| 1.3 : 1.3: M Morkel to A Hales, FOUR! Edgy! Outside off on a good length, Hales tries to cut it but manages to get an outside edge for a boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: M Morkel to J Roy, FOUR! Beautiful! Back of a length delivery around off, Roy stays back and just punches it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: M Morkel to J Roy, OUT! Roy departs! Back of a length delivery angling into the batsman, Roy stays in his crease and tries to play the ramp shot. Does not time it well and the ball goes straight to the keeper who makes no mistake this time around. Morkel has struck early and the South Africans erupt in joy as they know how dangerous Roy can be. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: C Morris to D Malan, SIX! Hammered! What a way to register first international runs! Slightly back of a length around middle and off. Malan shimmies a touch and latches onto it in a flash. Pulls it hard and flat over square leg for the first maximum of the day. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: A Phehlukwayo to D Malan, FOUR! Malan welcomes Andile in style! Good length delivery outside off, Malan slashes hard through the backward point region. Beats the diving short third man fielder and the ball races away to the boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: A Phehlukwayo to D Malan, FOUR! Malan, you beauty! Back of a length slower one and Dawid stays deep in his crease to pull this one through the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: D Paterson to D Malan, FOUR! Beautiful! Fuller outside off, Malan shuffles way across and just flicks it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. He seems to be toying with the South African bowling attack. |
| 6.6: C Morris to D Malan, FOUR! Easy pickings! Angling into the pads, Malan shuffles across and works it fine past the keeper for a boundary. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: I Tahir to D Malan, FOUR! Powerful! Short delivery around off, Malan camps back and pulls it with authority through the long on region for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: I Tahir to D Malan, FOUR! Edged! Quicker outside off, Malan throws his bat to it. Gets an inside edge past the keeper, through the third man region for a boundary. 50-run stand between Dawid Malan and Alex Hales. |
| 8.4: M Morkel to D Malan, SIX! Great shot! Fuller delivery outside off, Malan stays deep in his crease and lofts that powerfully over the long off region for half a dozen. This is also the highest score by an Englishmen on a T20I debut. What a feat to be part of! |
| 9.1 : 9.1: I Tahir to A Hales, SIX! That's a freebie! Full toss in the line of the stumps, Hales stays in his crease and just sends it deep into mid-wicket stands for half a dozen. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: I Tahir to D Malan, FOUR! Fifty for Malan! Fuller into the stumps, Malan just shuffles across and paddles it over the fine leg region. Morkel tries to reach it but gets beaten and the ball races away to the boundary. Dawid will be hoping to continue with his entertaining knock. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: I Tahir to D Malan, FOUR! Shot! Fuller outside off, Malan cuts it through the backward point region for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: M Morkel to A Hales, FOUR! Almost a wide yorker, Hales looks to squeeze it on the off side. Gets it finer than he intends to and the ball races past the diving keeper to the fence behind. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: M Morkel to D Malan, FOUR! The ball has raced away! Malan this time walks across, forcing Morkel to alter his line, who follows him with a full delivery. Dawid drills it past mid off for a boundary. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: D Paterson to A Hales, SIX! Just over! On a length around off, Hales clears his front leg and slams it over long on. Behardien at the fence, jumps full stretch but the ball evades his fingers and sails into the stands. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: D Paterson to D Malan, FOUR! Cheeky! Full on middle and off, Malan moves across and paddle scoops it over short fine leg for a boundary. This guys is just destroying the Protea bowling. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: D Paterson to D Malan, FOUR! Easy pickings! This is poor line from Paterson. He bowls it on the shorter side outside leg, Malan just pulls it fine past the keeper for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: A Phehlukwayo to A Hales, OUT! Hales departs! Phehlukwayo the man to provide the breakthrough! Back of a length delivery, angling in, Hales dances down the track, giving some room. Looks to muscle his pull over mid-wicket but finds Miller in the deep, who takes a good low catch. End of the 105-run stand. A much-needed wicket for South Africa. Can they make further inroads? |
| 13.1 : 13.1: I Tahir to D Malan, FOUR! Tossed up around off, Malan gives himself room and goes inside out over extra cover. There's a huge gap there and the fielder in the deep puts in a desperate dive to stop it but misses and concedes a boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: I Tahir to D Malan, OUT! Huge wicket, this! Tossed up delivery, Malan makes room and looks to go big downtown. However, fails to connect it cleanly and the ball balloons high in the air. Paterson at long on, gets under it and completes the catch. End of the innings for the debutant but after thoroughly entertaining the crowd. Two new batsman in, now. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: A Phehlukwayo to Jos Buttler, SIX! Sheer power! Full outside off, Buttler with strong bottom hand tonks it flat over mid off. Has got so much power on it that the ball travels all the way for a maximum. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: A Phehlukwayo to Jos Buttler, FOUR! In the gap! Phehlukwayo alters his length, goes short. Buttler picks the length early and pulls it in the cow corner region for a boundary. Finally, he has got going! |
| 17.2 : 17.2: D Paterson to Sam Billings, SIX! Innovative! Full toss around off, Sam once again kneels down to sweep. Connects it well this time and the ball sails over the square leg fence for half a dozen. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: D Paterson to Sam Billings, OUT! Billings departs! Paterson bowls it slowish on a length outside off, Billings looks to go after the width and flashes his bat at it. The lack of pace does him in and the ball lobs off the toe end to de Villiers at extra cover, who doesn't make any mistake. A scratchy knock from Sam comes to an end. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: D Paterson to L Livingstone, OUT! Two-in-two! Livingstone bags a golden duck! That is poor from the youngster. He looks to scoop the full toss by getting a long way across. However, he misses and sees his stumps rattled. All he need to do was just rotate the strike and give strike to his skipper. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: A Phehlukwayo to Jos Buttler, SIX! Incredible! Full outside off, Buttler makes room and with a strong bottom hand bunts it over cover-point for a maximum. It's just unbelievable. Phehlukwayo hadn't given much room there but Buttler still managed to dispatch it into the stands. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: A Phehlukwayo to L Plunkett, OUT! Another duck for an Englishman! Andile bowls it slower and shorter around off, angling in. Plunkett pulls it over mid-wicket. Miller in the deep, comes running in and takes a really good sliding catch to send Plunkett back to the pavilion. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: D Paterson to Jos Buttler, OUT! Back of a length delivery outside off on the slower side. Buttler looks to muscle it but gets a top edge. The ball balloons in the point region and Smuts there takes the sitter to send the English skipper back in the dressing room. 3-fer for Paterson. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: D Paterson to D Willey, OUT! Two-in-two again from Paterson! Bowls a perfect yorker on middle and leg. Willey, who is standing leg sidish, fails to squeeze it out and sees his stumps shattered. Paterson is having a gala time out there. Can he make it a 5-fer? |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Tom Curran to R Hendricks, OUT! Curran strikes in his very first over! Soft dismissal! Good length delivery outside off, Hendricks tries to loft it over the mid off fielder. Gets it off the toe end and the ball goes straight to Plunkett on the edge of the ring, who obliges with holding onto it. Curran has drawn first blood and he is enjoying his outing in this series. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Tom Curran to C Morris, FOUR! Smart batting Morris! Short delivery into the body, Chris first thinks of the ramp shot but later adjusts and slaps it over the point region for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: C Jordan to C Morris, OUT! The experiment of promoting Morris has failed! Short delivery into the batsman, Chris goes for the pull. Does not middle it and the ball flies towards the deep square leg boundary. Alex Hales the man there takes it on the boundary line. Makes a really tough catch look really easy. The umpire checks if Jordan has overstepped but he is fine. A struggling innings comes to an end. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: L Plunkett to JJ Smuts, SIX! That's into orbit! Fuller length delivery outside off, Smuts makes room on the leg side and whacks it over the long on region for half a dozen. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: L Plunkett to JJ Smuts, FOUR! Good length delivery outside off, Smuts goes a bit leg side and smashes it over the cover region for a boundary. |
| 6.1 : 6.1: M Crane to JJ Smuts, FOUR! Freebie! Full toss on the stumps, Smuts does not miss out on those as he sweeps it through the square leg region for a boundary. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: M Crane to de Villiers, FOUR! Beautiful! Fuller outside off, AB de Villiers carves that over the extra cover region for a boundary. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: L Plunkett to JJ Smuts, OUT! Plunkett strikes! Short delivery into the batsman, Smuts was throwing his bat at everything. Does that again here and gets a top edge on it. The ball flies towards the fine leg region. Malan settles underneath it and takes a safe catch. Smuts was not able to get going and he departs. |
| 10.1: M Crane to de Villiers, FOUR! In the gap! Crane tosses it up, de Villiers sweeps it on the full. Gets it in the gap in the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: M Crane to de Villiers, SIX! Boom! Into the stands! Full on middle, de Villiers kneels down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket. That's huge hit and the ball sails a long way back in the stands. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: M Crane to de Villiers, SIX! Another one! Crane not shy of tossing it up, serves it fuller on the stumps. It's in AB's arc and he goes down on one knee and sweeps it over square leg for half a dozen. 16 off the over already! |
| 10.6 : 10.6: M Crane to de Villiers, OUT! Against the run of play! Crane gets his reward for being brave. Tosses it up on middle and leg again. De Villiers once more sweeps it over square leg. Fails to have middled it and Alex Hales takes another well-composed catch at the ropes just like his previous one. Crane is delighted and why won't he be. AB de Villiers is his first international wicket. Huge wicket this. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: C Jordan to D Miller, OUT! Edged and gone! England are chipping in at the wicket at the right moment. Miller dances down the track. Seeing that Jordan angles it across from short of a length. Miller flashes at it, gets an outside edge and the English skipper behind the stumps collects the ball to complete the proceedings. South Africa in huge trouble now. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: C Jordan to F Behardien, OUT! In the air... gone! Short and angling in, Behardien looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball flies a long way in the air but fails to get distance on it. Billings at deep backward square leg, gets under the ball and cups it. End of a struggling knock from Behardien. England need 4 wickets more to win. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: D Willey to M Mosehle, SIX! A much-needed one! Back of a length delivery on leg, Mosehle shimmies across a touch and helps it with the wind over long leg for a biggie. He had timed it superbly well. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: D Willey to A Phehlukwayo, FOUR! Shot! Back of a length delivery, Phehlukwayo dances down, giving himself room and smashes it down the ground through mid on for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: D Willey to A Phehlukwayo, FOUR! This is turning out to be a good over for South Africa. Phehlukwayo dances down and lofts the length delivery over mid off for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Tom Curran to M Mosehle, SIX! Back of a length delivery, angling in, Mosehle shimmies across and pulls it with the wind over backward square leg for a maximum. Release shot, this! |
| 17.1 : 17.1: D Willey to M Mosehle, SIX! Flat-bat maximum! Shortish delivery to start off, Mosehle clears his front leg and pulls hard and flat over long on for a biggie. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: D Willey to M Mosehle, SIX! Back-to-back! Willey bangs it further short, angling across. Mosehle clears his front leg and slaps it over wide long off. It's a huge hit and the ball clears the ground as well. A new ball is needed! |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Tom Curran to M Mosehle, FOUR! Low full toss outside off, Mosehle bends his knees and lofts it over covers. The fielder in the deep is way inside as it's a long boundary there and so has to run back. Can't get to it and the ball goes on the bounce across the ropes for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Tom Curran to M Mosehle, OUT! High full toss, Moshele looks to heave it across but mistimes it in the deep mid-wicket region. Billings there catches it safely. Moshele looks to square leg umpire as soon as he hits it, asking for a waist high full toss. The umpires checks upstairs and it's a fair delivery. Mosehle's cameo comes to an end. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: C Jordan to A Phehlukwayo, FOUR! A touch ahead of a length, angling away, Andile looks to sweep but gets a top edge. The ball goes over the short fine leg fielder and across the ropes. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: C Jordan to A Phehlukwayo, FOUR! Another one. This time it's a clean hit. Fuller length delivery, drilled hard over mid on for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: C Jordan to M Morkel, FOUR! But, in vain as ENGLAND WIN BY 19 RUNS. Length delivery outside off, Morkel lofts it over mid off and picks up a boundary. THE HOSTS ALSO CLINCH THE SERIES 2-1! |
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