England vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Cardiff, ENG vs SA, Sep 10 2025 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Cardiff, September 10, 2025, South Africa tour of England
(7.5/7.5 ov) 97/5
(5/5 ov, T:69) 54/5

South Africa won by 14 runs (DLS method)

Player Of The Match
25* (11)
donovan-ferreira
Cricinfo's MVP
46.13 ptsImpact List
marco-jansen
Match centre 
Scores: Ranjith P | Comms: Andrew Miller
Scorecard summary
South Africa 97/5(7.5 overs)
2/22 (2)
1/11 (1)
England 54/5(5 overs)
25 (11)
2/18 (2)
10* (3)
2/20 (2)
Cricinfo's Most Valuable Players of the Match
PlayerTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
SA46.131(1)0.43- 0.632/182.3846.77
ENG43.11---2/223.543.11
SA35.31---2/202.0435.31
ENG31.6210(3)10.957.551/111.9524.07
SA30.523(10)26.7530.5---
end of over 511 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 54/5CRR: 10.80 
Will Jacks1 (2b)
Sam Curran10 (3b 1x6)
Corbin Bosch 2-0-20-2
Marco Jansen 2-0-18-2

10.28pm That'll do for one night. Keshav Maharaj's groin injury could be a development that has consequences for the coming games, but for now, his team-mates have done the needful. From Miller, Matt and Ranjith, good night!

Time for some presentations... because why not?

Donovan Ferreira, boasting a brand-new profile pic on Cricinfo, is Player of the Match: "Can go any way, pleased the guys got over the line. Nice doing it for your country, making an impact is a shortened game is nice for me. I wasn't thinking of the boundary sizes, just watching the ball and it suits my game to hit straight. It's for me to express myself... coach has given me freedom, not putting pressure on myself."

Harry Brook: "Can't read into that too much... very wet in patches, didn't execute as we could. The big dogs above me make the decisions [about playability]."

Aiden Markram: "The way things unfolded, it was a hurry-up-and-wait sort of day. It feels like madness but you can think about things. You need one or two guys to have a good cameo and you get a good score. Kesh was going to play but he tweaked his groin. Marco has been out of cricket for a while but to run in with that energy and set the tone is important. Conditions favoured him with pace and bounce in the wicket."

10.18pm So... after a near four-hour delay and a further flurry of rain, a 40-over contest is reduced to 12.5, and South Africa emerge with the early honours in this T20I leg of their tour. Not a massive amount to be read into that... except that South Africa are stacked with seriously impressive powerhitters, with key contributions from Markram, Ferreira, Stubbs and Brevis. A five-over chase was no means to test the genuine competitiveness of these teams, but Marco Jansen's steepling left-arm angles would have been a handful in any circumstances. England were never really in the hunt once Phil Salt had holed out first ball.

4.6
Corbin Bosch to Jacks, no run

yorker, Bosch's best ball is his last ball, dug out to point... and that is the end of that!

4.5
1
Corbin Bosch to Sam Curran, 1 run

low full toss, pumped through the line but only as far as Jansen at long-on. There's no coming back from here

4.4
1
Corbin Bosch to Jacks, 1 run

full toss, but Jacks shanks his launch... high on the bat and lands without timing short of mid-on. That ought to be that...

4.3
3
Corbin Bosch to Sam Curran, 3 runs

another slot ball, wider line, dropped at point! Williams tried to steady himself, but that had sleet on it, and blew the fielder off his feet... almost overthrows as Rickelton failed to gather, but Jacks had over-run the stumps

4.2
6
Corbin Bosch to Sam Curran, SIX runs

blazed down the ground! It was a slot-ball from Bosch, and slotted it was! High and mighty, up into the floodlights and down into the sightscreen!

Hello Sammy C... first-ball wicket on comeback, can he top that?

4.1
W
Corbin Bosch to Banton, OUT

full toss, into the legs, Banton fluffs his clip across the line! A massive leading edge, plops into Markram's hands at mid-off. This is nearly done now

Tom Banton c Markram b Bosch 5 (5b 0x4 0x6 11m) SR: 100

No Sammy C... Jacks is the new man

end of over 412 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 43/4CRR: 10.75 RRR: 26.00 • Need 26 from 6b
Tom Banton5 (4b)
Marco Jansen 2-0-18-2
Corbin Bosch 1-0-9-1
3.6
W
Jansen to Buttler, OUT

huge thrash, thin nick to the keeper! Buttler loses his shape as Jansen hits his length outside off, and it's an inside-edge low to Rickelton... that, surely, is the game for South Africa

Jos Buttler c †Rickelton b Jansen 25 (11b 1x4 3x6 25m) SR: 227.27
3.6
1w
Jansen to Buttler, 1 wide

bouncer... but too high for the square-leg umpire! 77mph, but well over Buttler's attempted pull, as Jansen''s steepling bounce comes to play again

This, realistically, needs to travel!

3.5
3
Jansen to Banton, 3 runs

pace off again, deceived out of the hand, but very cunningly played in the end, as Banton opens the face and settles for the dink through deep third... excellent running gets them back for two

3.4
1
Jansen to Buttler, 1 run

hits his length outside off, Buttler drills through his drive but only as far as long-off

PietSkiet: "How does Jansen bowl a second over " The rules are as per a nine-over game...

3.3
Jansen to Buttler, no run

pace off, Buttler can't time his launch with a very open stance again, and drags a pull to square leg

3.2
6
Jansen to Buttler, SIX runs

mashed across the line! Buttler sits deep, opens his stance to the angle across his body, and nails his slapped pull high over wide long-on! Astonishing

3.1
1
Jansen to Banton, 1 run

he goes for the scoop alright... but the ball cannons down off his body behind the stumps... RIckelton gathers well and under-arms at the stumps, but Buttler has made it home

Marco Jansen returns... a tough guy to line up with that leaping bounce... scoops galore?

end of over 310 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 31/3CRR: 10.33 RRR: 19.00 • Need 38 from 12b
Tom Banton1 (2b)
Jos Buttler18 (7b 1x4 2x6)
Corbin Bosch 1-0-9-1
Marco Jansen 1-0-6-1
2.6
1
Corbin Bosch to Banton, 1 run

full and into the toes, clipped calmly to the on-side... 38 needed off two... 19 an over is getting steep!

England need to get a wriggle on here...

MikeJM: "This is not cricket, it is bish, bash, bosh, - just abandon the game " Where's your sense of fun?

2.5
1
Corbin Bosch to Buttler, 1 run

steps back and across, slams the length ball hard through the line to long-off

2.4
1lb
Corbin Bosch to Banton, 1 leg bye

very full, steps across his stumps! This is mighty adjacent ... going down leg maybe? South Africa review. No bat involved as Banton wafted across the line... clipping leg, so he survives!

2.3
W
Corbin Bosch to Brook, OUT

Brook connects at last... and it is his last! Took on a cramped flick, on the pads and whipping his bat hard across the line, it's a big steepling leading edge, plopping into Rickelton's gloves. Two forgettable knocks in quick succession for the skipper! And his first T20I duck

Harry Brook c †Rickelton b Bosch 0 (4b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 0
2.2
1
Corbin Bosch to Buttler, 1 run

sits back on the length ball, drags his launch through the line a touch, wide long-on intercepts

2.1
6
Corbin Bosch to Buttler, SIX runs

bosh! Back of a length, Buttler pivots into a thunderous flat pull, hard through square leg!

Bosch....

end of over 210 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 21/2CRR: 10.50 RRR: 16.00 • Need 48 from 18b
Harry Brook0 (3b)
Jos Buttler10 (4b 1x4 1x6)
Marco Jansen 1-0-6-1
Kagiso Rabada 1-0-11-1
1.6
Jansen to Brook, no run

another waft at nothing... three air-shots for Brook as Jansen's pace and bounce confounds his alignment

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AK Markram
28 runs (14)
2 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
16 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
44%
D Ferreira
25 runs (11)
0 four3 sixes
Productive shot
pull
8 runs
0 four1 six
Control
91%
Best performances - bowlers
M Jansen
O
2
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
9
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
C Bosch
O
2
M
0
R
20
W
2
ECO
10
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
TossEngland, elected to field first
Series
Season2025
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 3445
Hours of play (local time)18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days10 September 2025 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
Win Probability
SA 100%
SAENG
100%50%100%SA InningsENG Innings

Over 5 • ENG 54/5

Tom Banton c Markram b Bosch 5 (5b 0x4 0x6 11m) SR: 100
W
South Africa won by 14 runs (DLS method)
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