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Eng vs sa 2nd t20i: The England cricket team has created a new history in T20 International cricket. In the second T20 match of the series played against South Africa in Manchester, the English team hit 304 runs losing just 2 wickets in 20 overs. This is the first time that a Test playing country has crossed the 300 mark in T20 International. Along with this, England also broke India’s record, which had scored a huge score of 297 runs against Bangladesh last year.
Soult and Butler’s stormy innings
Phil Salt and Jose Butler were the heroes of England’s victory. Both of them broke the back of South African bowlers in the opening partnership. Butler scored 83 runs in just 30 balls, including 8 fours and 7 sixes. At the same time, Salt scored an unbeaten 141 runs. He played this innings in 60 balls and played the biggest personal innings in T20 International for England. Earlier, his best score was 119 runs.
Contribution of the rest of the batsmen
Jacob Bethel scored 26 runs off 14 balls, while captain Harry Brook scored 41 runs off 21 balls. England’s second wicket fell on a score of 221, but even then the English team’s run did not slow down. By the end, Salt and Brook recorded the team to a score of 304.
South Africa’s batting collapsed
Chasing 305 runs, South Africa started very poorly. The England bowlers took a consecutive wickets and piled the opposition team for 158 runs in 16.1 overs. Captain Eden Markram scored 41 runs, while Berm Forton scored 32 runs. Donovan Phareera and Triston Stabs contributed 23-23 runs, but no South Africa batsman could play a big innings.
Jofra Archer was the most successful bowler for England, who took 3 wickets. Sam Karan, Dawson and Will Jax also contributed 2-2 wickets.
300 figure crosses in T20 for the third time
This is the third time in T20 International history when a team has crossed the 300 mark. However, before this, only non-test teams were able to do this feat. In 2023, Nepal scored 314 against Mongolia, while in 2024 Zimbabwe scored 344 runs against Gambia. Now England has made it to this list as a Test Nation.
England dominated
England has now registered the highest score in both ODI and T20 formats. In ODIs, England scored 498 against the Netherlands and now hit 304 runs in T20. With this stunning victory, England has equal the series 1-1.