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England men · T20I · International series · 1st T20I

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 41 runs

England
234/6
South Africa
193/8
Date
Wednesday 27 July 2022 · England in 2022
Start
18:30 UK
Venue
Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol
Competition
T20I · International series · 1st T20I

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa T20I scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 234/6 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c H Klaasen b L Ngidi 8 15 0 0 53.3
Jos Buttler c DA Miller b L Ngidi 22 7 2 2 314.3
Dawid Malan c Q de Kock b AL Phehlukwayo 43 23 1 4 187.0
Jonny Bairstow c RR Rossouw b L Ngidi 90 53 3 8 169.8
Moeen Ali c Q de Kock b L Ngidi 52 18 2 6 288.9
Liam Livingstone c Q de Kock b L Ngidi 5 4 1 0 125.0
Sam Curran not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Chris Jordan not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 9, nb 2) 13
Total 20 overs 234/6

Did not bat: AU Rashid, RJW Topley, RJ Gleeson

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (JC Buttler, 2.4 ov), 2-41 (JJ Roy, 4.3 ov), 3-112 (DJ Malan, 11.6 ov), 4-218 (MM Ali, 17.5 ov), 5-232 (LS Livingstone, 19.3 ov), 6-233 (JM Bairstow, 19.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KA Maharaj 4 0 31 0 7.75 0 0
K Rabada 4 0 30 0 7.50 0 0
L Ngidi 4 0 39 5 9.75 2 1
AL Phehlukwayo 4 0 63 1 15.75 3 0
T Shamsi 3 0 49 0 16.33 3 0
T Stubbs 1 0 20 0 20.00 0 1

South Africa · Innings 193/8 (20 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock c DJ Malan b RJW Topley 2 4 0 0 50.0
RR Hendricks c SM Curran b MM Ali 57 33 9 1 172.7
RR Rossouw c RJ Gleeson b RJW Topley 4 4 1 0 100.0
H Klaasen c CJ Jordan b AU Rashid 20 14 3 0 142.9
DA Miller c CJ Jordan b AU Rashid 8 12 0 0 66.7
T Stubbs c JJ Roy b RJ Gleeson 72 28 2 8 257.1
AL Phehlukwayo c AU Rashid b RJ Gleeson 22 17 3 0 129.4
K Rabada b RJ Gleeson 0 1 0 0 0.0
KA Maharaj not out 4* 5 0 0 80.0
L Ngidi not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 20 overs 193/8

Did not bat: T Shamsi

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Q de Kock, 1.2 ov), 2-7 (RR Rossouw, 1.6 ov), 3-72 (H Klaasen, 7.6 ov), 4-86 (RR Hendricks, 9.4 ov), 5-136 (DA Miller, 13.5 ov), 6-184 (T Stubbs, 18.1 ov), 7-187 (K Rabada, 18.4 ov), 8-188 (AL Phehlukwayo, 18.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Sam Curran 4 0 36 0 9.00 0 0
Reece Topley 4 0 29 2 7.25 0 0
Richard Gleeson 4 0 51 3 12.75 0 0
Chris Jordan 4 0 30 0 7.50 0 0
Adil Rashid 2 0 17 2 8.50 0 0
Moeen Ali 2 0 27 1 13.50 0 0

Player of the match: Moeen Ali · Umpires: DJ Millns, M Burns · TV umpire: MJ Saggers · Match referee: BC Broad. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2020 – 2021

T20Is since 2007

England v South Africa stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings28In our results database
England wins13England perspective
Draws, ties & NR1Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins14South Africa victories

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