England did not get off to a good start after losing the toss and batting against South Africa in the second ODI on Sunday. So what? Harry Brook and Jos Buttler led the way for Bloemfontein. Moeen Ali also stormed with them. The English collected 342 runs after losing 7 wickets.

Jason Roy and David Malan departed for 27 runs and 33 runs. Roy scored 7 and 12 runs came from Malan’s bat. Ben Duckett and Harry Brook took over from there. After 87 runs, Duckett returned with 20 runs and this pair broke. But from here Brook and Butler took 73 runs for the fourth wicket and took the team’s total to 155. In this run, Brook returned with 80 runs with 7 fours and 4 sixes.

Buttler and Moeen Ali formed the biggest pair from there. They both scored 101 runs for the fifth wicket in 85 balls. Moeen returned with 51 runs with 6 fours and 1 six at the head of the team’s 261 runs. But Buttler was not out. The captain’s unbeaten 94 with 8 fours and 3 sixes and Sam Curran’s innings of 28 runs made England finish the innings with 342 runs.

Anrich Norkia of South Africa took 2 wickets with the ball. The remaining five bowlers took the remaining five wickets.