- Third T20: South Africa 222-6; England 226-5, 19.1 overs
- Bairstow and Buttler also weigh in with half-centuries
What a series, what a run chase and what a crick in the neck watching the ball sail through the Centurion skies. With its short boundaries and much-vaunted “thin air” SuperSport Park is a place for hitting sixes. There were 28 of them on an afternoon when cricket was transformed into a game of the skies and England chased down South Africa’s 222 in thrilling fashion.
The decisive hand came from Eoin Morgan, who walked out with the third T20 international slipping away at 140 for three in the 13th over and just kept on pumping the ball over the rope. He ended on 57 not out off 22 balls with seven sixes, all but 10 of his runs scored on the leg-side as he targeted that boundary with relentless precision.
Written by Barney Ronay at Centurion
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/16/morgan-takes-control-as-england-chase-down-south-africa-and-the-t20-series under the title “Morgan takes control as England chase down South Africa and the T20 series”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
