2015-16 South Africa Vs England Second T20 @ Johannesburg Sunday February 21,2016

 

4-Match Test Series Result - England won the series 2-1 by winning the 1st and 3rd Test and drawing the 2nd Test and losing the 4th Test

5-Match ODI Series Result - South Africa won the series 3-2 by winning 3rd,4th and 5th ODI's and losing the 1st and 2nd ODI's

• South Africa won the last T20 meeting between the two sides, in Chittagong during the 2014 World T20.
• Their first encounter came at the first World T20, in 2007, which ended in a 19-run victory for South Africa. De Villiers and JP Duminy are likely to be the only survivors from that game in Cape Town
• England's six-match winning streak is two shy of the record in T20 internationals - held by England. 

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England scored171/10 in 19.4 Overs
Fall of Wickets(England)
Jason Roy                       09(15 Balls)
Joe Root                          34(17 Balls 4x4 and 6x2)
Alex Hales                        16(16 Balls 6x1)
Jos Butler                         54(28 Balls 4x4 and 6x4)
Eoin Morgan                     38(23 Balls 6x4)
Ben Stokes                        01(3 Balls)
Moeen Ali                          01(3 Balls)
Chris Jordan                      01(2Balls)
Sam Billings                       05(6 Balls 4x1)
Adil Rashid                        02(3 Balls)
Reece Topley                     01*(2 Balls)
Wicket Takers(SA)
Kyle Abbott          3/26(4 Overs)
Kagiso Rabada      2/28(3.4 Overs)
Chris Morris         2/33(4 Overs)
Imran Tahir           1/25(4 Overs)
South Africa scored 172/1 in 14.4 Overs(Target 172 Runs in 20 Overs)
Fall of Wickets(SA)
AB de Villiers        71(29 Balls 4x6 and 6x6)

Hasim Amla          69*(38 Balls 4x8 and 6x3)

Faf du Plesis         22*(21 Balls 4x2)
Wicket Takers(England)
Adil Rashid                 1/30(4 Overs)

2-Match T20 Series Result

 First T20 @ New Lands,Cape Town,South Africa Friday February 19,2016
Scorecard
England 134/8 in 20 Overs
South Africa135/7 in 20 Overs(Target 135 in 20 Overs)
Match Result - South Africa won by 3 Wickets
MOM - Imran Tahir for his 4/21(4 Overs)
Series Result - South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Second T20 @ Johannesburg Sunday February 21,2016
Scorecard
England 171/10 in 19.4 Overs
South Africa 172/1 in 14.4 Overs
Match Result - South Africa won by 9 Wickets

MOM - AB de Villiers (South Africa)for his 71(29 Balls 4x6 and 6x6)
Series Result - South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0
Player of the Series - Imran Tahir (South Africa)


 Match Highlights

1)4 Consecutive bilateral T20I series without a win for South Africa at home, before this 2-0 win.

2)88 Runs scored by South Africa in the first six overs - the third-highest in T20Is. The top two in this list are: 91 by Netherlands against Ireland in Sylhet in 2014 and 90 by New Zealand against Scotland atThe Oval in the 2009 World T20 

3)21 balls required by AB de Villiers to complete his seventh half-century in T20Is - the fastest for South Africa
The previous record was also by him, in 23 balls against the same opposition in Chittagong
 in 2014 
This is the second-fastest fifty against England in T20Is after Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball effort in Durban in the 2007 World T20

4)Hashim Amla also completed his half-century in 27 balls and got to his highest score in T20Is; only his second fifty in the format.