Champions Trophy 2025: South Africa restricts England to 179

South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder celebrates with Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen after taking the wicket of England’s Adil Rashid, caught out by Heinrich Klaasen.
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Marco Jansen (3/39) took three wickets upfront to reduce England to 37 for three inside seven overs and they failed to stage recovery at any stage in the game.

Joe Root top-scored with 37 but several England batters including skipper Jos Buttler (21), Ben Duckett (24) and even Jofra Archer (25) failed to push on.

Brief Scores: England 179; 38.3 overs (Joe Root 37; Marco Jansen 3/39, Wiaan Mulder 3/25, Keshav Maharaj 2/35) vs South Africa.