England Smash Records Enroute to Series Parity

England made history by becoming the first team to breach 300 against a full-member team in T20Is with a score of 304/2 against South Africa in the second T20I at Old Trafford in Manchester.

Phil Salt Leads the Charge

Phil Salt led the charge with 141 off 60 balls – the highest individual score by an English batter in T20Is. He laid into Marco Jansen in the opening over, following it up with two more boundaries and a six. Salt brought up his 50 in 19 balls and his 100 in 39 balls, the fastest T20I century by an England batter.

Jos Buttler's Blitzkrieg

Jos Buttler began the onslaught early on in the innings with a 30-ball blitzkrieg of 83. He greeted Lizaad Williams with consecutive sixes and closed out the over with two fours before continuing the mayhem against Bjorn Fortuin in another expensive over. Buttler went 6, 4, 4, 4 in Kagiso Rabada's second over as the batter raced past 50 in 18 balls.

South Africa's Innings

The visitors were bowled out for 158 as the hosts completed a comfortable win by 146 runs. Aiden Markram scored 41, while Bjorn Fortuin entertained briefly with a 16-ball 32. Jofra Archer struck twice at the end of the over to also see the back of Lhuan-dre Pretorius. Sam Curran removed Markram and Donovan Ferreira, while Liam Dawson claimed the final wicket as England completed their biggest ever victory in T20Is to square the series 1-1.

Brief Scores

England 304/2 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 141*, Jos Buttler 83; Bjorn Fortuin 2-52) beat South Africa 158 in 16.1 overs (Aiden Markram 41, Bjorn Fortuin 32; Jofra Archer 3-25, Sam Curran 2-11) by 146 runs