Bairstow batters South Africa and carries England to success in series opener

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A bold batting effort from Jonny Bairstow buttressed England’s efficient chase that helped his team win the first T20 against South Africa at Newlands.

Bairstow, who received a life on 24 when Faf du Plessis spilt a tough chance, clubbed an unbeaten 48-ball 86 with nine fours and four sixes to turn what could have been a challenging chase into a regulation one.

The enterprising Dawid Malan then followed quickly off Linde as England tottered to 34/3 after 5.3 overs. Bairstow was the main man and when he helped himself to 28 off Beuran Hendricks’s 17th over, along with other boundaries along the way, what could have been a daunting finish was made easy despite the loss of Morgan . That over pretty much settled the outcome of the game.

“The flip side of that is you have to do it because you want to do it. It comes from your heart and you must feel comfortable doing so. These kind of statements shouldn’t be forced on people. They need to feel that they want to do it and that’s when it has the most impact.”

 

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Useless effort and poor selection

True but also helped by a poor bowling effort from Hendrik’s hope he is not playing on Sunday.

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