England tour of South Africa 2015-16

Scorecard - 2nd ODI, South Africa vs England at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (06 Feb 2016)

South Africa

262/7 (50) RR:5.24

England won by 5 wkts

MOM: Alex Hales

England

263/5 (46.2) RR:5.68

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48.4 - Stokes to Behardien, FOUR, yes, here it comes. Was only coming. Stokes pitches this up, Behardien kneels and lofts it over extra cover for a much needed boundary

47.2 - Topley to Rabada, FOUR, goes for the yorker and hurls it down the leg-side, Rabada gets further inside the line and tickles it away to fine leg

42.0 - Topley to Rossouw, FOUR, Behardien hopped in the air with legs widened to let that ball go through to the fences. Full ball on the pads, Rossouw leans into it with a straight bat and caresses it through

41.3 - Topley to Rossouw, FOUR, that was gorgeous. Skipped out of the pitch and bulletted the ball away through mid-off. High bat, right balance, timing and all that

40.3 - Stokes to de Villiers, leg byes, FOUR, splayed down leg, de Villiers falls on the flick and the ball runs to fine leg off de Villiers's right boot

39.1 - Jordan to Duminy, FOUR, that's the pull-reliever tablet. Has mistimed them all this afternoon but he walks down the pitch this time and pulls the pants off it to long-on

38.2 - Stokes to Duminy, FOUR, here's Duminy's dancing shoes that's been taken out of the shabby cabinet. Skips out and swings through the line, gets it over the infield and it creams to the long-off fence

37.4 - Jordan to de Villiers, FOUR, fullish ball inviting de Villiers to go hammer and tongs. He does so with a dance down the track but a thick outside edge flies to third man

29.0 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, FOUR, and this time powers that reverse sweep with some more intent, gets low and thumps the ball to third man

21.2 - Adil Rashid to de Villiers, FOUR, greedily flighted wide of off and it turns out to be a low full toss, Villiers leans across and opens the face of the bat to hammer it through backward point

18.3 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, FOUR, deft from de Villiers. When he saw that only short third was inside the ring on the off-side, decide to play the reverse sweep. Very full outside off, de Villiers used the pace and got a boundary to third man

16.4 - Stokes to du Plessis, FOUR, brilliant from du Plessis. Uses his feet, makes room while doing so and then goes over cover. Intentionally hit in the air and he gets a boundary for that. Breaks the shackles with that hit

10.0 - Willey to de Kock, FOUR, very full outside off and de Kock won't miss out. There are four fielders in a ring on the off-side and de Kock has pierced them. Came forward and drove that past all of them. Brings up the 50-run stand as well. Willey is frustrated with himself and makes his displeasure known

9.2 - Willey to du Plessis, FOUR, du Plessis uses his feet and then drives that on the rise past mid-off. Went outside leg and creamed that. High elbow and all that jazz

9.0 - Stokes to de Kock, FOUR, again magnificent timing on that whip. He is timing them so well, off the back foot and through mid-wicket. A long chase for Adil Rashid but despite getting there and tumbling, he was in contact with the ropes as he had the ball in his hand. Given four

8.3 - Stokes to de Kock, FOUR, fabulous shot. Just a back foot punch and past mid-off. Stood tall and timed the pants off it. It was a back of a length delivery outside off and de Kock put it away with disdain. Terrific timing on the shot

7.0 - Topley to du Plessis, FOUR, poor delivery and four more. Down leg with fine leg inside the circle, all it needed was a deflection which du Plessis got. Glanced that past the fielder

6.5 - Topley to du Plessis, FOUR, in the air and falls in front of the onrushing deep mid-wicket. The fielder goes for the catch and the ball lands in front of him and then goes past and into the fence. du Plessis used his feet and flicked it in the air, the wind helped him there, it held up for a while and then bounced in front of Hales I guess. He went for the catch, a good effort but Topley isn't impressed with that, he is unhappy that it has run away for four

4.4 - Topley to de Kock, FOUR, finally is off the mark with a cracking drive. On the rise too, length outside off, blasted through cover off the front foot

1.0 - Topley to Amla, FOUR, the fine leg is in the circle and that's easy pickings. That swung, but down leg, Amla flicked that to the right of a motionless fielder. That spoils Topley's attempt at getting a maiden over as well

40.0 - Jordan to de Villiers, SIX, he was waiting all afternoon for this. Short ball sitting up pretty, de Villiers was on the back foot, swung his arms across and hammered the ball over deep mid-wicket. Imparted this white ball wings and it flew away

9.4 - Willey to du Plessis, SIX, smashed. Just went back and pulled it over mid-wicket. Fraction short and sat up to be hit, du Plessis was forward but transferred his weight and then pulled that over the fence

47.3 - Topley to Rabada, out Caught by Eoin Morgan!! Topley's good day just got better with his fourth wicket. On a length and armed with some width, Rabada RSVP'd to the invitation, threw his hands at the ball but could only manage an outside edge that was snaffled reverse-cupped by a backpedaling backward point. Slow ball and an even slower pitch defeating him there. Rabada c Eoin Morgan b Topley 12(10) [4s-1]

44.0 - Topley to Rossouw, out Caught by Buttler!! Lovely one-handed dive from Buttler to his right to cut this off. Actually caught it and England have gone up for the review. Fair delivery, the ball slung in as Rossouw walked down the pitch to flick it, eked out an inside edge perhaps? UltraEdge replays are confusing. There's mini-spike but tough to say whether the bat-ball or the bat-ground impact led to that. No issues with the catch which seemed to have been completed cleanly. Long delay and Rossouw has been sent back with a reversed decision. Third umpire reckoned there was some wood on that and that's all. The end. Rossouw c Buttler b Topley 11(11) [4s-2]

41.1 - Topley to Duminy, out Lbw!! With no reviews available, Duminy has to go. All disappointed with his head buried in the ground. Topley fires it in full and on the pads, Duminy misses the flick and is rapped on the pad. HawkEye shows it missing leg. Umpire thought otherwise and this for all the worldwide promotion of the DRS and its associated magnanimity. Duminy lbw b Topley 47(66) [4s-2]

40.4 - Stokes to de Villiers, out Caught by Jordan!! Jordan's bucket hands have swallowed de Villiers. Fullish ball sees de Villiers throw his all on the clobber, swings his bat across the line but couldn't get it off the middle. Jordan has his shades on, runs back from mid-wicket and snaffles it with two hands braving the sun. A moment that is worth at least 40 runs. de Villiers c Jordan b Stokes 73(91) [4s-4 6s-1]

19.5 - Adil Rashid to du Plessis, out Caught by Jordan!! Leading edge and caught at slip. Drift did du Plessis in that time. It was looped up on middle and off, the drift hung the ball up in the air, du Plessis was closing the face of the bat on the flick, a low grab to his right by Jordan at slip. He doesn't drop many and Adil Rashid strikes. Credit to Morgan for keeping the slip in. Replays show it was the attempted toppie, which went straight on. du Plessis c Jordan b Adil Rashid 46(48) [4s-4 6s-1]

10.4 - Stokes to de Kock, out Lbw!! Review part: Will de Kock review? Yes he is. After a chat with du Plessis. Dharmasena has given that out lbw. Has that pitched outside leg? That's the only thing that can save de Kock. Looks like it has pitched in-line. No inside edge onto the pad. Three reds and de Kock is gone. Wicket part: What a good decision that is from Dharmasena. It pitched in-line with leg stump, de Kock missed the flick to that fuller delivery, played across the line and was rapped on the pads. Height wasn't an issue and it was going onto hit the stumps. Just about pitched in-line, but that will do. Stokes was confident and so was Dharmasena. du Plessis spoke to de Kock and after that discussion, went for the review. South Africa don't have any more reviews for the rest of the innings. Big wicket too for de Kock looked to be carrying on from his heroics in the first ODI. This man Stokes always produces the goods. de Kock lbw b Stokes 22(33) [4s-4]

2.2 - Topley to Amla, out Bowled!! What a ball and Amla is knocked over. Pitches full around middle, threatened to shape in but didn't, kept going away with the angle, Amla didn't come fully forward, was late in attempting the drive, the ball brushed the back pad and then flicked the off stump. Amla walks back with a sorry look on his face. Topley deserved that wicket, for he kept the pressure on Amla in the opening over. Amla b Topley 4(8) [4s-1]

38.0 - Jordan to Duminy, no run, thick outside edge and it's shelled by Buttler! This was short of length and angled away, Duminy was looking to run it down, managed an edge that flew to the left of Buttler who was late to react, went one-handed and gloved the ball away. Tough chance but Jordan wasn't unjustified in closing his eyes and mourning the drop

34.0 - Jordan to de Villiers, 1 run, here's the 48th half-century for de Villiers. Loud cheers as de Villiers raises his bat after what has been an innings quite unlike him. Slow and patient with an intention to build rather than vandalize. Got forward here and tucked the ball to deep square leg for a quick single to get to the milestone

46.2 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, FOUR, and there's the win. England win by 5 wickets. Length ball, Moeen was in the mood, swung his bat across the line and pierced the winning boundary through mid-wicket

46.1 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, FOUR, and this aggressive bug had bitten Moeen too. Clears his front leg and swings the ball towards long-on, couple of bounces and into the ropes

44.0 - Kyle Abbott to Buttler, FOUR, that 16-run over that England needed. Bowled like an offbreak but it was mediocred with width, Buttler extended his arms and thrashed the ball to the deep point fence

43.5 - Kyle Abbott to Buttler, FOUR, slower delivery dragged down, sat up to be hit and Buttler pounces with a pull through square leg

43.4 - Kyle Abbott to Buttler, FOUR, outside edge and it evades the keeper behind. This ball was a peach. Tails in, pitches and then nips away to catch the outside edge. Buttler was glued to the crease as he poked at the ball and hence the edge

42.2 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, FOUR, short ball is an option to Moeen but on this pitch, they are pies. Swivels and hammers the pull square of the wicket

41.4 - Kyle Abbott to Buttler, FOUR, that was a "catch on with the game" ball from Kyle Abbott. Full and veering down, a leg-stump half-volley, and Buttler just obliges with a disdainful flick through square leg

38.2 - Duminy to Hales, FOUR, pushed through delivery mediocred with width, Hales stood taland hammered the punch through a diving Behardien at cover

37.0 - M Morkel to Buttler, leg byes, FOUR, a huge appeal let out but it's four leg byes down to third man. Buttler walked down the pitch to flick this full ball, was hit outside the line of off and beat the slip on its way to the fence

35.4 - Tahir to Stokes, leg byes, FOUR, Tahir had his hands outstretched, jumping up and pleading for appeals. One. Two. Three. Four and the umpire still wasn't moved. This was a full ball on middle, Stokes ekes out a bottom edge that hits him straight in front. Given leg byes as Stokes missed out on the sweep according to the umpire

32.3 - Behardien to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, rank bad ball. Short and wide outside off, asking to be slapped away, Eoin Morgan takes full toll of it, crashing it wide of a diving AB at cover. Sweeper had to much ground to cover and cannot get there

30.0 - Rabada to Hales, FOUR, Hales continues to live a charmed life. Another lucky escape. Full outside off, saw the width and looked to crash that through the off-side, big inside edge and it eludes the stumps, beats the keeper to his left and races away. More frustration for South Africa and Rabada

27.2 - Kyle Abbott to Hales, FOUR, delicate and clever. Hales backs away and then steers it past the diving short third. Knew he was inside the ring and had to get it wide of him, which he did

23.3 - Kyle Abbott to Hales, FOUR, smacked! Kyle Abbott ventures into unknown territories with a short ball, Hales skips down and clobbers it over mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes

21.0 - Duminy to Hales, FOUR, on the leg-stump, Hales gets further inside the line and tickles it to fine leg

15.1 - Tahir to Root, FOUR, the wrong'un to which Root opens the face of the bat at the last moment and steers it through the unpopulated slip cordon

11.4 - Tahir to Hales, FOUR, some width outside off and Hales thrashes it with a cut through cover

9.2 - Rabada to Hales, FOUR, Hales has seen enough of the slower ones, picks it up and clobbers it over mid-off. Was the predictable off-cutter and Hales lofted through the line

9.0 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, improvisation from Root and he gets four. Walked down the track and then shuffled across, met the full ball with a flick and beat the chasing deep square leg. Timed well to elude the fielder

2.5 - Kyle Abbott to Jason Roy, FOUR, how did that go for four? It was mistimed by Jason Roy, went hard on the cover drive, the ball dribbled off the thick inside half, rolled wide of the diving mid-on. AB sprinted and dived head-first, trying to prevent the boundary, but the ball had too much on it and ran away

2.3 - Kyle Abbott to Jason Roy, FOUR, fabulous shot from Jason Roy. What use of the pace. It was a back of a length delivery outside off, cramped Jason Roy for room, but he arched back and steered that well, wide of backward point. Third man had no chance, moving to his right. The timing was superb on that. The wrists did all the work there, he is a fine timer of the cricket ball, isn't he?

1.1 - Rabada to Hales, FOUR, cracking cut to begin the innings by Hales. It was fraction short outside off, Hales got on top of the bounce and flashed it past backward point. Third man had no chance. That's a positive blow by Hales and he is off the mark in grand style

1.0 - Kyle Abbott to Jason Roy, FOUR, opens the account with an unintended boundary. Short of a length, Roy goes for the back foot punch, ekes out an outside edge that flies to the third man fence

45.5 - Tahir to Buttler, SIX, a hat-trick of sixes! Tahir had pushed it flat and full, Buttler got under this one as he knelt and hammered it over long-on. SMACK and it was over the ropes

45.4 - Tahir to Buttler, SIX, and another! Somehow saw this coming. Tahir is having a horror day and Buttler just made it nightmarish. Connects the slog-sweeps and launches the projectile over deep mid-wicket

45.3 - Tahir to Buttler, SIX, this has been clobbered back. Tahir flights one on off, Buttler swings his arms and deposits it over the bowler's head

33.0 - Behardien to Eoin Morgan, SIX, that is an even worse delivery. And Eoin Morgan had all the time to pull that for six. Horrible short ball, Morgan had to wait for it and did so, before slamming a six over mid-wicket. Carried all the way. That over should put more pressure on AB and South Africa. Not sure what Behardien is doing with all those cutters, which are banged in halfway down the track

28.2 - Tahir to Eoin Morgan, SIX, smashed! Sees the flight outside off and frees his arms, times the loft over mid-off. Carried all the way and comfortably. That should release the pressure a bit

41.2 - Kyle Abbott to Hales, out Caught by de Kock!! No. There's a Halestorm but it's from the Protea side to celebrate Hales' wicket. Atypical innings from Hales and looks like he has to be carried off the field with a crane. Happens when you fall one short of a well-deserved hard-earned ton on a pitch which's not your friend. Not anyone's friend. Short, tripe ball down the leg-side, Hales swiveled to help it with a pull, ended up gloving it back too fine and a shuffling de Kock gobbled it up. Hales c de Kock b Kyle Abbott 99(124) [4s-8]

36.4 - M Morkel to Stokes, out Bowled!! And Stokes has perished. A low, slow pitch has all but consumed Stokes. Back of a length ball robbed of all bounce, Stokes had his feet in a pot as he tamely pushed at it, the inside edge sneaked through the truck-wide bat-pad gap and made a mess of the stumps behind. 87 runs needed in 80 balls. Over to Buttler, perhaps? Stokes b M Morkel 0(6)

34.3 - M Morkel to Eoin Morgan, out Caught by de Villiers!! Even prayers won't help when you manage to hit one straight to AB de Villiers in the deep. The ball was bowled off-pace, gripped and turned away as a Morgan amidst a dance out of the crease saw the ball far away from his reach. Extended his arms to reach out and clobbered it across the time sans timing. de Villiers sprinted across from mid-on, stuck out his left hand and snaffled it at deep mid-wicket. Slid to his left and then dragged his elbow against the ground to hold onto that catch. Eoin Morgan c de Villiers b M Morkel 29(28) [4s-1 6s-2]

25.5 - Kyle Abbott to Root, out Bowled!! Root has been poisoned playing his bread-and-butter shot. Short of length delivery on and around off, Root puts on his jet pack to go air-borne and plays his dear back foot punch. Extra pace and zip on this ball finds the inside edge and chops the stumps back. Base of middle and the bails were on the ground. Root b Kyle Abbott 38(64) [4s-2]

3.0 - Kyle Abbott to Jason Roy, out Bowled!! Cleaned up. That is a perfect comeback by Kyle Abbott. Right through the big gap between bat and pad. It hit the seam and nipped back in, Jason Roy had left a gap big enough for a truck to go through, missed the forward defence and the ball knocked out leg stump. Kyle Abbott is known to get seam movement and that is a good comeback after being hit for two fours. South Africa needed that. Jason Roy b Kyle Abbott 14(13) [4s-3]

45.1 - Tahir to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, fireworks, yes but it's been shelled at long-off. Ali had lofted it through the line but found Behardieen who had taken the catch while shuffling to his right. Two-handed but lets the ball through and then had to dive back to keep the ball from rolling over

28.5 - Tahir to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, very difficult chance and it has gone down. The googly from Tahir, Eoin Morgan didn't spot that, pushed out and got a thick edge, QDK had little time to react and I'm not sure on first glance whether he got a glove or not, goes to ground and a frustrating expression from QDK after the catch is put down

0.4 - Kyle Abbott to Jason Roy, no run, dropped! This fullish ball gets stuck in the pitch and Roy drives it uppishly, just to the left of Kyle Abbott who uses two hands to pouch the ball but finger-tips it away. Tough on the followthrough. They either stick or they don't

36.0 - Tahir to Stokes, no run, googly that Stokes fails to read obviously. Goes for the reverse sweep, misses, Tahir roars out another appeal and the umpire obliges this time around. Reviewed by England and it was found that the ball was pitched outside leg. Decision reversed for Stokes to live on

22.3 - Duminy to Hales, 1 run, there's his fifty! Sane, controlled fifty. Uses his big front foot stride to get to the pitch of the ball and turns it to deep mid-wicket

14.1 - Behardien to Hales, no run, this was surreal. Definite noise as the ball past the driving blade of Hales. de Kock was up celebrating and forced de Villiers to go up for the review. UltraEdge was heartless and spikeless and de Kock was left embarrassed. The onfield call stayed. Hales survives. Still cannot fathom where that nick sound came from

5.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, Root gets away with one. It was speared in full and down leg, Root fell over on the flick, is hit on the boot and the umpire gave it out. Root and Hales had a chat and went for the review. Replays showed that it was missing leg. With the angle, it was going down. A good review by Root. But they took a leg-bye and the umpires got that wrong. Root shouldn't be on strike next ball, but he will be. They completed the run and then only the decision was made. Anyway Rabada and South Africa grimace after seeing that on the big screen