On Saturday, September 6, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the play of the England National Cricket Team for the third ODI against the South Africa National Cricket Team.
The third and last ODI of the series between Three Lions and The Proteas is to be played on 7 September at Rose Bowl in Southampton.
England make a change for 3 OD
England, headed by Harry Brooke, are looking back to the ODI series from 0–2 and to give a good performance in the final match to avoid a whiteness at the hands of Temba Bavuma & Co..
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England suffered a 7-wicket defeat in the ODI-Opener in Handingley in Leeds. Batting first, he was bundled for 131 and allowed the run-chase to be completed in 20.5 overs.
In the second ODI, Harry Brooke & Co. played impressive cricket, but suffered a loss of 5 runs. While bowling first, England allowed South Africa to post 330/8, and then they were unable to pursue the target, which was limited to 325/9.
In particular, it was the first ODI series victory for South Africa in England since 1998, and last time the English team won the bilateral ODI against Protease in 2017.
Talking about the third ODI, England have made just one change to play with Surrey Sakib Mahmud with Surrey all -rounder Jamie Overton.
In addition, there is no change as Jamie will continue to open with Smith Ben Docket, which has batted at Number 3 and No. 4. Jose Butler would be handling the wicket-keeping duties, while Jacob Bethel and Will Jack would be looking to contribute all-round. In addition, Joffra Archer will lead pace bowling attack.
England is playing Xi for 3 OD against South Africa
Playing XI: Jamie Smith, Ben Docket, Joe Root, Harry Brooke (C), Jose Butler (WK), Jacob Bethle, Will Jack, Jamie Overton, Bridan Cars, Joffra Archer and Adil Rashid
We were quite inauspicious – Harry Brook at 2 ODI losses
After losing the second ODI, Harry Brook said he was quite inauspicious in the powerplay and said that South Africa also posted 10–15 runs. Harry Brook said:
“He probably got a lot of 10–15, a great attempt to go within a blow of that score. (Bethel 4) was just to bother his spinners. They had two left-handed spinners, tried to keep the right and left-arm combo.
“We were quite inauspicious in Powerplay, a lot of plays and remember, LBW couples did not go in our way. (Plan for the next game) Improvement in minutes, today was a great effort from the leads.”
In particular, the three lions have been terrible in Odis since 2023 because they have won only 1 of the 6 bilateral ODI posts in the over 50 World Cups. During this period he has a win percentage of 31.8.
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