking on the debutant Sonny Baker – and propelled South Africa towards victory by seven wickets, sealed with 175 balls to spare. Continue reading...

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