World Cup 2023 Points Table Today: England and South Africa clash in the 20th match of the World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai.
England won the toss and elected to bowl first, but much to their dismay, South Africa posted the second highest score at the 2023 World Cup.
South Africa’s batsmen powered the team to a mammoth total of 399/7 in 50 overs, with Heinrich Klaasen scoring a century and Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen and Marco Jansen scoring fifties.
Defending champions England had a huge target to chase and needed a win to move up the points table, but unfortunately, the English top order collapsed under the bowling of South Africa.
England are reduced to 70/6 in 12 overs with the entire batting line-up. However, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood helped the team score 170 runs. England lost by 299 runs in a heavy defeat that is sure to derail their aspirations to win the 2023 World Cup.
On the other hand, South Africa bounced back from a humiliating loss to the Netherlands to remain at 3rd place in the points table.
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Here are the team standings after the 20th match: England vs South Africa on 19 October 2023.
RANK | TEAM | PLAYED | WON | LOST | N/A | TIED | NET RR | POINTS |
1 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1,923 | 8 |
2 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1,659 | 8 |
3 | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2,212 | 6 |
4 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.193 | 4 |
5 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.456 | 4 |
6 | Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.784 | 2 |
7 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.790 | 2 |
8 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1,048 | 2 |
9 | England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1,248 | 2 |
10 | Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1,250 | 2 |
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