England beat South Africa by 41 runs in the first match of the T20. Batting first, England went 234 for 6 from 20 overs. Jonny Bairstow scored the highest 90 runs for England. He hit 8 sixes and 3 fours during his innings. Apart from this, Moeen Ali chipped in 52 and David Malan chipped in 43 runs. At the same time, captain Jos Buttler played a stormy inning of 22 runs on 7 balls.
Chasing England’s 234 runs, the South African team were able to score just 193 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Tristan Stubbs scored the highest 72 runs for South Africa. Tristan Stubbs scored 72 runs on just 28 balls on 2 fours and 8 sixes. Apart from this, Reeza Henriques scored 57 runs on 33 balls, while Quinton de Kock apart from Riley Rossouw could not contribute much. At the same time, David Miller also kept scoring only 8 runs.
At the same time, Richard Gleeson was the most successful bowler in England. Gleason dismissed 3 players for 51 runs in 4 overs. While Reece Topley and Adil Rashid got 2-2 wickets. While Moeen Ali got 1 success.
