South Africa beat England in second T20

Cardiff: The South Africa cricket team, captained by David Miller, made a comeback in the series by defeating hosts England by a margin of 58 runs in the second T20 of the series played in Cardiff on Thursday. England had won the first match of the series played on Wednesday but after 24 hours they could not maintain the winning streak and lost the match by a margin of 58 runs. Riley Rosso was adjudged man of the match for his scintillating innings.

South Africa lost the first wicket at the score of 39

After losing the toss, South Africa, who came to bat first, had a poor start again. Quinton de Kock became the victim of Moeen Ali after scoring 15 runs on the score of 39. Jason Roy took his catch. After this, Reeza Hendrix, who was returning to the team after 6 years, took the lead with Riley Rosso and took the team beyond 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 9.5 overs.

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Hendrix and Rosso hit fifties

After this, Hendrix completed his half-century in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes and Rosso completed his half-century in 32 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. But this partnership was broken on the third ball of the 12th over. Gleasen gave the team the second success by getting Hendricks caught at the hands of Bairstow for 53 (32). Hendrix and Rosso shared 73 runs for the second wicket.

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South Africa scored 207 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets

After the dismissal of Hendrix, Rosso remained on the pitch. Heinrich Klaasen supported him for a while but he too became a victim of Jordan by scoring 15 runs. In such a situation, Tristan Stubbs supported Rosso in the last over and took the team beyond 200 runs. South African team could score 207 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Rosso returned to the pavilion unbeaten on 96 off 55 balls. He hit 10 fours and 5 sixes during this but missed out on a century. Stubbs scored an unbeaten 15 off 12 balls.

Captain Butler could not play a big innings again

After this, the start of hosts England, chasing the target of 208 runs for victory, was also not good. England lost the wickets of captain Jos Buttler (29 off 14 balls) for 37 runs and David Malan (5 off 4 balls) on 48 and came on the back foot. After this, Jason Roy was dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 22 balls on the score of 77. Soon after, England also lost the wickets of Moeen Ali (28) and Sam Curran 2 (3) and the score reached 5 for 92 runs.

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English innings collapsed as soon as Bairstow was dismissed

Jonny Bairstow, who played a blistering innings of 90 runs in the first T20. Took one end but in the 15th over, he too went on playing an innings of 30 runs in 21 balls. Then there was a flurry of wickets. Liamstone tried to hold an end in the end. But he became the victim of Phehlukwayo on the score of 141. Livingstone Way played an innings of 18 runs in 10 balls. In the end, Lungi Ngidi and Phehluwayo did not allow the tail batsmen to spread their legs. And the England team was bundled out for 149 runs in 16.4 overs to win the match.