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England men · T20I · International series · 1st T20I

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

South Africa
179/6
England
183/5
Date
Friday 27 November 2020 · England in 2020
Start
16:00 UK
Venue
Six Gun Grill Newlands, Cape Town
Competition
T20I · International series · 1st T20I

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England T20I scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

South Africa · Innings 179/6 (20 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
T Bavuma c JC Buttler b SM Curran 5 5 1 0 100.0
Q de Kock c EJG Morgan b CJ Jordan 30 23 2 1 130.4
F du Plessis c CJ Jordan b SM Curran 58 40 4 2 145.0
HE van der Dussen c DJ Malan b JC Archer 37 28 0 3 132.1
H Klaasen c JC Buttler b SM Curran 20 12 2 0 166.7
PJ van Biljon not out 7* 6 0 0 116.7
GF Linde b TK Curran 12 6 1 1 200.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 9, nb 0) 10
Total 20 overs 179/6

Did not bat: K Rabada, BE Hendricks, L Ngidi, T Shamsi

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (T Bavuma, 0.6 ov), 2-83 (Q de Kock, 9.3 ov), 3-110 (F du Plessis, 13.4 ov), 4-147 (H Klaasen, 16.6 ov), 5-161 (HE van der Dussen, 18.4 ov), 6-179 (GF Linde, 19.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Sam Curran 4 0 28 3 7.00 1 0
Jofra Archer 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0
Tom Curran 4 0 55 1 13.75 2 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 27 0 6.75 1 0
Chris Jordan 4 0 40 1 10.00 3 0

England · Innings 183/5 (19.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c Q de Kock b GF Linde 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler c H Klaasen b L Ngidi 7 6 1 0 116.7
Dawid Malan c K Rabada b GF Linde 19 20 3 0 95.0
Jonny Bairstow not out 86* 48 9 4 179.2
Ben Stokes c GF Linde b T Shamsi 37 27 1 3 137.0
Eoin Morgan c T Bavuma b L Ngidi 12 10 0 1 120.0
Sam Curran not out 7* 3 0 1 233.3
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 12, nb 0) 15
Total 19.2 overs 183/5

Did not bat: TK Curran, JC Archer, CJ Jordan, AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JJ Roy, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (JC Buttler, 4.1 ov), 3-34 (DJ Malan, 5.3 ov), 4-119 (BA Stokes, 14.1 ov), 5-159 (EJG Morgan, 17.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GF Linde 4 0 20 2 5.00 0 0
K Rabada 4 0 32 0 8.00 0 0
BE Hendricks 4 0 56 0 14.00 5 0
L Ngidi 3.2 0 31 2 9.30 1 0
T Shamsi 3 0 27 1 9.00 1 0
H Klaasen 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0

Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow · Umpires: A Paleker, AT Holdstock · TV umpire: BP Jele · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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2017 – 2020

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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