ENG vs SA Head-to-Head Records- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of England 2025
Published - 04 Sep 2025, 02:00 PM
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England will take on South Africa in the second of the three-match ODI series. This article contains information regarding the ENG vs SA Head-to-Head records in ODIs.
ENG vs SA Head-to-Head Records- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of England 2025:
| Stats | Matches | ENG won | SA won | Draw | Tied | NR |
| Overall | 72 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| At Lord's | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In the last 5 matches | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENG vs SA Head-to-Head Records- Key Statistics
The ENG vs SA rivalry is 72 matches old in ODI cricket, with South Africa having a six-match lead over England, which is the home team, in the ongoing three-match ODI series.
South Africa has won 36 matches as compared to England, who have succeeded in winning 30 matches in this particular format of the game.
Interestingly, five matches have also ended in a tie, while one match ended yielding a draw.
If we talk about the record of the last five ENG vs SA matches, it is also tilted in favour of the visitors, which happens to be South Africa in this case.
The South African team has won four of their last five ODI matches against England, while their opponents, i.e., England, have beaten South Africa on one occasion.
When it comes to the matches played between the two teams at the home of cricket, Lord's, which is also the venue for the second ODI, England have a 3-1 lead over the Proteas in four matches at this ground.
South Africa will have an opportunity to claim their second win over England at this particular stadium, considering how England performed, especially with the bat, in the opening match of the series.
England, on the other hand, would look at the first match as one bad day at the office and would hope to make a strong comeback in the next game to keep the series alive.
The second of the three ENG vs SA ODI promises to be a cracker of a contest between two teams who are at different spectrums when it comes to performance.
England haven't played a great deal of ODI cricket of late and are fighting to keep the series alive, while South Africa are coming on the back of a 2-1 series win against Australia and are eyeing another series win in ODI cricket.
ENG SA Head-to-Head Records: Last 5 matches
The results of four of the last five matches have gone in favour of South Africa, while England have succeeded in winning just one game.
ENG vs SA Head-to-Head Records- Result of the last 5 games:
- South Africa won by 7 wickets
- South Africa won by 7 wickets
- South Africa won by 229 runs
- England won by 59 runs
- South Africa won by 5 wickets
Conclusion:
South Africa has the lead over England as far as matches played between the two sides in the ODI format of the game is concerned.
England will look to bridge the gap against South Africa in terms of the total number of wins that the former ODI World Cup winners have been able to register against the Proteas.
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