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England men · T20I · International series · 1st T20I
Result
South Africa won by 1 run
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Bavuma | c MM Ali b AU Rashid | 43 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 159.3 |
| Q de Kock | c JL Denly b MM Ali | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 206.7 |
| HE van der Dussen | c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes | 31 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 119.2 |
| DA Miller | c CJ Jordan b TK Curran | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 114.3 |
| JT Smuts | c BA Stokes b MA Wood | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| AL Phehlukwayo | run out | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 120.0 |
| D Pretorius | b CJ Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| BE Hendricks | b CJ Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DW Steyn | not out | 5* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 2) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 177/8 | ||||
Did not bat: T Shamsi, L Ngidi
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Q de Kock, 4.1 ov), 2-111 (HE van der Dussen, 10.5 ov), 3-113 (T Bavuma, 11.3 ov), 4-135 (DA Miller, 15.1 ov), 5-170 (JT Smuts, 18.4 ov), 6-172 (D Pretorius, 19.1 ov), 7-172 (BE Hendricks, 19.2 ov), 8-177 (AL Phehlukwayo, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moeen Ali | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Curran | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 13.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10.67 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Jordan | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | 2 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Roy | c L Ngidi b BE Hendricks | 70 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 184.2 |
| Jos Buttler | c DA Miller b DW Steyn | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | lbw b AL Phehlukwayo | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 121.1 |
| Eoin Morgan | c T Bavuma b BE Hendricks | 52 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 152.9 |
| Joe Denly | c HE van der Dussen b AL Phehlukwayo | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Ben Stokes | c DA Miller b L Ngidi | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Moeen Ali | b L Ngidi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Tom Curran | c DA Miller b L Ngidi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Chris Jordan | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Adil Rashid | run out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 176/9 | ||||
Did not bat: MA Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (JC Buttler, 2.2 ov), 2-91 (JM Bairstow, 8.5 ov), 3-132 (JJ Roy, 14.2 ov), 4-137 (JL Denly, 15.3 ov), 5-152 (BA Stokes, 17.4 ov), 6-171 (EJG Morgan, 18.6 ov), 7-173 (TK Curran, 19.2 ov), 8-175 (MM Ali, 19.5 ov), 9-176 (AU Rashid, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| L Ngidi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Smuts | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AL Phehlukwayo | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| T Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| BE Hendricks | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: L Ngidi · Umpires: BP Jele, AT Holdstock · TV umpire: A Paleker · Match referee: DC Boon. 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.
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