- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 bowled 'im, Smuts plays on! Touch of swing for Willey, hits the seam and does enough to clip the inside edge on to his boot before bobbling gently into the timbers and dislodging the leg bail. Smuts trudges off as Willey celebrates an immediate breakthrough 0/11.1 dug in short, Hendricks pulls - straight to midwicket! Wood also strikes with his first ball! It looked a good, positive shot but the connection was high up the bat, maybe beaten for pace a touch, and it looped at a nice height to the man on the edge of the circle, who took it comfortably above his head 7/24.1 gone, another first-baller, edged to the keeper! Wood's pace was too much for Miller there, he was hopping around like a cat on Tennessee Williams' roof (which is notoriously warm), it nipped in and he decided to bring the bat down late, only succeeding in toe-ending it through to Buttler 32/3Extras1 (w 1)TOTAL142/3 (20 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JJ Smuts, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Reeza Hendricks, 1.1 ov), 3-32 (David Miller, 4.1 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 reverse sweep, and plumb! Well, maybe he thought he was having too much of a good time. Roy dons the hair-shirt, and returns to self-flagellation as he picks the wrong ball for improvisation. Full and straight, and up goes the finger 45/1Extras8 (lb 6, w 2)TOTAL143/1 (14.3 Overs, RR: 9.86)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Jason Roy, 4.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JT Smuts 3 0 20 0 6.66 7 1 1 0 0 WD Parnell 2 0 26 0 13.00 5 4 1 1 0 AL Phehlukwayo 1.3 0 11 1 7.33 4 2 0 0 0 Imran Tahir 3 0 37 0 12.33 4 2 3 0 0 T Shamsi 3 0 23 0 7.66 6 1 1 0 0 D Pretorius 2 0 20 0 10.00 2 2 0 1 0
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- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 3 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 1
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (AB de Villiers 25, F Behardien 27, Ex 0)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 1
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 49 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- F Behardien: 50 off 47 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 90 balls (AB de Villiers 37, F Behardien 63, Ex 0)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 142/3 in 20.0 overs (AB de Villiers 65, F Behardien 64)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- England: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (AD Hales 20, JM Bairstow 30, Ex 1)
- England: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 8
- JM Bairstow: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
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