Twitter Reactions: Moeen Ali's all-round brilliance helps England take 1-0 lead over South Africa
England registered a 41-run win in the first T20I against South Africa.
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The first T20I between England and South Africa played at the County Ground in Bristol saw the hosts come out on top by 41 runs courtesy of an all-round performance from Moeen Ali, who has been delivering consistently in this format for a while. The Proteas also showed a great fightback chasing a mammoth total, but the hosts were too good for them on the given day.
The bowling of both sides were contrasting. While the South African bowlers conceded runs and failed to get rid of the English middle order in the death overs, the hosts were good at adding pressure on the opposition right from the beginning and also contained a lot of runs in the middle overs, which proved to be a difference maker in the end.
England register a comfortable win in the first T20I
South African skipper David Miller called it right at the toss and elected to bowl first. Meanwhile, this contest also marked the return of middle-order batting sensation Rilee Rossouw to the Proteas team after six long years. The visitors might have got it right at the toss, but their fielders did not do any justice to this decision.
South Africa had England on the mat early on after sending the destructive openers Jason Roy and captain Jos Buttler early before the middle-order duo of Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow added 71 runs for the third wicket stand. While Bairstow scored 90 runs off 53 deliveries, Malan made a 23-ball 43.
Finishing touches from Moeen Ali powered the hosts to 234/6. Ali scored 52 runs off 18 balls. In reply, the Proteas lost opener Quinton de Kock cheaply, and even though wickets kept on falling from one end, Reeza Hendricks batted valiantly from the other end by taking on the English bowling attack. Nonetheless, it was emerging player Tristan Stubbs who announced his arrival on the biggest stage with an outstanding knock in the middle order.
Hendricks, who fell prey to Moeen, scored 57 runs from 33 deliveries while Stubbs top-scored for the Proteas with a 28-ball 72 at an excellent strike rate of 257.1. Unfortunately for the visitors, these fighting knocks could not do much to rescue them, and they were eventually restricted to 193/8.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to England’s well-deserved win in the opening T20I.
Weโve seen what his Valimai is capable of!๐ช
Kudos to you Big Mo! ๐ฅณ ๐ฅณ#ENGvSA #WhistlePodu ๐ฆ๐ pic.twitter.com/BIh5mBKgRK
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) July 28, 2022
Last night we saw some real masterclass innings #ENGvSA #WIvIND #NZvSCO pic.twitter.com/QHhcyjEwAE
— Saurav Anand (@imSauravAnand07) July 28, 2022
In an IT20 with 427 runs scored…
This was some over ๐
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ENGvSA ๐ฟ๐ฆ @CJordan pic.twitter.com/Mwa6Qx48NG
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 27, 2022
Moeen Ali hits England's fastest T20I fifty! ๐ฅ#ENGvSA | Scorecard: https://t.co/HvChXFiOs9 pic.twitter.com/34igAhotpp
— ICC (@ICC) July 27, 2022
16 balls ๐
Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/PAcXkPJJwc
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ENGvSA ๐ฟ๐ฆ @IGcom pic.twitter.com/cWO3obtoGx
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 27, 2022
Moeen Ali madness in Bristol. He scored the fastest T20I fifty by an England player ๐๐ฅ
52 Runs | 18 Balls | 2 Fours | 6 Sixes#ENGvSA #WhistlePodu #MoeenAli
๐ท Getty Images pic.twitter.com/xAPbOr4q6e— WhistlePodu Army ยฎ – CSK Fan Club (@CSKFansOfficial) July 27, 2022
Lungi Ngidi conceded 39 runs despite taking five wickets, which is now the most expensive five-wicket haul in T20I cricket.#ENGvSA
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 27, 2022
Our fastest EVER IT20 fifty ๐
Highlights: https://t.co/KBhGoEpQIQ
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ENGvSA ๐ฟ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/r1gjoN0IAn
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 27, 2022
SUPER STUBBS ๐
A maiden T20I half-century off just 1โฃ9โฃ deliveries, with 6โฃ maximums#ENGvSA #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/ePP8nTSqKW
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) July 27, 2022
Records tumble as England take a 1-0 lead in the T20I series against South Africa ๐#ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/co3Ay7JCJr
— ICC (@ICC) July 27, 2022
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