England beat South Africa by a big margin of 9 wickets in the first Twenty 20 International (T20I) which was played in Southampton last night.With this win, England take 1 - 0 lead against South Africa in this 3 match series.
Jonny Bairstow has been declared as the Man of the Match for his 35-ball 60 with 6 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Here are some of the stats from this match:
* AB de Villiers (65*), Farhaan Behardien (64*) and Jonny Bairstow (60*) scored 60 or more in this match. This is only the 12th instance of 3 or more batsmen scoring 60 or more in a T20I game.
* This is South Africa's 96th T20I game. Only Pakistan (114) and New Zealand (97) have played more T20I games.
* Farhaan Behardien and Jonny Bairstow registered their best scores in this format of the game.
* This was David Miller's 50th T20I game. Fourth South African player to play 50 or more T20I games.
* This is the 4th time England won a T20I by 9 or more wickets. 10-wkt win over WI, 10-wkt & 9-wkt win over NZ are the other three instances..
The Second T20I game of this series will be played in Taunton on Friday (June 23). Play starts at 09:30 pm IST.
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