Temba Bavuma (photo Albert Perez / Getty Images) South Africa achieved a historical victory in Lord’s and defeated England by 5 runs in the second ODI to ensure its first victory of the bilateral ODI series on English soil in 27 years. Under the leadership of the Temba Bavuma, Proteas took the unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series of three matches, with Matthew Breetzke 85 contributed to their total of 330.The last time South Africa won the ODI series in England in 1998, when they defeated the team Adam Hollioake 2-1. Since then they have lost four ODI series to England in 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2022 before this current triumph.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!The history of the series among these teams in England shows different results. South Africa lost the Texaco Trophy in 1994, won it in 1998, faced defeat in the NATWEST series in 2008, reached the NATWEST 2012 series, lost again in 2017, Drew in 2022 and now leads the current 2025 series.The recent form of England against South Africa concerned four consecutive ODI losses. Since 2023, the ODI World Cup has fought in the bilateral ODI series and won only one of six, while South Africa claimed five victories.This means that Bavum’s captain gained a lot of praise late, especially on the back of her campaign for the World Championship ICC World Test Championship.The recent head record shows the declining performance of England. They lost 229 runs in Mumbai 2023, suffered defeats with 125 and 175 balls to save in Karachi and Leeds 2025, and now this 5-run loss with Lord.The match at Lord’s set a new ODI record with a combined total of 655 runs. Matthew Breetzke and Tristan Stubbs created a key partnership and recorded 58 runs in 101 balls, which helped South Africa to reach 330 for 8 in their 50 overs.England has faced a challenging goal and had to break the Indian record of 326-8 since 2002, which remains the highest successful persecution in Lord’s. Despite their efforts, they did not reach the Bowling attack of South Africa, leading 3/63 Nandre Burger and Keshav Mahara 2/59.These victories in 5 runs mean the second closest victory in South Africa against England in ODI, after their one -time victory in Cape Town in 2000. Contemporary ODI performance statistics in England show only 31.8 win, win only 7 out of 22 matches.The last match of the series is scheduled for September 7, while South Africa is trying to complete clean sweeping while England aims to save pride in consolation victory.
