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South Africa Vs England Live Cricket Score - 1st T20I - Full Scorecard

South Africa

Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Temba Bavumac Moeen Ali b Adil Rashid 43 27 5 0 159.26
11.3
A Rashid to T Bavuma, OUT! CAUGHT! This time it has been taken! Ali makes no mistake. Bavuma misses out on a fifty but it was a good innings till it lasted. Loopy one on middle, Temba looks to sweep but it goes off the top edge towards short fine leg. Moeen Ali lunges and takes the catch. England needed this wicket as the minuscule batsman was looking in great touch and taking South Africa to a good total. The visitors have a real chance of restricting the hosts here.
Quinton de Kock (C) (W)c Joe Denly b Moeen Ali 31 15 3 2 206.67
4.1
M Ali to de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT! Big wicket for England and it's Moeen Ali who has provided the breakthrough. Quinton de Kock will be disappointed as he was looking so good out in the middle. Ali tosses this one up on middle, de Kock looks to go big but does not time it well at all. The ball goes high towards deep mid-wicket where Joe Denly is stationed. He settles himself and pouches a simple catch. Flashy start from the skipper but he would have wanted to carry on for a longer duration. The ploy to continue with the off spinner works for Eoin Morgan.
Rassie van der Dussenc Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes 31 26 3 1 119.23
10.5
Ben Stokes to van der Dussen, OUT! Caught! Stokes does the trick and strikes in his first over. The Nelson strikes and a very good stand between van der Dussen and Bavuma comes to an end. Effort ball from the English all-rounder. He bangs it in short on middle and leg. It is close to van der Dussen's body. He looks to pull but cannot time it well. Ends up hitting it in front of deep square leg. Bairstow there comes in and takes a simple catch.
David Millerc Chris Jordan b Tom Curran 16 14 1 0 114.29
15.1
Tom Curran to D Miller, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent catch from Jordan. These kind of catches are not easy to take but Jordan has made it look very easy. Slower length ball on off, Miller looks to lift it over mid off but it takes the top half of the bat. Jordan runs back from mid off and takes a very good catch. South Africa struggling to get going after a stupendous start!
JJ Smutsc Ben Stokes b Mark Wood 20 20 2 0 100
18.4
M Wood to JJ Smuts, OUT! CAUGHT! Stokes is not going to drop those. Wonderful stuff from Wood. Low full tosses are usually difficult to hit and this is another one of those occasions. Wood bowls this on middle, Smuts looks to flick but it takes the leading edge and goes towards mid off. Stokes runs ahead and takes a simple catch. England are having a brilliant last few overs.
Andile Phehlukwayorun out (Chris Jordan) 18 15 0 2 120
19.6
C Jordan to A Phehlukwayo, OUT! RUN OUT! Brilliant bowling from Jordan to end the innings. Very full delivery on middle, almost a yorker. Phehlukwayo can only push it back to the bowler. Steyn takes off for the single. Andile though is late in taking off but even if he did so, it would have been almost impossible for him to make the crease at the non-striker's end. Jordan collects the ball and then runs behind to whip the bails off at his end. Phehlukwayo is nowhere in the picture. Only 5 runs from the last over. SOUTH AFRICA END ON 177/8.
Dwaine Pretoriusb Chris Jordan 1 2 0 0 50
19.1
C Jordan to D Pretorius, OUT! TIMBER! You miss, I hit stuff from Jordan. He is excellent at the death and proves it yet again. Full delivery on off, Pretorius looks to lift it over long on but misses and the ball goes on to uproot the off stump. Excellent stuff.
Beuran Hendricksb Chris Jordan 0 1 0 0 0
19.2
C Jordan to B Hendricks, OUT! TIMBER! This is top class bowling from Jordan. A ripper of a yorker from Chris and it fetches him another wicket. It is bowled around middle and off, with some reverse swing on it. Hendricks looks to flick but fails. The ball hits the stumps and Hendricks has to go.
Dale Steynnot out 5 2 1 0 250
Extras (lb 5, w 3, nb 2, b 2) 12 TOTAL 177 -8 in 20.0 overs (8.85 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :1-48 (Quinton de Kock , 4.1 overs), 2-111 (Rassie van der Dussen , 10.5 overs), 3-113 (Temba Bavuma , 11.3 overs), 4-135 (David Miller , 15.1 overs), 5-170 (JJ Smuts , 18.4 overs), 6-172 (Dwaine Pretorius , 19.1 overs), 7-172 (Beuran Hendricks , 19.2 overs), 8-177 (Andile Phehlukwayo , 19.6 overs)
Did not bat : Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi
Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras
Moeen Ali4 0 22 1 5.5 0nb, 0w
Tom Curran3 0 41 1 13.67 0nb, 1w
Mark Wood3 0 32 1 10.67 1nb, 0w
Chris Jordan3 0 28 2 9.33 0nb, 0w
Adil Rashid4 0 23 1 5.75 0nb, 0w
Ben Stokes3 0 24 1 8 1nb, 2w

England

Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Jason Royc Lungi Ngidi b Beuran Hendricks 70 38 7 3 184.21
14.2
B Hendricks to J Roy, OUT! Roy is fooled by Hendricks. Change in angle by the bowler. He steams in from 'round the wicket and digs in a slower bouncer around off. It takes an eternity to reach the batsman and Jason doesn't have the patience to wait for it. He tries to wheel a pull shot but is way too early into the shot. The top edge is induced and it's an easy catch for Ngidi at short fine leg. Superb knock by Roy but getting out this way will hurt him. 46 needed off 34 balls!
Jos Buttler (W)c David Miller b Dale Steyn 15 10 3 0 150
2.2
D Steyn to Jos Buttler, OUT! CAUGHT! Steyn is back in the wickets column. Buttler can be very dangerous and Steyn has removed him. Back of a length delivery on off, Buttler goes after it but gets it off the toe end of the bat. The ball goes towards mid off. David Miller moves a little back and pouches the catch. Steyn becomes the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is.
Jonny Bairstowlbw b Andile Phehlukwayo 23 19 3 0 121.05
8.5
A Phehlukwayo to J Bairstow, OUT! LBW! Phehlukwayo strikes and the hosts needed this wicket. The 72-run stand is broken. Good length ball on middle and leg, Bairstow looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. The South African players put in an appeal and the umpire agrees with them. Bairstow has a talk with his partner but decides against the review. South Africa are elated.
Eoin Morgan (C)c Temba Bavuma b Beuran Hendricks 52 34 7 1 152.94
18.6
B Hendricks to E Morgan, OUT! It's a legal delivery. Anti-climatic! Morgan tries to finish it in a flourish but holes out. Is there a twist in the tale? Hendricks angles in a full ball on middle, Morgan tries to smoke his slog sweep over wide long on but fails to get enough meat behind the shot. Bavuma makes no mistake in the deep. The umpire goes upstairs to check for the front foot no ball. Beuran is JUST fine.
Joe Denlyc Rassie van der Dussen b Andile Phehlukwayo 3 4 0 0 75
15.3
A Phehlukwayo to Joe Denly, OUT! Phehlukwayo's happy knack of picking wickets continues... He delivers a length ball around off, Denly attempts to heave it across the line but fails to pump it over the rope. It travels in the deep and falls straight into the lap of Rassie van der Dussen at deep mid-wicket. Andile is pumped up.
Ben Stokesc David Miller b Lungi Ngidi 4 7 0 0 57.14
17.4
L Ngidi to Ben Stokes, OUT! Stokes holes out! The crowd is in action, they are loving it. They can sense something here. Ngidi bowls a clever off cutter outside off, on a length at 115 kph, Stokes tries to slog sweep but finds David Miller at deep mid-wicket. Ben flops with the bat! 26 needed off 14 balls and this match is heading for a close finish.
Moeen Alib Lungi Ngidi 5 5 0 0 100
19.5
L Ngidi to M Ali, OUT! Whoa! Ngidi, you beauty! A clever dipping full ball around off, Moeen steps down for a big shot but is early into the shot again. It goes through and lights the stumps. The crowd roars.
Tom Curranc David Miller b Lungi Ngidi 2 2 0 0 100
19.2
L Ngidi to Tom Curran, OUT! Another one bites the dust! This match is going right down to the wire, folks! Ngidi deceives the batsman with a slower delivery this time. On a length around middle, Curran mistimes his shot aerially towards deep mid-wicket and Miller takes the skier safely. Morgan is having a tensed look near the boundary line.
Chris Jordannot out 0 0 0 0 0
Adil Rashidrun out (Dale Steyn) 1 1 0 0 100
19.6
L Ngidi to A Rashid, OUT! Run out! SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 1 RUN! Ngidi sticks with the slower ones. He delivers it full and outside off, Rashid tries to drive but it takes the inner half and rolls towards mid-wicket. They cross for a run. Attempt for the non-existent second but Steyn has calmly under-armed his throw to the keeper and de Kock takes the bails off. Big celebration in the middle. Chokers, who?
Extras (lb 1, w 0, nb 0, b 0) 1 TOTAL 176 -9 in 20.0 overs (8.8 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :1-19 (Jos Buttler , 2.2 overs), 2-91 (Jonny Bairstow , 8.5 overs), 3-132 (Jason Roy , 14.2 overs), 4-137 (Joe Denly , 15.3 overs), 5-152 (Ben Stokes , 17.4 overs), 6-171 (Eoin Morgan , 18.6 overs), 7-173 (Tom Curran , 19.2 overs), 8-175 (Moeen Ali , 19.5 overs), 9-176 (Adil Rashid , 19.6 overs)
Did not bat : Mark Wood
Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras
Dale Steyn4 0 33 1 8.25 0nb, 0w
Lungi Ngidi4 0 30 3 7.5 0nb, 0w
JJ Smuts1 0 22 0 22 0nb, 0w
Andile Phehlukwayo4 0 32 2 8 0nb, 0w
Tabraiz Shamsi4 0 25 0 6.25 0nb, 0w
Beuran Hendricks3 0 33 2 11 0nb, 0w

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