Twitter Reactions: England thrash South Africa in rain-curtailed affair to level series 1-1

England won the contest by a big margin of 118 runs.

By Pranchal Srivastava

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After losing the series opener, Team England made a roaring comeback in the second ODI against South Africa and won the match by a huge margin of 118 runs. All-rounder Sam Curran was adjudged the Player of the Match for his vital contribution with both bat and ball.

At first, the match was delayed for a long period due to rain. After the rain stopped, the match was set to start with 29 overs to be bowled per side. South Africa won the toss and invited the Three Lions to have a bat first. English openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow tried to give a quick start to their team, but Roy was scalped in the third over after scoring 14 runs.

Philip Salt and Jonny Bairstow then took England’s total past the 50-run mark. However, the Proteas side made a strong comeback in the match and grabbed quick wickets of Salt, Joe Root, Bairstow, and Moeen Ali as the home team lost their five wickets with just 72 runs on the board in 11.4 overs.

Liam Livingstone was in his destructive best

England skipper Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone then took their team’s total past the 100-run mark, but Buttler departed soon after that. It was Livingstone (38 off 26 balls) and Sam Curran (35 off 18 balls) who provided a flourish of boundaries during the ending phase of their innings. Livingstone also smashed three consecutive sixes on the bowling of Anrich Nortje before getting out.

Some decent contributions from David Willey and Adil Rashid ensured that their team crossed the 200-run mark before getting bowled out inside their allotted 29 overs. For South Africa, Dwaine Pretorius scalped four wickets, followed by Nortje and Shamsi, who scalped two wickets, and skipper Keshav Maharaj also got one wicket.

In reply, South Africa’s batting line-up surrendered, to say the least. Apart from Heinrich Klassen (33 runs), David Miller (12 runs), and Pretorius (17 runs) none of the Proteas batters even managed to reach the double-digit mark as they got all-out for just 83 runs. For England, Reece Topley (two), Willey (one), Curran (one), Adil Rashid (three), and Moeen (two) were the wicket-takers.

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