South Africa vs England

South Africa tour of England - 2025 · Lord's, London · 4 September 2025

South Africa won by 5 runs

South Africa won by 5 runs. MP Breetzke top-scored with 85 for South Africa. JC Archer took 4/62.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of England - 2025
Ground: Lord's, London
Date: 4 September 2025
Toss: England, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 5 runs
Player of the match: MP Breetzke
Umpires: M Burns and Sharfuddoula
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field.

South Africa batted first and made 330 for 8. MP Breetzke top-scored with 85 off 77 balls, and T Stubbs made 58. JC Archer took 4 for 62 for England. The innings was built on a 147-run stand for the fourth wicket between MP Breetzke and T Stubbs, 45% of the total.

Chasing 331, England made 325 for 9. JE Root top-scored with 61 off 72 balls, and JC Buttler made 61. N Burger took 3 for 63 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 77-run stand for the third wicket between JG Bethell and JE Root.

South Africa won by 5 runs.

SOUTH AFRICA: 330 FOR 8

Batter	How out	R	B
AK Markram	caught b AU Rashid	49	64
RD Rickelton	c JC Buttler b JC Archer	35	33
T Bavuma	c JC Buttler b AU Rashid	4	7
MP Breetzke	lbw b JC Archer	85	77
T Stubbs	run out (WG Jacks, JC Archer)	58	62
D Brevis	c AU Rashid b JG Bethell	42	20
C Bosch	not out	32	29
S Muthusamy	lbw b JC Archer	7	6
KA Maharaj	b JC Archer	1	2

Did not bat: N Burger, L Ngidi

Extras 17 · Total 330 for 8

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
JC Archer	10	0	62	4
S Mahmood	10	1	53	0
BA Carse	10	0	68	0
AU Rashid	10	1	33	2
JG Bethell	5	0	61	1
WG Jacks	5	0	51	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-73 (RD Rickelton, 13 ov), 2-78 (T Bavuma, 14 ov), 3-93 (AK Markram, 18 ov), 4-240 (MP Breetzke, 39 ov), 5-259 (T Stubbs, 41 ov), 6-297 (D Brevis, 45 ov), 7-326 (S Muthusamy, 49 ov), 8-330 (KA Maharaj, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	RD Rickelton (35) and AK Markram (35)	73
second	T Bavuma (4) and AK Markram (1)	5
third	AK Markram (13) and MP Breetzke (2)	15
fourth	MP Breetzke (83) and T Stubbs (55)	147
fifth	T Stubbs (3) and D Brevis (12)	19
sixth	D Brevis (30) and C Bosch (8)	38
seventh	S Muthusamy (7) and C Bosch (21)	29
eighth	KA Maharaj (1) and C Bosch (3)	4

ENGLAND: 325 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
JL Smith	c RD Rickelton b N Burger	0	1
BM Duckett	b KA Maharaj	14	33
JE Root	st RD Rickelton b KA Maharaj	61	72
JG Bethell	c D Brevis b C Bosch	58	40
HC Brook	c T Bavuma b S Muthusamy	33	40
JC Buttler	b L Ngidi	61	51
WG Jacks	c KA Maharaj b N Burger	39	33
BA Carse	c AK Markram b N Burger	7	9
JC Archer	not out	27	14
AU Rashid	run out (MP Breetzke, N Burger)	2	4
S Mahmood	not out	2	3

Extras 21 · Total 325 for 9

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
N Burger	10	0	63	3
L Ngidi	10	0	72	1
C Bosch	10	1	38	1
KA Maharaj	10	0	59	2
AK Markram	2	0	27	0
S Muthusamy	8	0	61	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (JL Smith), 2-66 (BM Duckett, 12 ov), 3-143 (JG Bethell, 23 ov), 4-147 (JE Root, 24 ov), 5-216 (HC Brook, 36 ov), 6-256 (JC Buttler, 42 ov), 7-288 (BA Carse, 46 ov), 8-290 (WG Jacks, 46 ov), 9-313 (AU Rashid, 48 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	JL Smith (0) and BM Duckett (0)	0
second	BM Duckett (14) and JE Root (41)	66
third	JG Bethell (58) and JE Root (18)	77
fourth	JE Root (2) and HC Brook (2)	4
fifth	HC Brook (31) and JC Buttler (37)	69
sixth	JC Buttler (24) and WG Jacks (15)	40
seventh	BA Carse (7) and WG Jacks (24)	32
eighth	WG Jacks (0) and JC Archer (1)	2
ninth	AU Rashid (2) and JC Archer (16)	23
tenth	JC Archer (0) and S Mahmood (0)	12

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