| 0.1 : 0.1: D Willey to JJ Smuts, OUT! Perfect start for England! David Willey the provider! He starts off with a superb delivery, bowls it full outside off. Gets it to swing back in. Smuts prods forward to push it on the off side but the inward movement does him. Catches an inside edge, onto the pads and then deflects onto the stumps. Smuts bags a golden duck. |
| 1.1: M Wood to R Hendricks, OUT! Wood starts in similar fashion to Willey! Gets rid of the other Protea opener. He pitches it short around off, Hendricks looks to go after it. Fails to control his pull and finds Willey at mid-wicket, who jumps and takes a good, sharp catch. What a start this for the home side! They have sent both the openers back in the hut. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: M Wood to de Villiers, FOUR! First boundary of the day! Back of a length delivery outside off, de Villiers hops a touch and punches it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: M Wood to de Villiers, FOUR! This will ease off the pressure! Slightly shorter in length outside off, de Villiers clears his front leg and slaps it wide of mid off to collect his second boundary. Good comeback from the Proteas in the over. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: D Willey to D Miller, SIX! Just a short-arm jab! Length delivery outside off, Miller steps down the track and lofts it over mid off. The timing is so good on it that the ball sails over the fence for a maximum. 16 runs from the last 5 deliveries. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: C Jordan to de Villiers, FOUR! Finally de Villiers connects! Full outside off, AB with a forward stride lofts it over mid off. The ball goes on the bounce across the ropes. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: M Wood to D Miller, OUT! Miller departs! Good length delivery around off, nips in a touch. Miller hops, looking to play but is undone by the movement off the seam. Gets a faint bottom edge and Buttler takes a good, low catch to complete the proceedings. Mark Wood is continuing his good work from the Champions Trophy. South Africa in trouble now. |
| 5.1: C Jordan to F Behardien, FOUR! That will boost his confidence. Short outside off, Behardien glides it past first slip. Beats the third man fielder as well for his first boundary. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: M Crane to F Behardien, FOUR! Edgy! Leg spinner on the shorter side, Farhaan backs away, looks to punch it on the off side but gets a thick outside edge. The ball races past short third man and away to the fence for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: M Crane to de Villiers, FOUR! Full toss and put away! Finally de Villiers gets one away. Pulls the high full toss in the cow corner. Bisects the deep mid-wicket and the long on fielder for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: D Willey to F Behardien, FOUR! Poor positioning from the debutant Crane. Willey bangs this in short as Behardien pulls it over square leg. It's flying to Crane out in the deep, who has walked in a few paces. He then has to pedal back and as a result, he loses the ball. It brushes off his fingertips and falls just inside the rope, before it goes across it. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: M Wood to F Behardien, SIX! HE'S NAILED THAT! Wood pounds it in short and Behardien picks up the length really early. He rocks backs, swivels and pulls it with all his might over backward square leg for a biggie. |
| 16.5: D Willey to de Villiers, SIX! There it is! That's an AB de Villiers special. He's premeditated this, walks across to this fuller ball and scoops it over short fine leg. Hit that so well that it travels all the way for a maximum. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: M Wood to F Behardien, FOUR! Fifty for Farhaan! He's been very good since he's walked out to bat. Good way to bring up the milestone as well. He pulls it away with power to send it across the mid-wicket fence for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: M Wood to F Behardien, SIX! Stand and deliver stuff from Farhaan Behardien! That's a shot from a man possessing tremendous confidence. He walks down the track and with a perfectly straight bat lofts it back down the ground for a maximum. As elegant as you'd like. Super shot. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: C Jordan to de Villiers, SIX! When he's on song, there's nobody better. A scintillating shot from the superb player. Walks across to this and takes it on the full. Gets low and slog sweeps it over backward square leg for half a dozen. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: W Parnell to A Hales, FOUR! Pulled away! Short and angling away, Hales pulls it over mid-wicket off the front foot with authority. Beats the man in the deep there and gets a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: JJ Smuts to J Roy, SIX! What a shot! Incredible! Smuts darts it in, Roy kneels down and slog sweeps it over backward square leg for a huge biggie. This will boost his confidence. |
| 3.2: W Parnell to J Roy, SIX! Boom! This is a different Roy which we are seeing. He steps down the track and hoists the length ball over long on for a maximum. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: W Parnell to J Roy, FOUR! Gets lucky slightly. Parnell bowls a good bumper, Roy is taken by surprise a touch. Looks to hook it away but gets a top edge and the ball runs over the keeper's head and to the fence behind. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: W Parnell to J Roy, FOUR! Another one goes to the fence! What a start this from Roy! Length delivery on leg, flicked past the diving mid on fielder for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: W Parnell to J Roy, FOUR! Hat-trick of boundaries! He is taking Parnell to all parts of the ground. Back of a length delivery, slanting away, punched through cover-point for a boundary. Where was this Roy in recent times? |
| 4.1 : 4.1: A Phehlukwayo to J Roy, OUT! Phehlukwayo strikes with his first ball! Dangerous Roy departs. And only he is to be blame for that. After playing some good orthodox cricketing shots in the previous over for runs, he looks to reverse sweep the length delivery. Misses and is rapped on the pads. The players appeal and the umpire raises his dreaded finger. The English opener will be livid with himself after seeing this and his skipper would be even more frustrated. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: A Phehlukwayo to J Bairstow, FOUR! Well-placed! Slightly back of a length outside off, Bairstow cuts it past backward point. Beats third man and gets off the mark with a boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: I Tahir to A Hales, SIX! This time he connects! Full in the line of the stumps, Hales kneels down and slog sweeps it over the cow corner for a maximum. He is ticking along nicely. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: I Tahir to J Bairstow, SIX! Over the ropes! Full around middle and leg, Bairstow clears his front leg and clobbers it over mid-wicket for a maximum. The English batters are not letting any bowler to settle in. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: T Shamsi to J Bairstow, SIX! Downtown! Served full around off, Bairstow clears his front leg and lofts it straight down the ground over long off for a maximum. They are cruising through this chase. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: D Pretorius to A Hales, FOUR! Slower one on the shorter side, outside off. Hales picks that up and looks to cut it hard. Ends up slicing it over the gap between backward point and short third man. The ball races to the fence for another boundary. 50-run stand is also up between Hales and Bairstow! |
| 10.3 : 10.3: JJ Smuts to J Bairstow, FOUR! That's a beautiful shot from Jonny Bairstow. He gets into position early and reverse sweeps this tossed delivery through backward point. Phehlukwayo out in the deep runs to his left and dives, but goes over the ball and lets the ball through. Boundary. |
| 11.3: D Pretorius to J Bairstow, FOUR! Innovative! Short and angling in, Bairstow shuffles across a touch, gets under the ball and helps it over short fine leg for a boundary. He is scoring at a brisk rate. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: I Tahir to J Bairstow, FOUR! Tahir starts off with a shortish delivery, Bairstow goes back and punches it through covers. Phehlukwayo in the deep, covers good ground to his right, dives to cut it off but ends up parrying it back to the ropes. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: I Tahir to A Hales, DROPPED AND FOUR! Tossed up outside off, Hales clears his front leg and tonks the ball high in the sky over mid on. Gets the elevation but doesn't get the distance and Behardien in the deep, sets himself up underneath it but makes a mess of the catch. The ball drops and rolls to the fence to make the matters worse. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: I Tahir to A Hales, SIX! Bang! Hales makes full use of the life. Flatter delivery around off, Hales dances down and smashes it over mid-wicket for a maximum. Now, only 14 runs needed for England to win. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: T Shamsi to J Bairstow, FOUR! What a way to get the fifty! Full around off, Bairstow makes room and goes inside out through the covers for a boundary. Reaches his half century in only 29 balls. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: A Phehlukwayo to J Bairstow, FOUR! Bairstow is in golden form! Short ball around off. There isn't much room on offer and Bairstow gets under it, watches the ball till the last moment and ramps it over the vacant slip cordon for a boundary. England just a run away from victory. |
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