England also benefited from South Africa’s sloppy fielding as Temba Bavuma dropped one catch with Dwaine Pretorius letting off the hook twice.
Proteas won the toss and elected to bowl first and scored 222/6 but the England did not have too much trouble in their chase as they crossed the line on 226/5 with five balls to spare.
The next wicket was that of Dawid Malan when he was caught by Quinton de Kock from the bowling of Shamsi while their last wicket to fall was Ben Stokes on 22.For SA with the bat, the highlight was Heinrich Klaasen who sent a timely reminder to coach Mark Boucher about his white ball credentials with an elegant but brutal display.
By the end of the first power-play, South Africa’s score was 64 with De Kock on 34 and Bavuma having contributed 29 as they put England bowlers in Moen Ali, Tom Curran, Mark Wood and Chris Jordan under the pump.
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