South Africa vs England Scorecard (Match 1), 27 Nov 2020

England tour of South Africa 2020/21

Completed

South Africa

179/6

(20.0 ov)

England

183/5

(19.2 ov)

England won by 5 wickets

Match 1 · T20 · 27 Nov 2020

Newlands, Cape Town

Key performer

JM Bairstow

England

86 (48)

103

FANTASY PTS

SM Curran · England

7 (3) · 3/28

GF Linde · South Africa

12 (6) · 2/20 · 1 ct

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
T Bavuma c JC Buttler b SM Curran	5	5	1	0
Q de Kock c EJG Morgan b CJ Jordan	30	23	2	1
F du Plessis c CJ Jordan b SM Curran	58	40	4	2
HE van der Dussen c DJ Malan b JC Archer	37	28	0	3
H Klaasen c JC Buttler b SM Curran	20	12	2	0
PJ van Biljon not out	7	6	0	0
GF Linde b TK Curran	12	6	1	1

Extras 10 (wd 9, nb 0, b 0, lb 1)

Bowler	O	R	W
SM Curran (1wd)	4.0	28	3
JC Archer	4.0	28	1
TK Curran (3wd)	4.0	55	1
AU Rashid (2wd)	4.0	27	0
CJ Jordan (3wd)	4.0	40	1

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
JJ Roy c Q de Kock b GF Linde	0	2	0	0
JC Buttler c H Klaasen b L Ngidi	7	6	1	0
DJ Malan c K Rabada b GF Linde	19	20	3	0
JM Bairstow not out	86	48	9	4
BA Stokes c GF Linde b T Shamsi	37	27	1	3
EJG Morgan c T Bavuma b L Ngidi	12	10	0	1
SM Curran not out	7	3	0	1

Extras 15 (wd 12, nb 0, b 0, lb 3) · Target 180

Bowler	O	R	W
GF Linde	4.0	20	2
K Rabada	4.0	32	0
BE Hendricks (10wd)	4.0	56	0
L Ngidi (1wd)	3.2	31	2
T Shamsi (1wd)	3.0	27	1
H Klaasen	1.0	14	0

TIMELINE

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
JM Bairstow · England	103
SM Curran · England	84
GF Linde · South Africa	73
F du Plessis · South Africa	66
L Ngidi · South Africa	50
BA Stokes · England	44
HE van der Dussen · South Africa	43
Q de Kock · South Africa	42
CJ Jordan · England	33
H Klaasen · South Africa	30
DJ Malan · England	30
T Shamsi · South Africa	25
TK Curran · England	25
JC Archer · England	25
JC Buttler · England	24
EJG Morgan · England	22
T Bavuma · South Africa	14
K Rabada · South Africa	8
PJ van Biljon · South Africa	7
BE Hendricks · South Africa	0
JJ Roy · England	0
AU Rashid · England	0

England won by 5 wickets

Toss: England, chose to fieldPlayer of the match: JM BairstowVenue: Newlands, Cape TownSeries: England tour of South Africa 2020/21

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