England suffer dismal defeat to South Africa in Buttler's swansong

England suffered a dismal seven-wicket loss to South Africa in their final Champions Trophy match as Jos Buttler's swansong as captain ended in defeat Karachi.

England were bowled out for a dismal 179 with 12 overs remaining after winning the toss and electing to bat, first collapsing to 37-3 in the powerplay before losing their final three wickets for just eight runs, with Jos Buttler making 21 in his final outing in charge.

Joe Root's 37 was England's highest score as he shared a 62-run partnership with Harry Brook (19) which briefly steadied proceedings, but South Africa took two wickets in five balls and sharp catches from Lungi Ngidi (1-33) and Marco Jansen (3-39), despite illness and injury striking their camp, to book their place in the semi-finals.

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In reply, Jofra Archer (2-55) struck twice in the powerplay bowling Ryan Rickelton (27) and Tristan Stubbs (0), but Heinrich Klaasen (64) and Rassie van der Dussen (72no) shared a blistering 127-run stand to power South Africa to a dominant victory.

Adil Rashid had Klaasen caught in 29th over but South Africa only required six more runs from 128 balls at that stage, with David Miller (7no) powering his side home with a second-ball six down the ground off Liam Livingstone.

South Africa top the Group B table with five points and will face the winner of Group A in the semi-finals, but it remains unclear who that will be and where as India face New Zealand on Sunday in the final group stage match.

However, this means South Africa and Australia, who are placed second in Group B, both have to travel to Dubai with the team not facing India returning back to Lahore for the other semi-final. Meanwhile, England finish bottom of the group having lost all three of their matches.

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