He last featured in the World Test Championship Final in June 2025.
South Africa are having the time of their life this year. After breaking their ICC trophy drought earlier this year, they have now sealed an ODI series win in England for the first time in 27 years. Their power-packed squad is rising in the ranks across two formats. But the star all-rounder, Marco Jansen, did not make it to the playing XI for the third ODI in Southampton. Another news from the match centre is that South Africa will field first.
South Africa humbled England in Leeds during the first ODI of the three-match series. Put to bat first, the hosts were disappointed to be all out at 131 despite Jamie Smith’s 54 at the top. Aiden Markram’s 81 and Ryan Rickelton’s 31 not out paved the way for South Africa. The second ODI was as dramatic as the first. Top scores from Matthew Breeztke and Tristan Stubbs helped put up a fighting 330/8 despite Jofra Archer dismissing half the side. But in the second innings, Nandre Burger starred with a golden duck, sending back in-form batter Jamie Smith. Joe Root (61), Jacob Bethell (58), and Jos Buttler (61) attempted to rebuild, but England fell short of the final push, finishing at 325/9.
The 25-year-old had suffered an injury in his left thumb during the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final in June 2025. Notably, the player contributed with four crucial wickets in South Africa’s five-wicket victory over the reigning champions, Australia, that ended their 27-year drought for an ICC title win.
However, since the injury, Jansen missed all the subsequent fixtures of the Proteas, including the T20I tri-series, involving hosts Zimbabwe and New Zealand and the latest six-match white-ball tour of Australia. But the all-rounder has recovered well after going through surgery and is set to resume playing soon.
He will make a comeback in international cricket after nearly a three-month gap. Though the 25-year-old is not part of the Proteas’ current ODI squad against England, they have named him in the team for the upcoming 20-over series.
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton (w), Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Wiaan Mulder, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Codi Yusuf, and Nandre Burger.
England (Playing XI): Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (w), Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, and Adil Rashid.
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Jansen has put up consistent performances in white-ball cricket in recent times. After an average outing in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the player scalped four wickets and scored 104 runs in the five-match home T20I series against India. He also snared six wickets and put up 39 runs in his latest ODI series in Pakistan in December 2024.
But he could not carry on the momentum to produce an extraordinary performance in the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year. Jansen scored only three runs and bagged four wickets in three matches of that multi-national tournament. However, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) player has had an impressive Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 outing, scoring 166 runs while striking at 149.54, and also scalping 16 wickets at an economy of 8.13 in 17 matches this season.
Temba Bavuma (C), Toni de Zorzi, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Matthew Breetzke, Kwena Maphaka, Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Nandre Burger, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, and Senuran Muthusamy.
Aiden Markram (C), Keshav Maharaj, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Corbin Bosch, Kwena Maphaka, Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Ryan Rickelton, Donovan Ferreira, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, and Lizaad Williams.
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