18.2 -
Kyle Abbott to S Billings, FOUR, goes full and wide outside off, Billings bent his front knee and crashed the horizontal-batted drive through covers
16.0 -
C Morris to Buttler, FOUR, a 17-run over to bring up the 150-run mark. Goes for another yorker, not quite it. Buttler was waiting deep in his crease, heaved it along the carpet and the ball runs off the inside-half through mid-wicket
12.2 -
Wiese to Buttler, FOUR, shot! How did he get under that? Full ball outside off, Buttler backs away, throws his hands at that and carves it over extra cover for a boundary
10.3 -
Wiese to Buttler, FOUR, poor ball from Wiese. Can't bowl short and wide with third man inside the ring, the slower ball sat up nicely, Buttler gave himself some room and cut it nicely splitting backward point and third man to perfection
9.1 -
Tahir to Buttler, FOUR, "catch itttt," is the call from the Proteas, but that was hit like a rocket. Googly outside off stump, Buttler drives really hard, Faf is an excellent fielder and even a full length dive from him wasn't good enough
7.0 -
Wiese to Root, FOUR, same area and same result. Fullish delivery on the off stump, Root tries to flick hard, the ball went off the inside half of the bat, no one at backward square leg and it's another boundary for Root. He moves on to 33 off just 14 balls
6.4 -
Wiese to Root, FOUR, Root is going at a great rate, but this was an ordinary ball from Wiese. Fullish delivery down the leg-side, Root uses his wrists to good effect and flicks it away through backward square leg
4.0 -
Kyle Abbott to Root, FOUR, the bouncer again, rises steeply, Root wasn't in control of the pull shot, hit it in the air, but managed to clear the infield at mid-wicket. So Root has faced 2 deliveries and hit 2 fours
3.0 -
Rabada to Root, FOUR, now that is how you time a cricket ball. You don't have to swing at everything to collect boundaries. Probably Jason Roy will learn from this shot by Root. Low full toss outside off stump, Root opens the face of the bat and drives it hard onto the ground, beats backward point and third man had no chance
16.2 -
Kyle Abbott to Buttler, SIX, wow! That's audacious. Plain arrogant. Stays his ground inside his crease, waits for the slower delivery and clubs it over mid-wicket to bring up his 3rd T20 fifty. Swivels, connects and sees the ball sail over
15.2 -
C Morris to Eoin Morgan, SIX, it's the Jo'burg Cricketlines that's speeding away. Full ball, Morgan digs deep and slogs it over deep mid-wicket and did it not vrrom over
14.3 -
Duminy to Buttler, SIX, the Kookaburra's bleeding in this foil-thin Jo'burg air. Puts on his skates, comes down the track and tonks it over the long-on fielder with a delicious bat swing
14.1 -
Duminy to Buttler, SIX, boom boom! Flatter delivery going away with the angle, Buttler gets hold of it and tonks it cross-batted over deep mid-wicket
14.0 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, SIX, oh my! The googly that doesn't turn much, Morgan bends his front leg and swats it over deep mid-wicket with a gorgeous hold-and-release shot
12.5 -
Wiese to Eoin Morgan, SIX, two in a row! Wiese is the man under the pump. Bends this time and flogs a length ball with a slog-sweep over deep mid-wicket. Flew away, if I might call it that
12.4 -
Wiese to Eoin Morgan, SIX, that was so, so anti-Gayle. Just sheer timing. Charges down the ground and lofts with over long-on. Zephyr-like. More of a checked shot that given that he was deceived by the pace but boy it sailed away
10.4 -
Wiese to Buttler, SIX, woww! Just wow! The bat made a cracking sound as it made contact with the ball. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Buttler walks out of his crease and just moves across the line as well before muscling the slog over mid-wicket. Cleared the rope by some distance
5.5 -
C Morris to Root, SIX, Root steps out, lofts and times it well enough to clear the long-off boundary. Good length delivery just outside off stump, Root lofts it off the bottom of the bat, hence it didn't really travel fast, nevertheless a maximum
5.0 -
Rabada to Root, SIX, top edge and it's cleared the rope. The reserve player, Behardien, takes a good catch beyond the boundary by timing his jump to perfection. Short delivery on the stumps, Root tries to pull, doesn't find the middle of the bat, but the edges these days are pretty big and it flew all the way
4.4 -
Rabada to Hales, SIX, now that is from the middle of the bat and the boundaries here at not that big enough. Short delivery on the stumps, Hales is tall man, stood up nicely and pulls it hard over mid-wicket
19.4 -
Rabada to Adil Rashid, out Bowled!! That's how fairytale scripts are penned down. With Steyn and Philander warming the hospital beds, a 20-year old steps up, carries South Africa and ends this career-defining tour with an off-stump cartwheel. Full and swinging in, Rashid misses the heave and then there's a woody mess behind. England have been speedbroken for a 171 all out, with the last 7 wickets collectively underwhelming with a mere 14 runs. Adil Rashid b Rabada 2(3)
18.5 -
Kyle Abbott to S Billings, out Caught by Amla!! England are done, almost. A slower short ball and Billings pulls it to the only man he shouldn't have. Drags it to Amla at square leg and gives Kyle Abbott an opportunity for a hat-trick. S Billings c Amla b Kyle Abbott 5(6) [4s-1]
18.4 -
Kyle Abbott to Jordan, out Caught by du Plessis!! England resemble an ant-queue hurrying back home. Another one goes and this was not unexpected with a lower order pinch-hitter try to sail you away. Back of a length delivery and Jordan goes hard at it looking to pull. Gets the top-edge and Faf runs forward from mid-off and eats up the sizzler...err...steepler. Jordan c du Plessis b Kyle Abbott 1(2)
17.5 -
C Morris to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Duminy!! Duminy has run across from sweeper cover and grabbed one that's just short of that AB-ending Jordan effort. The slower ball was full, Moeen Ali carves it out hoping to get it over the infield and get a few runs. But Duminy swooped across, dived in front and then pouched it with both hands inches over the ground. And then lets out a celebration while sliding forward. Moeen Ali c Duminy b C Morris 1(3)
17.1 -
C Morris to Stokes, out Caught&Bowled!! How eerie was that? There's your quota of the unsolved-mystery movie for the weekend. Stokes departs. Just when he was recovering from Morgan's run out, he reaches out to a widish yorker. Closed the bat face but the ball lobbed up straight and Morris just held it above his head. Stokes c and b C Morris 1(3)
16.4 -
Kyle Abbott to Stokes, out Eoin Morgan Run Out!! Freakish. There's a Jo'burg vamp that's plotting against England at the moment. Very full ball drilled back, Abbott protracts his right hand in his followthrough and tips the ball onto the stumps. An urgent backing up from Eoin Morgan has consumed him. Eoin Morgan run out (Kyle Abbott) 38(23) [6s-4]
16.3 -
Kyle Abbott to Buttler, out Caught by du Plessis!! And he perishes just after getting to that milestone. Dipping full toss drifting away outside off, Buttler had made too much room to invite that delivery. Reaches out and could only drag it to Faf at extra cover. He stays his ground for the replays to be invited but Faf had done well to dive in front and have his fingers wrapped around the ball. Out and the Buttler's delicacy will be limited to 28 balls. Aren't delicacies always? Buttler c du Plessis b Kyle Abbott 54(28) [4s-4 6s-4]
8.0 -
Tahir to Hales, out Hales Run Out!! 1 run completed. What are England doing out there? Yes, no and Hales is stranded in the middle. Oh my word! That was a shocking call from skipper Morgan. He was charging back for the second, but suddenly decided to turn back and Hales had nowhere to go. Googly on the stumps, Hales works it just past the ring at mid-wicket, the man in the deep rushes and gets to the ball, Morgan realised very late that the fielder quickly got to the ball and sold his partner down the river. Hales is furious with Morgan's call. So two wickets in the over for the Proteas. Hales run out (C Morris/Tahir) 16(16) [6s-1]
7.5 -
Tahir to Root, out Caught by D Miller!! In the airrrr and Root's thrown it away as well. England needed him to carry on and Tahir has struck in his very first over. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Root tries to loft it inside-out with the turn, hit it high in the air and it didn't have enough distance. Long-off settled under it nicely and took it reverse-cup style. Root c D Miller b Tahir 34(17) [4s-4 6s-2]
2.5 -
Rabada to Jason Roy, out Bowled!! The off pole goes cartwheeling! My word! Look at the maturity of Rabada, who is very fresh in international cricket and just 20 years old. He bowled a nasty bumper the previous ball and then follows it up with a nice and full delivery and gets his man. Excellent stuff from the youngster. In fact, Rabada kept it pretty simple and bowled a full delivery on the off stump, Roy wanted to muscle this out of the ground. He stepped out and swung right across the line, only to miss and have the off stump shattered. The crowd gets right behind the Proteas, who are off to a good start. Jason Roy b Rabada 9(15)
0.1 -
Rabada to Jason Roy, no run, oh what a start to the game! Big gift for Jason Roy as Duminy drops what was an easy chance. Full and swinging away outside off stump, Roy leans forward and goes hard on the drive, doesn't bother to keep it down, hit it hard, the man at short cover just had to move his hands towards the ball and he spilled it
13.5 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, 2 runs, the 50-run partnership is up. A full ball drifting away, Morgan fetches it with a pushy couple to long-off
7.3 -
Tahir to Hales, 1 run, Hales hangs back and wrists this through mid-wicket