It was a game that came right down to the wire as England and South Africa played the 2nd ODI of the three-match ODI series. The Proteas won the game by 3 runs. Despite Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow’s heroics chasing down the target of 175, England fell short of a few runs. Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan could not finish the game. Liam Livingstone and Liam Dawson were left with the task to score 12 in the last over. Livingstone got out to a terrible mix-up. Dawson made a comeback with a boundary off the fifth ball off Phehlukwayo’s over. But he could not finish off the match.
England lost their first wicket in the second over only as Sam Billings got out for 3 in the second over. But Roy continued his onslaught as he hammered South African bowlers for boundaries all around. Jonny Bairstow came to bat and he stitched a match-winning partnership with Roy. Bairstow got out for 47 from 37 balls as Morris struck again. Roy was taking England to a comfortable win, but a controversial run out forced him to go back to the pavilion for obstructing the field. As Roy left the field, the crowd was booing as initially it was given a dead ball.
Outstanding bowling by @andileluck19 and that’s a 3-run victory to South Africa! #ProteaFre #ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/F6jxJ1wXah
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) June 23, 2017
BOWLED HIM. Phehlukwayo strikes, Buttler goes for 10, ENG 153/4 (17.4 ovs). ENG need 22 from 14 balls. #ProteaFire #ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/7EBxERXHyp
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) June 23, 2017
Earlier South Africa got off to a good start after being put to bat first despite losing youngster Reeza Hendricks’ wicket in the fourth over only. JJ Smuts got off to a flier as he destroyed England bowling lineup in the powerplay overs. Though Smuts played a bit slow after that and got out for 45 from 34 balls. Mangaliso Mosehle too could not score big as he got out for 12.
WICKET Morgan out. We need 13 from 7 #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET Buttler out for 10.
We need 22 from 14 balls #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
AB de Villiers came back into the form as he scored a quickfire 46 off 20 balls hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. David Miller got out cheaply but Farhaan Behardien scored well in the middle over. A minor batting collapse meant that the Proteas could not post a big total as they could manage to score 174 for 8 in 20 overs. Though Dane Paterson ended the first inning with a boundary.
WICKET Roy out obstructing the field for 67 off 45 balls.
133-3 in the 16th #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET Bairstow out after reaching 47 from 37 balls
125-2 after 13.4 #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
FIFTY for @JasonRoy20 brought up with a huge six!
102-1 #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
92-1 at the halfway stage and we need 83 runs from 60 balls #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
51-1 at the end of the powerplay #ENGvSAhttps://t.co/JxdwNtG5cv pic.twitter.com/jpiXQOxQZL
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET Billings caught for 3.
15-1 after 2 overs #ENGvSAhttps://t.co/JxdwNtG5cv pic.twitter.com/fLumahW8lt
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! Behardien trapped LBW by @CJordan!
SA 170-8 in the last over #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! What a yorker @_TC59!
SA 164-7 #ENGvSAhttps://t.co/JxdwNtG5cv pic.twitter.com/pTYgxlOzme
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
Second wicket for @_TC59 as @JasonRoy20 takes the catch to remove Morris!
SA 157-6 in the 19th #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! That’s a big one as De Villiers is caught by @Eoin16 for 46 off @david_willey!
SA 130-5 after 15 #ENGvSAhttps://t.co/JxdwNtG5cv pic.twitter.com/MM4C74w2ap
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! <ahref=”https://twitter.com/Liam628″>@Liam628 with his second as Miller is caught behind by @josbuttler!
SA 113-4 #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! @daws128 gets Smuts caught by @Liam628 for 45 from 35 balls
SA 96-3 after 11 #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
WICKET! @Liam628 gets Mosehle caught behind by @josbuttler for 15.
SA 57-2 in the 8th #ENGvSA
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 23, 2017
Brief Scores:
England 171 for 6 in 20 overs (Jason Roy 67, Jonny Bairstow 47; Chris Morris 2 for 18, Dane Paterson 1 for 32) lost to South Africa 174 for 8 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 46, JJ Smuts 45; Tom Curran 3 for 33, Liam Plunkett 2 for 36) by 3 runs.
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