49.3 -
de Lange to Willey, no ball, FOUR, high full toss sprayed down leg, Willey half-ducks and lets it go, QDK had no chance to cut that off. No ball for height and Willey gets a free hit
46.1 -
C Morris to Stokes, FOUR, fifty for Stokes! Just opened the bat face and helped it with an open bat face past point, the pace on the ball took care of the rest
46.0 -
Tahir to Moeen Ali, FOUR, make that 19 off the over and this is also the highest score in this ground. Attempted wrong 'un from Tahir and Ali picked it, kneels down and lofts it for a one bounce four over mid-on
42.5 -
Behardien to Moeen Ali, FOUR, what a way to get off the mark! Length ball and width on offer, Ali drives it elegantly past cover, got it off the middle of the bat and it raced away!
41.5 -
M Morkel to Buttler, FOUR, brilliant from Buttler, walks across the stumps and fetches this length delivery from outside off and shovels it past keeper for a boundary. Top stuff!
41.3 -
M Morkel to Buttler, FOUR, over the keeper and into the fence. Pacy short ball on the stumps, Buttler backs away and tries to flick it over square leg, gets a thick top-edge which lobs over the keeper's head, streaky but a boundary nonetheless
40.4 -
Behardien to Stokes, FOUR, short delivery and Stokes has used all those bulging muscles he has, slower delivery and Stokes pulled it to the deep mid-wicket fence
38.1 -
Duminy to Buttler, FOUR, flat delivery and Buttler reverse sweeps it fine into the third man fence
37.3 -
de Lange to Stokes, FOUR, Lange is spraying it all over, this time bowls short and Stokes pulls it over deep mid-wicket, a couple of bounces and over the ropes
37.2 -
de Lange to Stokes, FOUR, sliced the drive this time on fuller length delivery, the man at sweeper gave it all but could not get to it, the ball raced away
35.1 -
M Morkel to Buttler, FOUR, the ramp is in action and the model is Buttler, ignore the pun, short delivery and outside off, Buttler ramps it over the keeper's head and the ball rolls way to the third man fence
32.5 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, in the air but as safe as anything, went for the reverse sweep and it went over the men in the ring at and around point, a couple of bounces and into the fence
32.3 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, takes it on full and laps behind the keeper, the fine leg is fine and it races away to the fence
31.3 -
C Morris to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, Morgan takes on the bowler this time, gives himself a touch of room and cracks the drive wide of the fielder at mid-off, the ball raced away into the fence
28.5 -
M Morkel to Buttler, FOUR, full and outside off, Buttler stays still and lifts it over mid-off for a one-bounce four
28.1 -
M Morkel to Root, FOUR, fifty for Root! So everyone in the English line-up so far, got their eye-in and seized on the opportunity. Short and wide, Root hung back and flayed it over backward point, with a late-cut
26.1 -
M Morkel to Buttler, FOUR, fifty off 34 deliveries. Buttler is in some mood today. Walks across the sticks and whips this length delivery past mid-wicket, big boundaries meant big gaps and Buttler-blitzkrieg continues....
24.3 -
M Morkel to Root, FOUR, deft! Guided past the keeper, no slip in place and Root brings his deft touch into play, opens the bat face at the last instant and runs it past the keeper
23.4 -
Behardien to Buttler, FOUR, Buttler continues to impress. Ample width on offer and Buttler dispatches it off his sight with a sublime drive through cover
23.3 -
Behardien to Buttler, FOUR, if AB can't stop, no one else can. It was timed so well. Full and just outside off, Buttler lifts it over mid-off and ABD's desperate dive and sprint went in vain
23.2 -
Behardien to Buttler, FOUR, placement! Low full toss outside off, Buttler opens the bat face and slices the drive, threads the gap between backward point and cover-point
22.5 -
Duminy to Buttler, FOUR, innovative from Buttler! Placed this mis-directed full ball past backward point with a reverse sweep, once it went past the bowler it was always going to be a boundary
21.4 -
de Lange to Buttler, FOUR, short delivery and again a bad one, did not rise enough and Buttler swivelled across to pull it to the fine leg fence
18.0 -
de Lange to Root, FOUR, the wicket is not going to cow down Root, he moves across on this fuller length delivery on the pads and clips it away to the deep backward square leg fence
14.2 -
Tahir to Hales, FOUR, too full and wide of off, Hales drove it past a diving cover for an easy four
13.2 -
C Morris to Hales, FOUR, not that short enough and not even timed properly, Hales went back and pulled it between mid-wicket and mid-on, the ball raced away to fence along the carpet
12.3 -
Tahir to Root, FOUR, that is the problem with Tahir, he keeps bowling short every now and then, short delivery and Root saw it early, camped back and pulled it through mid-wicket
11.5 -
M Morkel to Hales, FOUR, he has not middled it but has enough legs to cross the fence at cow corner, Morkel goes full on the stumps and Hales flicks it uppishly to pick another boundary off Morkel
11.3 -
M Morkel to Hales, FOUR, up and over and one bounce over the ropes at long-off, full and Hales lofted through the line to get it over mid-off, good looking shot from Hales
7.3 -
M Morkel to Jason Roy, FOUR, edged and past Amla at first slip! Would have been a dolly to second slip. Good length jagged back in to catch the outside edge of Roy who was slashing hard, the edge flies to the right of a diving first slip and into the fence
6.2 -
C Morris to Hales, FOUR, classic cover drive if ever there was one. Smidgen fuller around fifth, sixth stump, Hales leans on the drive and clubs it past extra cover
5.4 -
de Lange to Jason Roy, FOUR, Roy is on a roll here. As soon as he sees the ball pitched up, he pounces on it. Width on offer to help Roy's cause who loft-drives over mid-off for a picture-perfect boundary
5.3 -
de Lange to Jason Roy, FOUR, finally a short ball arrives and what does Roy do? He pulls and gets a thick top-edge. Hang on! Don't get too excited, fine leg is inside the ring and that will be a lucky boundary for Roy
3.2 -
de Lange to Jason Roy, FOUR, class! Use of those rubber-esque wrists. Good length on middle, Roy whips it to the right of Duminy at square leg and he's offering a tough time to the Proteas
2.5 -
C Morris to Jason Roy, FOUR, "He doesn't try to overhit" lauds Nass Hussain after Roy completed his stroke. True that! Morris sprays a length ball into Roy's pads and he puts it away nonchalantly wide of mid-wicket, just a flick of the wrist
2.2 -
C Morris to Hales, FOUR, don't give width to Hales, to any top-order batsman for that matter. Sat up on a length outside off and Hales smacked it off the screws past cover, scorched off the turf!
2.0 -
de Lange to Jason Roy, FOUR, rank bad delivery to cap off the over, sliding down leg and all Roy needed to do was to get some bat on that, tickled away down to fine leg
0.3 -
C Morris to Jason Roy, FOUR, well executed! Pitched and Roy's eyes lit up as he clobbered the forward drive past cover, no point chasing that lads
0.1 -
C Morris to Jason Roy, FOUR, follows up with an equally poor delivery, back of a length on the pads, Roy flicks and finds the gap through mid-wicket, raced away!
49.1 -
de Lange to Jordan, SIX, fuller length and outside off, Jordan cleared his front leg and lofted it over long-off. Behardien anticipated well and jumped high to grab the ball, ended up palmig it over the fence, good effort though
46.2 -
C Morris to Stokes, SIX, that's clean as a whistle! Overpitched on the stumps, Stokes clears his front leg and hoicks it over the cow corner fence
45.3 -
Tahir to Stokes, SIX, way outside the leg stump and Stokes had all the time in the world to pick his spot, muscled the pull over the cow corner fence, almost hit that one-legged. Jeez! Those stubby arms...
45.2 -
Tahir to Stokes, SIX, Stokes drops to one knee and bludgeons this googly straight into the deep square leg fence
44.1 -
de Lange to Moeen Ali, SIX, that's straight into the stands, length delivery on the stumps, Ali backs away a tad and sends it soaring over the deep mid-wicket fence, high backlift from Ali and he got it off the meat of the bat
39.0 -
Duminy to Buttler, SIX, another one and this is even bigger, came down the track and got to the pitch of the delivery, gave it all and the ball sailed over the deep mid-wicket fence
38.5 -
Duminy to Buttler, SIX, it is not turning out there, but still to go against the turn is a top art, came down the track, opened up the off-side and lofted it over deep extra cover for a maximum
34.1 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, SIX, there is a bit of cloud cover around and Morgan has sent this one among the clouds, got down on one knee and slogged it hard over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum
27.4 -
Behardien to Root, SIX, dragged down and sat up invitingly for Root who rocks back to pull it over deep mid-wicket, all the way for a maximum
22.4 -
Duminy to Buttler, SIX, Buttler is looking in good nick. This wasn't that short but Buttler seems to be in such mood that he can smack everything at will, rocked back and smoked the pull over cow corner fence
21.5 -
de Lange to Buttler, SIX, this will make it a great over for England, Buttler moved towards the line of the delivery, picked his spot and wristed it over the cow corner, it just carried over the fence
20.5 -
Tahir to Buttler, SIX, that will compensate for a quiet over, it was a googly but did not matter as Buttler came down the track like a thunder and cracked it over long-off, that went onto the roof
16.5 -
Duminy to Hales, SIX, signs of aggression for Hales and he has hit that miles, used his feet to get to the pitch of the delivery and muscled it over long-on, it went out of the ground, that is a mammoth hit. I will call that Halestorm
15.2 -
C Morris to Hales, SIX, short delivery and a poor one, did not rise enough to trouble Hales, he camped back and pulled it off the meat of the bat over the deep mid-wicket fence
6.0 -
de Lange to Jason Roy, SIX, this is the best of the lot. Short and splayig towards leg, Roy swivles and pulls, sends it high and sailing over deep square leg fence. Just stand and admire!
49.2 -
de Lange to Jordan, out Caught by Duminy!! Who wants it? Who wants it? It went high into the blue sky and Duminy steadied himself under the sun to clasp a screamer. It was hurled in full and on the stumps, Jordan nails it off the bottom of the bat and Duminy from mid-wicket covered good ground to get there. Jordan c Duminy b de Lange 14(10) [6s-1]
48.1 -
C Morris to Adil Rashid, out Bowled!! Another yorker from Morris and that leaves Rashid's stumps in a miss. Too full and tailing in late, too good for Rashid who was backing away. Ends up playing all around it and fails to get bat on ball. BAAAAANG goes the flying bails. Adil Rashid b C Morris 2(3)
47.3 -
Tahir to Moeen Ali, out Caught by C Morris!! Another one bites the dust. Moeen Ali wanted to place it over the fielder instead he has holed out. Floated up on middle and leg, Ali went for a mighty swipe and completely mistimed it. Got it off the inside half and offered a lap-high dolly to Morris at deep mid-wicket. Straight into his palms. Moeen Ali c C Morris b Tahir 19(15) [4s-2 6s-1]
46.3 -
C Morris to Stokes, out Bowled!! That will be that from Ben Stokes. Walks across the sticks aiming to lap this full toss over short fine. He misses and Morris strikes. You miss I hit stuff. Stokes b C Morris 57(38) [4s-4 6s-3]
42.2 -
Behardien to Buttler, out Caught by de Villiers!! End of a fantastic knock from Buttler. He's done his part though. Back of a length delivery that held on the pitch a tad, Buttler was committed to the loft over mid-off. Was surprised by the lack of pace and ends up spooning it of the splice towards ABD at deep mid-off. Buttler c de Villiers b Behardien 105(76) [4s-11 6s-5]
34.4 -
Tahir to Eoin Morgan, out Caught by M Morkel!! Oh, Morgain, what have you done? He has thrown it away after all the hardwork, he was trying to loft it over the infield, did not reach the pitch of the ball and skied it off the toe end of the bat, Morkel at long-off had it easy and he did not commit any mistake. Eoin Morgan c M Morkel b Tahir 23(21) [4s-3 6s-1]
30.0 -
C Morris to Root, out Bowled!! DRAGGED ON. Another batsman departs after a well-compiled fifty. Root certainly knows that he missed out on a big one here. Full and swung in late to catch Root's inside edge on the flick, flies past his pads to knock the middle and leg-stump. Morris is all pumped up and he knows the value of this wicket. Root b C Morris 52(58) [4s-4 6s-1]
17.4 -
de Lange to Hales, out Caught by de Villiers!! Hales has thrown it away. After such a good start, he had all the time to build on his innings, Hales was trying to go over the top on this short of a good length delivery, got the hoick off the toe end of the bat towards mid-off who was a bit wide, an easy one for the South African captain. Hales c de Villiers b de Lange 57(47) [4s-6 6s-2]
7.4 -
M Morkel to Jason Roy, out Caught by Behardien!! Roy doesn't make use of the reprieve. Morkel gets the first breakthrough and some relieved faces in the South African camp. Just short of a full length and luring Roy to drive. He goes for the stroke and could only manage it off the toe-end, Behardien stationed at cover, moves to his left and reverse cups it in front of his face. Jason Roy c Behardien b M Morkel 48(30) [4s-8 6s-1]