ICC World Cup 2023: Klaasen, Jansen present fingers England its greatest ODI defeat

It was a sizzling and humid Saturday afternoon. A near-capacity turnout on the Wankhede Stadium made it much more piping. While South Africa turned up in red-hot kind, England wilted beneath the solar and the Proteas onslaught because the anticipated high-voltage conflict was a lopsided affair.

Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen’s blitzkrieg within the final 10 overs meant South Africa placed on 399 for seven, the very best ever ODI complete towards England and the second highest on the venue.

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Had it not been for Mark Wood wielding the lengthy deal with after the Proteas’ tempo assault had taken the fizz out of the chase, England would have folded up for a complete lesser than the 143 runs South Africa hammered within the final 10 overs.

Eventually, England’s innings lasted solely 22 overs, earlier than folding up for 173 for 9, with Reece Topley not risking to bat in a misplaced trigger after having damage his finger within the first innings. The large margin of defeat – 229 – coupled with the very fact of it being its third loss in 4 outings thus far means England’s hopes of defending the title are fading quick.

Even earlier than Jansen starred with the brand new ball to run via England’s top-order and just about seal the consequence, it was his batting exploits in a murderous partnership with Klaasen that did the trick for his staff.

Captain Temba Bavuma was dominated out due a abdomen bug minutes earlier than the toss. Reeza Hendricks transformed the loss right into a blessing in disguise, including 120 with Rassie van der Dussen after Quinton de Kock perished to Topley within the opening over of the sport.

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Aiden Markram – the stand-in captain – then continued to construct on the nice work, first with Hendricks, who missed out on a deserving hundred, and later with Klaasen.

But when Topley returned from an harm break to dismiss Markram and David Miller in successive overs, England hoped to limit South Africa to a complete nicely beneath 350 on a flat mattress.

While Jansen took time to get his eye in, Klaasen began opening his shoulders. He drove, minimize and pulled with aplomb.

Once Jansen began wielding his lengthy deal with, an already rattled England bowling unit – with accidents, illnesses and the warmth having gotten to it – was discovered clueless.

The final 5 overs yielded South Africa a whopping 84 runs and a goal of 400 was going to be all however secure. Jansen’s opening burst then decreased England to 24 for 3 and ensured that the defending champion continued to face the warmth regardless of a cool breeze blowing throughout the stadium.