Despite winning the series, the humiliating defeat of the last match did not justify the previous successes of the South African captain Babuma.
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After the match on Monday, the captain of the South African national cricket team, Temba Babuma, said, "One loss cannot tarnish all the other achievements."
After winning the first two of England's three-match one-day series and taking the series in their hands, South Africa had to face the biggest defeat in the history of one-day cricket in the last match.
South Africa, who had a target of 414 runs in Southampton, were bowled out for just 72 runs. This is the heaviest defeat by any team in the 54-year history of ODI cricket. England won by the biggest one-day margin of 342 .
Seven batsmen from Africa could not score runs in double figures . Only four players hit double figures. Karbin Bosch scored the highest 20 runs.
Joe Root and Jacob Bethel hit a century in the England team. Bethel scored 100 runs while Root scored 100 runs. Similarly, two other people hit half-centuries. Jamie Smith scored 62 runs while Jos Buttler also scored 62 runs.
South Africa's coach Shukri Konrad has commented on this loss as "embarrassing". Similarly, Captain Babuma has recently said that this performance will not do justice to them after their success in one-dayers.
Even though he was injured, he got on the field for batting . In the last one month, South Africa defeated both Australia and England by 2-1 . South Africa won the series in England for the first time since 1998.
India's victory by the most run difference was previously held by India. India defeated Sri Lanka by 317 runs on January 15, 2023.
