Temba Bavuma (Getty Images) New Delhi: South Africa’s Captain Temba Bavum questioned his team’s attitude after 342 runs against England in the greatest defeat in ODI history were confused on Sunday. Proteas chased 415 to complete the clean sweeping of the three matches of the series, Proteas was jumped in Southampton in just 72 at 20.5 degrading breaks.During the first batting in ODI history, this meant the biggest winning range in ODI history, in 2023 it exceeded the victory in India 317-run above Sri Lanka. In 2018, South Africa avoided the record of their lowest ODI against Australia.Bavuma admitted that the South African negligent field, which included several dropped catches, reflected their poor performance.“It’s Downer. We were just poor to be honest, in all departments. The field is always about attitude and looking at our fields and some catches that you could doubt where our attitude is,” Bavuma said.“Something went wrong with the ball at some point. Extra also with the ball, far from the ideal.“It will always be difficult with the bat and their pitching really put us under pressure. We had no chance.“To sum up, the wrong game of cricket from us.”South Africa won the first two games of the series, but Bavuma insisted that the lack of motivation was not a factor in their embarrassing surrender.“I don’t think you can’t use it as an international athlete. Every game you play for your country. There have been changes with players in our team, so our depth has been tested,” he said.“For those people it shows how much it is for international cricket.“We have conversations about our depth and when there are no premium players, because it requires them to go and win trophies.”Final performanceAlthough the great collapse in South Africa will take time for the Bavum to process, take the heart from their overall form. Their ODI victory against England came after a recent victory over Australia in the same format.“We are moving forward, we are doing positive steps forward, the team is going well,” Bavuma said.“I think looking at how we were against Australia, we are starting to respond to these question marks about our team.”The fifth highest England Odi total 414-5 proved to be enough. After Jacob Bethell broke 110 out of 82 balls for his first professional century and Joe Root compiled a typically effective 100, Jofra Archer dismantled the South African highest order and ended up 4-18 in nine overs.“It was amazing to see Jofra Bowling missiles there. To have it on your side, it’s quite scary,” said English captain Harry Brook.“We were amazing with the bat, we were putting them under pressure throughout these shifts, and bowling just speaks for ourselves. It was the final performance.”In the middle of questions over England, Bethell quickly watched across the formats, a 21 -year -old versatile player made his brand with 13 four and three sixes. Brook praised him and said:“That’s just the beginning. I told him at lunch. Everyone knows how good he is. I’m glad he got the first century and hopefully the floods will open now.”
