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England beat South Africa by 2 wickets - Commentary

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, . England won the toss and chose to bowl.

England230/819.4 ov
South Africa229/420 ov
England won by 2 wickets
West Indies won the tournament
End of innings: ENG 230/8 (19.4 ov)
19.41
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, 1 run
19.30
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, no run
19.2W
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, OUT
DJ Willey run out (DA Miller/AB de Villiers) 0(0) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 229/8 (19.2 ov)
19.1W
KJ Abbott to CJ Jordan, OUT
CJ Jordan c JP Duminy b KJ Abbott 5(3) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 229/7 (19.1 ov)
End of over 1910 runs, 1 wktENG 229/60W4141
CJ Jordan 5(2)MM Ali 7(7)K Rabada 4-0-50-2
18.61
K Rabada to CJ Jordan, 1 run
18.54
K Rabada to CJ Jordan, FOUR
18.41
K Rabada to MM Ali, 1 run
18.34
K Rabada to MM Ali, FOUR
18.2W
K Rabada to JE Root, OUT
JE Root c DA Miller b K Rabada 83(44) [4s-6 6s-4] · FoW 219/6 (18.2 ov)
18.10
K Rabada to JE Root, no run
End of over 1817 runsENG 219/5444104Lb
MM Ali 2(5)JE Root 83(42)CH Morris 3-0-39-0
17.64Lb
CH Morris to MM Ali, 4 leg byes
17.50
CH Morris to MM Ali, no run
17.41
CH Morris to JE Root, 1 run
17.34
CH Morris to JE Root, FOUR
17.24
CH Morris to JE Root, FOUR
17.14
CH Morris to JE Root, FOUR
End of over 1714 runsENG 202/5461Wd110
MM Ali 2(3)JE Root 70(38)KJ Abbott 3-0-40-2
16.60
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, no run
16.51
KJ Abbott to JE Root, 1 run
16.41
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, 1 run
16.4Wd
KJ Abbott to MM Ali, wide
16.31
KJ Abbott to JE Root, 1 run
16.26
KJ Abbott to JE Root, SIX
16.14
KJ Abbott to JE Root, FOUR
End of over 165 runs, 1 wktENG 188/5111W11
JE Root 58(34)MM Ali 1(1)Imran Tahir 4-0-28-1
15.61
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
15.51
Imran Tahir to MM Ali, 1 run
15.4W
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, OUT
JC Buttler st †Q de Kock b Imran Tahir 21(14) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 186/5 (15.4 ov)
15.31
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
15.21
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, 1 run
15.11
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
End of over 1513 runsENG 183/4Wd1161Wd11
JE Root 55(31)JC Buttler 20(12)CH Morris 2-0-26-0
14.61
CH Morris to JE Root, 1 run
14.51
CH Morris to JC Buttler, 1 run
14.5Wd
CH Morris to JC Buttler, wide
14.41
CH Morris to JE Root, 1 run
14.36
CH Morris to JE Root, SIX
FIFTY for JE Root (53 off 29)
14.21
CH Morris to JC Buttler, 1 run
14.11
CH Morris to JE Root, 1 run
14.1Wd
CH Morris to JE Root, wide
End of over 1410 runsENG 170/413Wd21111
JE Root 46(27)JC Buttler 18(10)Imran Tahir 3-0-23-0
13.61
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
13.51
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, 1 run
13.41
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
13.31
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, 1 run
13.22
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, 2 runs
13.23Wd
Imran Tahir to JC Buttler, 3 wides
13.11
Imran Tahir to JE Root, 1 run
End of over 1312 runsENG 160/42Wd11241
JE Root 43(24)JC Buttler 14(7)DW Steyn 2-0-35-0
12.61
DW Steyn to JE Root, 1 run
12.54
DW Steyn to JE Root, FOUR
12.42
DW Steyn to JE Root, 2 runs
12.31
DW Steyn to JC Buttler, 1 run
12.21
DW Steyn to JE Root, 1 run
12.2Wd
DW Steyn to JE Root, wide
12.12
DW Steyn to JE Root, 2 runs
End of over 1215 runsENG 148/4411216
JC Buttler 13(6)JE Root 33(19)JP Duminy 3-0-31-1