South Africa vs England: Danni Wyatt-Hodge stars as tourists win to seal series
England 204-4 (20 overs): Wyatt-Hodge 78 (Forty five), Sciver-Brunt 67* (43)
South Africa 168-6 (20 overs): De Klerk 32* (21); Glenn 4-20
England receive by 36 runs; lead series 2-0
England equalled their third-most realistic salvage in ladies’s T20 internationals to cruise to a 36-bustle victory against South Africa and seal the three-match series with a game to spare.
Heather Knight’s side took profit of some wayward bowling and sloppy fielding to amass 202-4 from their 20 overs in Benoni.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who became dropped twice, high-scored with a stunning 78 from stunning Forty five balls, turning into the main England woman to pass 3,000 runs in T20 internationals.
Nat Sciver-Brunt continued her horny invent with an unbeaten 67 from 43 deliveries, her third successive T20 half of-century.
All of South Africa’s bowlers went for now no longer decrease than nine an over, with Nadine de Klerk’s 2-36 the pick of some in every other case dispiriting figures.
South Africa would possibly well well possibly supreme limp to 168-6 in acknowledge, with Sarah Glenn taking 4-20 – her third-supreme figures in T20 internationals.
England will learn to entire a series orderly-sweep within the final T20 in Centurion on Saturday, earlier than a 3-match one-day world series and a one-off Test subsequent month.
England were solid if unspectacular within the opening T20 in East London on Saturday, but this became an utterly dominant victory.
They made a sorrowful start, slipping to 15-2 when Maia Bouchier chipped the ball to mid-wicket for 20, earlier than Sophia Dunkley fell for a duck two balls later with a nervy prod that flicked off the within edge and onto the stumps.
That introduced Sciver-Brunt to the center to affix Wyatt-Hodge and England under no circumstances looked wait on.
They got a helping hand by South Africa, who dropped Wyatt-Hodge twice, on nine and 29, whereas Sciver-Brunt became also dropped on 25.
The hosts struggled with their line and length, failing to rob profit of a pitch that offered more tempo and leap than the stodgy floor in East London.
Wyatt-Hodge’s brutal innings integrated 15 fours and one wide six over long-on, earlier than she departed after a successfully-directed De Klerk yorker.
That didn’t cease England’s momentum as energetic cameos from Heather Knight, who made 26 off 19, and Amy Jones, 15 off seven, ensured England handed 200 for stunning the fourth time in T20 internationals.
Easiest one side has ever chased down a goal of 200 or more in ladies’s T20 internationals and it under no circumstances looked treasure taking place right here.
Sciver-Brunt eliminated opener Tazmin Brits for a duck within the opening over of South Africa’s acknowledge.
Glenn then ripped through South Africa’s heart dispute, casting off Faye Tunnicliffe, Annerie Dercksen and Nondumiso Shangase – the latter two with consecutive balls – to diminish South Africa to 86-5 and get rid of any urgency from the sport.
The returning Chloe Tryon showed some resistance with 30 from 24 balls earlier than turning into the fourth batter to be orderly bowled by Glenn to all but true victory for England.
England captain Heather Knight: “I’m of course happy with the group. It’s what we’re about as a batting group, Danni and Nat exhibiting their abilities.
“We favor to push for the 3-0 receive now.”
Player of the match, England spinner Sarah Glenn: “It’s a wide fulfillment. I wasn’t looking forward to to be participant of the match. Danni became superior and Nat as successfully coming in and doing her part.
“I angry by stunning getting wickets. The pitch suited me so I desired to attend it easy and employ the tempo.”
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt: “No longer our supreme efficiency all-round. We let them salvage too many with the bat because we didn’t rob our potentialities within the self-discipline.
“We had plans, but we purchased a shrimp bit carried away with the further leap within the pitch and we went too fast and big.”