England vs South Africa 3rd ODI at Headingley - Match Abandoned - Series drawn 1-1

[MenInG]

England crushed South Africa in the rain-shortened 2nd ODI to level the series.

It will take a big effort by South Africa to stop England's momentum as they look to win the series today

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[MenInG]

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to bat

Teams:

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Philip Salt, Joe Root, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

South Africa (Playing XI): Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj(c), Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

[MenInG]

Good start SA - hopefully recovered from the thrashing in 2nd ODI

RSA 51/1 (9) CRR: 5.67

 

[James]

Looks like the same kind of Headingley pitch that was produced for the Eng-NZ Test match. Flat, hard, dry, and doesn’t deteriorate. Could be a Sunday afternoon runfest

 

[Saj]

QDK special on the card it seems.

102-2 South Africa.

 

[James]

Off for heavy rain.

Doesn’t look promising.

 

[James]

<b>England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI</b>

Rain stops play

RSA - 119/2 (20.5)
CRR: 5.71

 

[James]

Further inspection at 1345

 

[MenInG]

Play is due to resume at 14:15pm if no further rain.

The game is now 45 overs per side.

 

[MenInG]

REVISED HOURS OF PLAY

45 Overs

FIRST INNINGS 1415 – 15-59
INTERVAL 1559 – 1629
SECOND INNINGS 1629- 1938

PP – 9/27/9

 

[James]

Raining again.

Pointless afternoon

 

[MenInG]

Player of the Series, Rassie van der Dussen: "It was a pity about the rain, I think we were in a pretty good position.

"Quinny [Quinton de Kock] batted brilliantly to put the pressure back on England and we were looking to get to 300-plus. I think 1-1 in the series is probably a fair result. England were good at stages and so were we."

 

[MenInG]

Jos Buttler is still waiting for his first series victory as England white-ball captain after rain wrecked the deciding one-day international against South Africa at Headingley.

The three-match contest finished tied at 1-1 with a second downpour of the day leading to the final ODI being abandoned - South Africa were 159-2 from 27.4 overs after electing to bat with Quinton de Kock 92 not out.

An initial near two-hour rain delay, which arrived with the Proteas 119-2 from 20.5 overs, had forced the game to be cut to 45 overs a side.

South Africa added a further 40 runs from 47 balls in the 20 minutes of play before the wet weather returned, with the umpires eventually calling the match off shortly after 4pm.

 

[sweep_shot]

South Africa were in a good position to win the game.

They were the better team in this series.