Aiden Marrank and Jose Butler
Eng vs sa: The 11th match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is being played between South Africa and England at the National Stadium in Karachi. The South Africa team’s eyes are on making it to the semi -finals with winning, while England are targets to farewell to the tournament with a win. England captain Jose Butler has decided to bat first after winning the toss. Butler is playing his last ODI for England today. After losing the first 2 matches, the England team has been ruled out of the tournament. After losing to Afghanistan in the last match, the England team was ruled out of the semi -final race and then Jose Butler announced his resignation from the captaincy. He had said that the Champions Trophy will be his last match against South Africa in 2025.
The last time as captain won the toss
After winning the toss, Butler said that he would bat. The wicket looks fine, there are some cracks. He watched the match between South Africa and Afghanistan here and impressed his decision. Regarding the withdrawal of England’s limited overs captaincy, he said that this was an easy decision and he is going to take charge of the team for the last time. Hopefully the team will perform well. At the same time there is some sorrow, it is an honor to captain your country, it is something that you dream about and during this time they have some good moment. He told that there is a change in the England team. Saqib Mahmud has replaced the injured Mark Wood.
The fourth semi -finalist team will decide today
The teams of India, New Zealand and Australia have confirmed their place in the semi -finals and now the fourth semi -finalist team is waiting. South Africa’s possibility of going to the semi-finals is seen as it is at Group B due to 3 points and positive net run rates. Afghanistan also has 3 points but its net run rate is negative. The African team will reach the final-4 as soon as they win today. The African team is expected to reach the semi -finals even after losing.
The playing XI of both teams is as follows:
South Africa (playing XI): Triston Stabs, Ryan Ricelton, Rasi Van Der Dusen, Eden Markram (Captain), Henrik Klassen (wicketkeeper), David Miller, Vian Mulder, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Cagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
England (playing XI): Philip Salt, Ben Docket, Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.
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