In the 2nd T20 match between England and South Africa, ahead of a packed international schedule England by winning the match not only to level the series even rebuild confidence.On Friday England team pulled an unbelievable all-round performance to reach a historic win over South Africa. England batting line-up made a record massive target of 305 for South Africa. With the help of outstanding performance of Phil Salt, England cricket team became the third team to ever record a target of more than 300 runs in a T20 international.
On Friday the England team made their biggest T20I runs which was nation’s highest-ever T20I total, their biggest win along with South Africa’s biggest defeat. As Phil Salt and Jos Buttler’s free-wheeling batting took England past 300, so the result was never in much doubt. Three wickets taken by Archer, two each for Dawson, Jacks and Curran, and one for Rashid. Markram got South Africa off to a satisfactory begin, and Fortuin had few runs towards the finish, but they were never really in the competition. The series now 1-1 level ahead of a decider match which will on Sunday at Trent Bridge.
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Due to record-breaking innings of 141*(68) of Phil Salt, he received the player of the match award. On Friday Phil Salt broke several records to smash an incredible ton. With this famous hit, Salt broke his own record of 117* against the West Indies and again become the English batter with the highest individual score in T20Is. Salt also broke record of Liam Livingstone (42) for the fastest T20I century by an English batter, by achieving the milestone in just 39 balls.
