ENG vs SA: The Biggest Defeat in ODI History by Runs

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ENG vs SA: The third match of the ongoing ODI series between England and South Africa was played on 7 September at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. In this match, host England defeated South Africa by a huge margin of 342 runs and achieved the biggest victory in ODI cricket history.

Battling first, England set a huge target of 415 runs for South Africa to win. But, when South Africa came out to chase this big target, it was reduced to just 72 runs in 20.5 overs. This is also South Africa's biggest defeat in terms of runs in ODI cricket.

Biggest defeat in ODI history

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The recent match between England and South Africa in Southampton created a new and sad record. In this match, South Africa lost by a huge margin of 342 runs, which is the biggest defeat in terms of runs in men's ODI history. This defeat was not only a shameful day for South Africa, but it also exposed the weakness of their team.

This defeat was even more painful for the team that had already won the series 2-0, but they had to face a one-sided defeat in the last match. This defeat has brought them to the top of the list of teams suffering the biggest defeat in ODI cricket.

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Biggest defeats in ODI history by runs

Default margin	Losing team	Winning team	Venue and year
342 runs	South Africa	England	Southampton, 2025
317 runs	Sri Lanka	India	Thiruvananthapuram, 2023
309 runs	Netherlands	Australia	Delhi, 2023
304 runs	USA	Zimbabwe	Harare, 2023
302 runs	Sri Lanka	India	Wankhede, 2023

England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI Match Highlights

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If we tell you about the match in detail, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl, which proved to be completely wrong for them. England batted brilliantly and scored a total of 414 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.

For England, Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 100 and Jacob Bethell played a brilliant innings of 110 runs, while Jamie Smith contributed 62 and Jos Buttler contributed 62* runs. For South Africa, Corbin Bosh and Keshav Maharaj got 2-2 wickets in bowling.

After this, when South Africa came out to chase this big target given by England, it collapsed for just 72 runs in 20.5 overs in front of England's amazing bowling. Corbin Bosh was the top scorer for the team by scoring 20 runs. So players like Aiden Markram (0), Ryan Rickelton (1), Wiaan Mulder (0), Matthew Breetzke (4), Tristan Stubbs (10) and Dewald Brevis (6) proved to be flops.

On the other hand, in bowling for England, Jofra Archer took 4 wickets, Adil Rashid took 3 and Brydon Carse took 2 wickets.

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