Phil Salt smashed a brand new England-record T20I rating of 141 on a unprecedented night time in Manchester, the hosts scoring 300 for the primary time as they beat South Africa by 146 runs to stage the collection.
Salt (141no off 60 balls) struck eight of England’s 18 sixes for the innings, to go together with 15 boundaries, as he blasted a 39-ball hundred to additionally greatest Liam Livingstone’s earlier record-fastest mark off 44 deliveries.
Salt began as he meant to go on, tonking three fours off the primary three balls of the match as he and Jos Buttler (83 off 30) hammered 100 off the opening six-over powerplay – one other England report.
England’s record-breaking second T20I versus South Africa at Emirates Previous Trafford
Buttler, who cracked seven sixes and eight fours, can be denied a surprising century of his personal as left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin (2-52) lastly broke the breathtaking 129-run stand within the eighth over.
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Watch Phil Salt and Jos Buttler dominate South Africa within the opening overs of the second T20I with a surprising 129-run partnership!
However the wicket did little to derail England, who tallied a T20I-best 166 on the 10-over mark of the innings that briefly had them eyeing Zimbabwe’s report 344 scored towards Gambia final 12 months.
Jacob Bethell (26 off 14) and Harry Brook (41no off 21) added to the carnage and supplied useful help to Salt, who broke his personal report rating of 119 within the 18th over, as England additionally surpassed their earlier greatest complete of 267 – towards West Indies in 2023 – in the identical over.
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Phil Salt hits a brand new England record-fastest hundred in second T20 worldwide cricket, off 39 balls towards South Africa
Whereas they could not fairly reel in Zimbabwe’s 344, regardless of loads of assist from a rusty Kagiso Rabada – who bowled 4 no-balls as his 4 overs went for 70 – England’s 304-2 now sits third on the all-time record.
South Africa made about nearly as good a fist of a fairly thankless chase as to be anticipated as they had been bowled out for 158 in 16.1 overs, seeing the collection all sq. at 1-1 going into Sunday’s decider at Trent Bridge – reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 2pm (first ball 2.30pm).
Aiden Markram (41 off 20) and Ryan Rickelton (20 off 10) may need had the house aspect briefly involved when firing 50 inside the primary 4 overs to reflect England’s damaging begin with the bat.
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South Africa’s Aiden Markram smashed an enormous six onto the digicam gantry, with the operator then throwing it again.
However Jofra Archer (3-25), who had dropped Markram on 22 within the earlier over, made amends and set England on their method with two wickets in three balls – Rickelton out to a surprising diving seize by Liam Dawson at quick midwicket earlier than Lhuan-dre Pretorius (2) was undone by a slower ball.
Adil Rashid (1-48) claimed the important thing wicket of Markram, sandwiched in between the big-hitting Dewald Brevis (4) and Donovan Ferreira (23 off 11) each perishing to Sam Curran (2-11).
Archer added a 3rd with a terrific juggled catch off his personal bowling to see off Marco Jansen for a duck, whereas Dawson (2-34) dismissed Tristan Stubbs (23) earlier than Will Jacks (2-2) took two in two balls – Fortuin (32 off 16) and Kwena Maphaka (0) – to seek out himself on a hat-trick.
Lizaad Williams noticed off the off-spinner and Dawson as a substitute did the honours to finish the match with the wicket of Rabada (9) to open the seventeenth over.
Salt: Nice to achieve milestone
Participant of the Match, Phil Salt:
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Participant of the Match Phil Salt was delighted with a private milestone and a dominant win after the batter hit England’s report hightest and quickest hundred in T20 internationals.
“That was really good fun, a personal milestone, but the fact that we got 300 and won by so much, I can’t ask for much more.
“Typically it is a case of reacting and a few days I’ll simply jump-start somebody as a result of the temper takes me. It is a bit of a balancing act and a double-edged sword.
“I knew the powerplay was going to be important. I might give Livingstone a text, but I don’t want to rub it in too much [breaking his record].”
Brook: Not many heights we will not attain
England captain, Harry Brook:
“I’m pretty lost for words, the way they [Salt and Buttler] started off the night was incredible.
“Me and Jos had been stood on the market after we had been fielding and each stated we by no means thought anybody would get 300.
“But with the batting line up we’ve got, there’s not many heights that we can’t reach.
“Each must-win sport that we now have now main as much as that T20 World Cup is superior preparation for us.
“We want to win every time we go out there and taking it forward to those events.
“There’s going to be some powerful [selection] selections to be made however we like complications. It is at all times good to have these debates.”
England vs South Africa – results and fixtures
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- First T20 (Cardiff): South Africa won by 14 runs 🟢
- Second T20 (Old Trafford): England won by 146 runs 🔵
- Third T20: Sunday September 14 (2.30pm) – Trent Bridge
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