21/06Result
1st T20I (N), South Africa tour of England at Southampton, Jun 21 2017
England won by 9 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland
21/06Result
1st T20I (N), South Africa tour of England at Southampton, Jun 21 2017
England won by 9 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs | SA: 142/3 | RR: 7.10

  • Farhaan Behardien64 (52b)
  • AB de Villiers65 (58b)
  • Chris Jordan4-0-31-0
  • Mark Wood4-0-36-2

7.55pm: It felt like South Africa were batting under a sweat-soaked towel throughout, with de Villiers and Behardien both scoring unbeaten-but-uninspired fifties after single-figure efforts from the rest of the top five. Is the pitch slower than expected? Well, England will doubtless go much harder at what is a middling target by T20 standards; but we'll have to reserve judgement until then. Early wickets seemed to stall SA and they struggled to find top gear... Anyway, Miller will be here for the second innings, engines revving. Grab yourself a cold one and we'll be back in 15.

19.6
1
Jordan to Behardien, 1 run, full, not quite a yorker, 88mph outside off and driven straight to deep extra cover - only a single there, so SA restricted to 142 for 3, an odd sort of innings, really

"Pretty good practice before the test series at this rate...." mithers Louis

19.5
1
Jordan to de Villiers, 1 run, fired in wide of the stumps, de Villiers swats a single through the covers
19.4
2
Jordan to de Villiers, 2 runs, fullish, outside off, scooped towards long-on and they scamper back for two
19.3
0
Jordan to de Villiers, no run, steps away, smashed back to the bowler without timing

"Just wondering - where are Amla, De Kock, Du Plessis, Duminy?" They're being rested for this series, Sriman Emany. As are Stokes, Root, Moeen, Rashid

19.2
6
Jordan to de Villiers, SIX, shimmies across, taken on the full... and blootered into the crowd at deep square leg! Extraordinary from de Villiers, that's the sort of kamikaze slog-sweep only he can pull off with ease
19.1
1
Jordan to Behardien, 1 run, low full toss to start with, wide of the stumps and thumped through the covers

Jordan to finish this innings off...

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | SA: 131/3 | RR: 6.89

  • AB de Villiers56 (54b)
  • Farhaan Behardien62 (50b)
  • Mark Wood4-0-36-2
  • Chris Jordan3-0-20-0

"Would you believe it! 7 wickets in hand and SA are playing a 50 over match in place of T20," yelps riad. "Somebody please tell them Champions Trophy is over already."

18.6
0
Wood to de Villiers, no run, ripping short ball to finish, de Villiers swings hard but can't get bat on it as he backs outside leg stump - so Wood is bowled out, a touch expensive by the standards of the day but a couple of important wickets
18.5
1
Wood to Behardien, 1 run, fired in, squeezes one away into the leg side
18.4
2
Wood to Behardien, 2 runs, banged in, maybe taking the pace off, top-edged towards deep square leg but again it doesn't carry
18.3
6
Wood to Behardien, SIX, oh, that's even better, lofted all the way straight back over the bowler's head! Behardien finds his range with a sweetly struck blow
18.2
4
Wood to Behardien, FOUR, touch short, Behardien crumps it through midwicket, that's pretty well played, gets it front of the man in the deep to bring up his maiden T20 international fifty
18.1
2
Wood to Behardien, 2 runs, slightly wide and carved through backward point, this looks like four all the way until Billings appears from nowhere and throws himself along the rope to palm it away

Mark Wood switches ends

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs | SA: 116/3 | RR: 6.44

  • Farhaan Behardien47 (45b)
  • AB de Villiers56 (53b)
  • Chris Jordan3-0-20-0
  • David Willey4-0-34-1

"Which ground is this? This is massive!!! Also it's New Delhi's weather in London today. Shame I am off." It's the Ageas Bowl, Vishwas. And England have used the angles well

17.6
1
Jordan to Behardien, 1 run, pitched up and slapped down the ground, bounces in front of the diving Roy at mid-off, who does well to prevent it running away for more than one
17.5
0
Jordan to Behardien, no run, full toss, outside off, Behardien mistimes it to mid-off on the bounce
17.4
1
Jordan to de Villiers, 1 run, on the stumps, worked through mid-on, again only singles on offer
17.3
1
Jordan to Behardien, 1 run, pitched up in the channel, 87mph and dug out for one through cover point
17.2
1
Jordan to de Villiers, 1 run, pitched up, squeezes the yorker out through backward square leg

"I believe this turtle like display is because there is not much of the side of batting left if one of these two fall," suggests Louis. Well, there's not much of the overs left now. Time to hit out or get out...

17.1
0
Jordan to de Villiers, no run, oh, that's well bowled, bluffs de Villiers, who had stepped outside leg, Jordan goes full and wide but well inside the tramlines

Chris Jordan returns. Three overs to go. Can SA get 150?

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | SA: 112/3 | RR: 6.58

  • AB de Villiers54 (50b)
  • Farhaan Behardien45 (42b)
  • David Willey4-0-34-1
  • Mark Wood3-0-21-2

"Shall we just pencil in an AB hundred now?" muses Benny. That's probably justified

16.6
1
Willey to de Villiers, 1 run, slugs this down the ground, hit malevolently but goes to long-on on the bounce
16.5
6
Willey to de Villiers, SIX, oh, there's the magic, de Villiers is in business, leaping across outside off and playing a slog-sweep to a fast bowler that sails majestically over fine leg for a maximum to bring up fifty (at just over a run a ball)
16.4
1
Willey to Behardien, 1 run, dug in short, top-edged on the pull, out towards Crane again... but it doesn't carry and he has to spread-eagle himself to stop it bouncing past

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