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Dawid Malan scored an unbeaten 99 when England impressively pursued an imposing goal in Newlands on Tuesday to beat South Africa by nine goals a clean run of their Twenty20 streak of three games.
South Africa decided on a bat after winning the litter and, after a stuttering start, reached 191 for three wickets.
But a bold, record breaking response from Malan and Jos Buttler helped England achieve their goal with 14 balls.
The tourist made 192-1 with Malan a shy of his century and Buttler 67 didn’t in a T20 international record 167-run second wicket partnership that scored 90 balls.
« It is extremely gratifying to win a game in such conditions that it inspires confidence in the dressing room, » said England captain Eoin Morgan.
South Africa, easily beaten in the first two games in the Cape of England, was slowly picking up speed again and scored a 64-3 in the tenth game when Rassie van der Dussen joined Faf du Plessis.
The pair then added 127 runs unbeaten as Van der Dussen hit a career T20 high of 74 while veteran Du Plessis failed to get 52. They hit 84 runs from the last five overs to set a test target for the tourists.
But after England lost Jason Roy in the fourth game for 16, they launched a bad home attack with some venom, pounding the bowling on all parts of the floor, including 40 runs from Nov 11 alone. and 12. Overs.
Malan, who scored 55 runs at Paarl on Sunday to help England win the series, picked up where he left off in the smaller Newlands, reaching his half-century with 26 balls.
He reached 98 with a four, which tied the score, and then seemed unaware that he was a bit shy as he didn’t try a second run despite some field fiddling.
« I didn’t calculate that well. Maybe I have to go back to math class, « he joked afterwards.
England and South Africa are now playing three One Day Internationals, starting on Friday in Newlands.
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