Jonny Bairstow stars once more, England beat South Africa in 1st T20

Jonny Bairstow saved up his robust all-format type this summer time by smashing a 53-ball 90 in England’s 41-run win over South Africa on Wednesday within the first Twenty20 worldwide of the three-match sequence. Bairstow hit eight sixes and three fours to assist information England to 234-6 after being put in to bat at Bristol.

Moeen Ali weighed in by crashing 52 off 18 balls, together with six sixes, an England file for the quickest 50 in a Twenty20 cricket worldwide. Moeen reached his 50 in simply 16 balls, beating teammate Liam Livingstone’s year-old file by a single supply.

“It means a lot, there are guys in our changing room who score quickly and now I can brag about fastest 50 in T20 cricket for England,” Moeen mentioned. “This was a nice-sized ground for someone like myself, who isn’t the most massive hitter of a ball.”

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South Africa slumped to 7-2 after two overs and will solely make 193-8 in response regardless of Tristan Stubbs’ 72 off 28 deliveries. Bairstow was a standout for England within the check match format in opposition to New Zealand and India this summer time. In his final 5 check innings, he hit 136, 162, 71 not out, 106 and 114 not out.

The Yorkshire batter had been an damage doubt for the T20 sequence opener after leaving Tuesday’s observe session on the Seat Unique Stadium with ice packs and strapping round his left knee. South Africa seam bowler Lungi Ngidi took 5 for 39 and mentioned his workforce at all times believed it had an opportunity after the 21-year-old Stubbs’ efficiency in his first worldwide innings.

“We definitely thought we could chase it down. Anything was chase-able in the last five (overs) but we lost too many wickets,” Ngidi mentioned. “We had full faith in Stubbs. He’s shown us what he is capable of in training. I’ve bowled to him myself and been on the receiving end of what we saw tonight.”

The second T20 is scheduled for Thursday and the third match is on Sunday.