South Africa pooled in a great finish of 333 runs at the Chester-le-Street. Significant to mention the match initiated with the popular face Ben Stokes’ final goodbye as the England’s test skipper will be playing his final ODI game tonight.
Despite losing Quinton de Kock early, the opening batsman Janeman Malan took on to score a possible fifty-run mark along with Rassie van der Dussen who pulled up a crackling performance of 133 runs from just 117 balls.
England made a breakthrough when Malan failed to get rid of the man at the deep midwicket boundary. The home team scarcely found the relief they were searching for thanks to the wicket. Once he had calmed down, Markram broke the chains by selecting Liam Livingstone for three boundaries in one over, and then he followed that up with a reverse sweep for another boundary in the next over. He continued on without turning around as the runs began to come easily.
As South Africa prepared for a dramatic climax, Van der Dussen reached his century off 90 deliveries and Markram reached his fifty in the subsequent over. After 40 overs, the visitors were at 244/2 and would have liked to go close to 350.
Brief scores: South Africa 333/5 in 50 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 133, Aiden Markram 77; Liam Livingstone 2-29) vs England