England beaten by South Africa in 3rd ODI match in Bilateral series

England was scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day International Series in South Africa in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later in India in 2016. The 3rd One Day International Match was to be played on Super Sport Park, Centurion, South Africa on 9th Feb, 2016. England already lead the series 2-0 as they won both their two matches against S A.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd One Day International Match International match: e Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, M Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Reece Topley

And South African team and 11 was looking like this in this 3rd One Day International Match International match: Jean-Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (c), m Morkel, R Rossouw, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Marchant de Lange, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Quinton de Kock (wk)

England started very well and played aggressively on good start and set total of 318 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and top score by J Root who made 125 runs in 113 balls with 10 4’s and 5 six at the strike rate of 111 runs in 100 balls.

And Alex H who made 65 runs in 73 balls with 8 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 89 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa was needed to score 319 runs in 50 over’s to won this 3rd One Day International Match and to stay alive in the series as England already lead of 2-0 with 2 more games to play after this match.

South Africa batted well and chases total of 319 runs in 46.2 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets and top scored by Q D Kock who made 135 runs in 117 balls with 16 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 115 runs in 100 balls H Amla who made 127 runs in 130 balls with 13 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 98 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match and series stands at 1-2 in favor of England.

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