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Time to keep your eye on the ball as England host South Africa

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August 30, 2025

England host South Africa in a three-match one-day international series, starting next Tuesday at Headingley.

- By Simon Carter

Further games take place at Lord's on Thursday and at Hampshire's Utilita Bowl three days later.

Gary Kirsten's record ODI score for South Africa, a not out innings in a World Cup tie against the United Arab Emirates in a World Cup tie in Rawalpindi in 1996.

There have been 12 double centuries in ODIs, three of them by India's Rohit Sharma including a record 264 off 173 balls against Sri Lanka in 2014.

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