Jos Buttler dispatches Wayne Parnell for 32 runs
in one over
Craig Kieswetter and Jos Butler ensured that England rounded off a difficult summer in winning style with a 28-run win over South Africa to draw the Twenty 20 Series 1-1.
The hard-hitting wicket-keeper scored 52 off 32 deliveries and Buttler smashed 32 off just 10 deliveries as England posted an emphatic 118-5 at Edgbaston in a match cut to 11 overs per side due to rain.
England were heading for a par-score from 11 overs midway through their innings however three sixes from Kieswetter pushed the run rate up, before Buttler arrived at the crease and took the game away from South Africa.
Between the pair they hit six sixes with one Wayne Parnell over going for 32 runs.
Intelligent bowling on a slow pitch from England ensured that South Africa never looked likely to reach their target and with regular wickets falling, including the golden wicket of Hashim Amla, as they were restricted to 90-5.
The win not only sees England jump above South Africa to 1st place in the International Cricket Councils rankings, but also sends them to Sri-Lanka in confident mode as they try to defend their World Twenty20 title.
England Twenty20 World Cup Fixtures
Friday 21st September
Afghanistan v England, Colombo RPS, 15.00
Sunday 23rd September
England v India, Colombo RPS, 15.00
