ENG vs SA 2nd ODI Highlights: England’s Speedsters David Willey and Reece Topley dismantled South Africa’s batting order, and the visitors quickly lost wickets, giving England a decisive edge. In the end, the hosts won the second One Day International by 118 runs to tie the three-match series in Manchester.
Before both teams play the game, it was rain who took the first honor as due to heavy rain in the contest was reduced to 29 overs per side, and England with combined efforts of their players crossed the 200 mark to set a good target in front of the visitors.
England bowlers then took the charge and didn’t provide a single chance for the Proteas to come back into the game as a result the visitors faced a heavy defeat by 118 runs in the second game of the series.
ENG vs SA 2nd ODI Highlights
Earlier, South Africa took the decision to invite England to bat first, England like their last couple of matches kept on losing wickets in intervals but small cameos from most of the players help the side to score good runs on board.
With Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran scored the highest runs for their side of 38 and 35 respectively as the hosts set a 202-run target for the visitors.
Both in their quick cameos smashed 3 sixes, while apart from them only David Willey managed to hit a six out of any other 9 players. His 21 and Adil Rashid’s 12 runs contribution at last also helped the side to cross the 200 mark.
Chasing a target of 201 in 29 overs, South Africa faced a dreary start as they lost four of their top batters at the score of just six.
Heinrich Klaassen did try to bring back the Proteas into the game, but due to lack of support from the other end he was too got out after scoring 33 as the visitors bowled out for just 83 to lose the game by a big margin of 118 runs.
It was the pair of David Willey and Reece Topley who outshined the South African side by dismissing their top 3 batters when they were at 6 runs while the fourth one got run out. After that, other bowlers too joined the party and with combined efforts of all, they restricted them to 83.
Player Of The Match – Sam Curran
Sam Curran was awarded the player of the match title for his impressive 35 runs knock at a crucial time with the bat and for his sound bowling performance where he gave only 5 runs in 2 overs and also removed one batter.
