Sisanda Magala

Temba Bavuma heaped praise on fast bowler Sisanda Magala, who won the Player of the Match award after South Africa beat England by 27 runs in the first ODI ...

The conversation will be, are we happy with how we went about our business?" It was Magala who gave the Proteas their first breakthrough after Dawid Malan and Jason Roy put on 146 runs for the opening wicket with England chasing 299 to win. We'll take the win, we need the points.

In their quest for a direct qualification for the forthcoming 2023 World Cup in India, South Africa needed to win the first ODI against England – and to ...

Courtesy his fourth ODI hundred, South Africa posted a challenging total of 298 for seven on the board. Though Van der Dussen must be credited for laying a foundation with a stunning hundred in the first innings, it was a game-changing spell from rookie Sisanda Magala that actually turned the tide in favour of the hosts during England’s chase. On Friday in Bloemfontein, the hosts drew first blood in the three-match series by winning the close-fought contest by 27 runs.

Sisanda Magala admitted he was nervous when given the ball so late in the first ODI against England but showed his maturity by adapting brilliantly.

"At the end of the day, I just want to contribute as much as I can towards the team winning. "It's part of the game. Maybe it won't be the same plan on Sunday. "It worked well for us. You need to get over the line." It was really about just letting that first ball go.

Sisanda Magala and Anrich Nortje produced match-winning spells to secure a thrilling comeback victory against the World Cup holders at a boisterous Mangaung ...

However South Africa’s aggression with the ball turned the match in their favour and they eventually ran out victors by 27 runs. Kagiso Rabada, indifferent with the new ball, returned and forced a misjudged pull out of Roy that Wayne Parnell did well to catch while running around the square leg boundary. The key wicket was that of Jos Buttler, who needed to bat until the end but didn’t with Nortje returning and finding the outside edge to end the England skipper’s innings on 36.

While so much of the focus leading into this three-match series has been on Jofra Archer, this game was turned by a very different fast bowler.

“It was always going to be a challenge to get back to bowling ten overs in a game,” Buttler said. Three balls later, Archer sent down a wide full toss that was slashed for four by Miller and, to the bowler’s displeasure, it was called a waist-height no-ball. The pitch drew the sting from most of his short balls, but Temba Bavuma was slightly late on one bouncer and was lucky that his edged hook flew over third man for six. Before the game, after his stint in the SA20 competition, Archer had estimated that he was operating at about 80 per cent of capacity. But he has a smooth, repeatable action, a strong wrist and no little skill, and when he forced Malan to splice a pull to mid-off to end the opening stand, he sparked a flurry of three wickets in as many overs. After Roy had pulled Kagiso Rabada to deep square leg, Jos Buttler made a steadying 36, but he tickled Nortje behind and England were six down, still needing 65 to win.

The seamer received the man-of-the-match award after finishing with figures of 3-46 in nine overs as England were bowled out for 271 chasing a target of 299 ...

The currency was wickets." "I was also excited. It was really about just letting that first ball go.