Bethell's First Ton Sets Up Record England Win Over Sa

Third one-day international, Southampton

England 414-5 (50 overs): Bethell 110, Root 100

South Africa 72 each retired (20.5 overs): Bosch 20; Archer 4-18

England won by 342 runs; SA triumph bid 2-1

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Jacob Bethell scored his much-anticipated first master period earlier Jofra Archer ripped done South Africa arsenic England thrashed nan Proteas by a grounds 342 runs successful nan 3rd one-day world successful Southampton.

With nan bid gone, 21-year-old Bethell, agelong tipped for a immense early contempt despite his meagre region experience, delivered connected each of his committedness by elegantly hitting 110 from 82 balls successful England's cruise to 414-5.

The left-hander put connected 182 pinch Joe Root, who himself stroked a 96-ball 100, to laic a level earlier Jos Buttler took connected nan scoring pinch a destructive 62 not retired from 32 balls.

It was England's highest full successful ODIs for 3 years and their champion effort astatine location since 2018, while Bethell's ton, successful his 33rd world innings, made him England's second-youngest ODI centurion aft David Gower.

South Africa were good beneath nan standards group successful their awesome wins astatine Headingley and Lord's which had already secured nan bid pinch a crippled to spare.

They dropped Bethell connected 44, gave distant 19 wides and were 72-9 successful 20.5 overs erstwhile nan players shook hands pinch Temba Bavuma incapable to bat - England's winning separator nan largest successful nan history of men's ODIs successful position of runs.

Archer took 4 wickets successful a accelerated and dispute new-ball spell, reducing nan Proteas to 7-4 and 24-6 from which they ne'er recovered. He vanished pinch 4-18 and Adil Rashid 3-13.

Though nan bid was already gone, this was a morale-boosting triumph for England aft a difficult tally successful nan 50-over format.

The aforesaid sides now play a three-match T20 bid starting connected Wednesday successful Cardiff.