{"id":126816,"date":"2025-09-08T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126816\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:43:10","slug":"england-earn-record-342-run-win-over-south-africa-as-jacob-bethell-hits-first-hundred-and-jofra-archer-takes-four-wickets-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126816\/","title":{"rendered":"England earn record 342-run win over South Africa as Jacob Bethell hits first hundred and Jofra Archer takes four wickets | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Bethell slammed a maiden professional hundred before Jofra Archer shredded South Africa’s top order as England recorded the largest win by runs in men’s one-day international history and avoided a 3-0 series defeat.<\/p>\n

South Africa were torpedoed for 72 in 20.5 overs chasing a mammoth 415 in Southampton – Archer taking 4-18<\/a> – as England triumphed by 342 runs to eclipse the 317-run hammering India inflicted on Sri Lanka in 2023.<\/p>\n

Bethell (110 off 82 balls) reached three figures from 76 deliveries and shared a 182-run stand with Joe Root (100 off 96) for England’s third wicket in an innings of 414-5 – Jos Buttler (62no off 32) and Jamie Smith (62 off 48) also starring at the Utilita Bowl.<\/p>\n

\n Score summary – England beat South Africa by 342 runs\n <\/p>\n

England 414-5 from 50 overs: Jacob Bethell (110 off 82 balls), Joe Root (100 off 96), Jos Buttler (62no off 32), Jamie Smith (62 off 48); Keshav Maharaj (2-61), Corbin Bosch (2-79)<\/p>\n

South Africa 72 all out in 20.5 overs: Jofra Archer (4-18); Adil Rashid (3-13), Brydon Carse (2-33); Corbin Bosch (20), Keshav Maharaj (17)<\/p>\n

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\"Jacob<\/p>\n

The best bits of Bethell’s century in Southampton, which featured 13 fours and three sixes<\/p>\n

England only required nine wickets with visiting captain Temba Bavuma (calf) not batting and Adil Rashid (3-13) bagged the final three scalps after Archer’s brilliance with the new ball.<\/p>\n

South Africa plummeted to 24-6 inside 10 overs with Archer responsible for four of those wickets during a scintillating, speedy spell, starting when he nicked off Markram (0) second ball.<\/p>\n

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Jofra Archer took four wickets in a sensational first spell as he helped England reduce their opponents to 24-6 in a chase of 415<\/p>\n

Archer’s line was immaculate as Ryan Rickelton (1) snicked behind, while the England quick then surprised Matthew Breetzke (4) with a bouncer to ensure the Proteas batter would not notch a sixth-consecutive fifty-plus score in the format.<\/p>\n

Tristan Stubbs (10) was Archer’s next victim, in the final over of the powerplay, when he picked out second slip, while Brydon Carse (2-33) banished Wiaan Mulder (0) and Dewald Brevis (6) during a remarkable passage of play in Hampshire.<\/p>\n

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\"Rashid<\/p>\n

Adil Rashid dismissed Corbin Bosch to secure England’s thumping win at the Utilita Bowl with South Africa rolled in 20.5 overs.<\/p>\n

Home fans will just be wondering where this complete performance was earlier in the series after the hosts were trounced by seven wickets in the opening game in Leeds – bowled out for 131 – and then edged out by five runs in the second at Lord’s.<\/p>\n

Milestone day for talented Bethell<\/p>\n

A wicket looked like falling every time Archer had the ball in his hand as the fast bowler hogged some of the headlines from team-mate Bethell, whose first ton was great to watch – it contained 13 fours and three sixes – and underlined why England have fast-tracked him.<\/p>\n

The left-hander strode to the crease at No 4 – the same spot from where he had cracked a 28-ball fifty in the second ODI on Thursday – and with the score on 117-2 in the 17th over after Smith had skied South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj to long-on.<\/p>\n

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\"Bethell<\/p>\n

Bethell completed a 76-ball century with a boundary before removing his helmet and soaking up the moment<\/p>\n

Smith had earlier been dropped on 23 as Breetzke shelled a sitter in the covers and Bethell was also the beneficiary of a grassed catch on 44 – Nandre Burger the culprit at mid-on – during an unusually sloppy fielding effort from the tourists, one in which they conceded 27 extras, 19 of them wides.<\/p>\n

Bethell admitted before the game that he had probably not played enough cricket this summer <\/a>but looked in tremendous nick as he pulled, drove, flicked and reverse-swept his way to a ton, while there was also a gorgeous late dab to deep third for four.<\/p>\n

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\"Bethell<\/p>\n

Bethell spoke before play about not playing enough cricket this summer and how representing England is a ‘dream come true’<\/p>\n

The youngster’s innings finally ended when he walked past a delivery from Maharaj and was stumped but he departed to quite the ovation, as did Root, who completed a 19th ODI hundred and 58th in all international cricket with a typically composed knock.<\/p>\n

Once Root was pouched at point by substitute fielder Kwena Maphaka – the catcher on in place of the stricken Bavuma – Buttler and Will Jacks (19no) pounded 43 from the final 19 balls as England passed 400 for the first time against the Proteas.<\/p>\n

\"Root<\/p>\n

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\n Joe Root’s 19th ODI hundred was also his 58th in all international cricket for England<\/p>\n

England plundered 17 from Burger’s final over, with Jacks’ first-ball four through the covers followed by three more for Buttler, including a brilliant readjustment to chop over short third.<\/p>\n

The home side’s bowlers then ripped through their opponents, so much so that a couple of fielding blemishes made no difference at all, as South Africa crashed in the final ODI of a series they won for the second time in as many months.<\/p>\n

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\"Harry<\/p>\n

England captain Harry Brook says his side found the ‘blueprint’ as they trounced South Africa in the final ODI<\/p>\n

The tourists had taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in Australia in August before being pumped by 276 runs in the last fixture as they missed out on a sweep.<\/p>\n

History repeated itself in Southampton, giving England a shot of confidence ahead of the three-match T20 international series that starts in Cardiff in Wednesday, live on Sky Sports from 6pm (6.30pm first ball).<\/p>\n

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\"Eoin<\/p>\n

Sky Sports’ Eoin Morgan lauded Archer’s determination to fight back from injury after the fast bowler starred against South Africa<\/p>\n

England vs South Africa – results and fixtures<\/p>\n

All games live on Sky Sports, all times UK and Ireland \ud83d\udd70\ufe0f<\/p>\n

First T20: Wednesday September 10 (6.30pm) – CardiffSecond T20: Friday September 12 (6.30pm) – Emirates Old TraffordThird T20: Sunday September 14 (2.30pm) – Trent Bridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Bethell slammed a maiden professional hundred before Jofra Archer shredded South Africa’s top order as England recorded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-126816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}