England vs South Africa

WICKET! South Africa 84-4 (Hendricks c Curran b Ali 57). Moeen almost caught Hendricks off the bowling Curran in the previous over. Looks like there were no ...

(Or to a reluctant acceptance that the famine is now permanent, and therefore you should retire.) Bairstow heaved a boundary to the same area, cow corner for him, and then pulled a huge six over square leg. That allows Andile Phehlukwayo to come into the attack and get away with a pretty cheap over - five singles from it. His first ball is a long hop that Malan belts flat and hard over midwicket for six. Hendricks edges over the vacant slip cordon for four and then slaps a short ball over backward point for another boundary. 14th over: England 134-3 (Bairstow 48, Ali 8) The South African captain David Miller gambles by bringing Shamsi back for a third over. Klaasen then gets a couple of boundaries, one driven and one pulled, to make it a very good over for South Africa: 17 from it. 5th over: South Africa 36-2 (Hendricks 26, Klaasen 4) Richard Gleeson, who made a thrilling debut against India earlier in the month, comes into the attack. Gleeson is a late bloomer, and he has been on England’s radar for a while. And he makes it three in the over by driving the last ball handsomely over wide mid-off. 9th over: South Africa 83-3 (Hendricks 56, Miller 1) Hendricks swivel-pulls Curran for four to reach a classy half-century from 28 balls. 14th over: South Africa 137-5 (Stubbs 43, Phehlukwayo 1) Stubbs, who slog-swept Rashid out of the ground earlier in the over, has 43 from 16 balls.

00:37 IST: 19.2: Lungi Ngidi to Liam Livingstone, FOUR! Another yorker straying down leg, Liam Livingstone connects as he flicks this to the left of short fine ...

Stubbs pulls it to short fine leg for a single. 01:44 IST: 11.6: Moeen Ali to Tristan Stubbs, Make that three sixes in an over for Tristan Stubbs! Moeen Ali flights this full outside off, Tristan Stubbs has room to swing his arms. Adil Rashid floats this one full on middle and leg, Tristan Stubbs gets on one knee and thumps this over deep square leg to add another maximum to his kitty! Gets hit on the pads and he takes a single leg bye. Sits up nicely for Tristan Stubbs to pull this over the deep mid-wicket fence for six more runs! 01:42 IST: 11.3: Moeen Ali to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! Back-to-back biggies! 01:52 IST: 13.2: Adil Rashid to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Tristan Stubbs is playing quite an innings here! 02:01 IST: 14.5: Reece Topley to Tristan Stubbs, What a brilliant fifty from Tristan Stubbs as he reaches his maiden half-century at a very useful time for South Africa! Reece Topley goes full and outside off stump. 01:59 IST: 14.3: Reece Topley to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! Tristan Stubbs is dealing in maximums here! Stubbs looks to pull it but gets a top edge this time. Andile Phehlukwayo just tucks it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. 02:11 IST: 16.4: Sam Curran to Tristan Stubbs, Just a single!

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Jonny Bairstow hit eight sixes and three fours to help guide England to 234-6 after being put in to bat by South Africa.

Bairstow was a standout for England in the test match format against New Zealand and India this summer. I've bowled to him myself and been on the receiving end of what we saw tonight.” Moeen reached his 50 in just 16 balls, beating teammate Liam Livingstone's year-old record by a single delivery.

Another run-fest looks likely as England and South Africa reconvene in Cardiff following yesterday's Bristol blow-out. Rob Smyth has the latest.

The record for most sixes in a T20I in England kept rising: 23 v Australia in 2013, 27 v Pakistan last year and then, last night, 29 against South Africa. 2nd over: South Africa 19-0 (de Kock 13, Hendricks 4) Reece Topley shares the new ball. There’s a hint of swing - maybe an insinuation, no more than that - and the South African openers decide to have a look for a few deliveries. 7th over: South Africa 65-1 (Hendricks 28, Rossouw 18) Adil Rashid usually comes on straight after the Powerplay and today is not exception. 9th over: South Africa 87-1 (Hendricks 42, Rossouw 26) A wider delivery from Rashid is screamed over extra cover for four by Hendricks, who is batting with such certainty and confidence. 8th over: South Africa 74-1 (Hendricks 36, Rossouw 19) It feels like another 200+ evening.

Gleeson's given the nod to bowl for the sixth over. Big shot on the fourth by Hendricks, but it's straight at Topley. Wide by Gleeson on the fifth.

Hendricks goes legside to get off the mark on the third ball. Another wide by Topley in the over. And well placed for a four on the final. That's the special thing we have in that dressing room. Reece Topley in for the second over. Terrific placement from Hendricks on the first ball to open with a four. A good strike straight down the ground, not a big boundary on that side, for a six for Hendricks on the fourth. Another four to finish the over. Flipped away legside by Rossouw on the fifth for a six. Wide on the fourth. He didn't hold back there, looking to smash it out the ground! Rossouw plants the ball into the Taff on the fifth.

England vs South Africa Live Cricket Score: 2nd T20 International at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

England will be keen to erase their recent record in ODIs and kickstart their home campaign with a win. The day could see some rain showers in the morning. England have won four of the last five encounters between the two sides.

CRR: 10.24. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Heinrich Klaasen*, 16(7), 1, 1, 228.57. Rilee Rossouw, 50(32), 5, 3, 156.25. Bowling, O, M, R, W.

17.3 Jordan to Rossouw, FOUR, well, well. 18.4 Sam Curran to Rossouw, 1 run, bouncer. Curran tries a wide yorker, but Stubbs finds a way to get under it, and despite there being a long-off, backs himself to clear him. 17.6 Jordan to Tristan Stubbs, 2 runs, back of a length, cutter. 18.2 Sam Curran to Tristan Stubbs, SIX, clubbed downtown. Stubbs doesn't connect with his slog, and Rossouw calls him for a leg-bye with the ball rolling just next to the pitch on the leg-side.

Both sides unchanged as Buttler opts to chase following high-scoring opening fixture.

Not to mention the fact that Bairstow was in by the ninth over anyway, and Rossouw was always going to come in at No.3 to accompany Hendricks. On this occasion, it was a tactic that made a lot of sense but did not produce any tangible reward. Barring a 41 in the third ODI against India, he has struggled to get the measure of the white Kookaburra ball, occasionally showing flashes of timing amid plenty of mishits and lapses in judgement. It might not have been a century, but Rossouw's score was a reminder of both his talents and what South Africa have missed out on over the last six years. The ability to smash boundaries at will - as per Bairstow's eight sixes in his 53-ball 90 on Wednesday - was the only way out of this hole. And when Buttler became the first batter of the night to find the stands beyond the longest boundary, and then struck six-six-four off Phehlukwayo, England were in the mix. Just 24 hours afterdefeat by 41 runs in Bristolon Wednesday evening, it was a redemptive performance from the Proteas to draw level at 1-1.

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