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Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Two
The last person you want to see coming to the middle after Moeen Ali is Liam Livingstone.
Summary
SA 193-8: Stubbs 72 (28), Hendricks 57 (33); Gleeson 3-51
Eng 234-6: Bairstow 90 (53), Moeen 52 (18); Ngidi 5-39
Bairstow hits 90 to continue sublime summer
Moeen bashes fifty off 16 balls - England's fastest fifty in T20s
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First T20, Bristol
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Eng 218-4published at 18 overs
Livingstone misses a slower ball first up. Ngidi has three wickets from three overs. The issue is they've cost 34 runs.
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Oh. And here's Liam Livingstone.
Good luck.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoFrom ball one the timing was there, the power was there. Moeen enjoyed it as did this crowd. Great entertainment.
WICKETpublished at 17.5 overs
Moeen c De Kock b Ngidi 52 (Eng 218-4)
Ah. Moeen Ali's fun is over, the South Africans hardly appealing for a caught behind.
The Bristol crowd rises. Moeen goes for 52 from 18 balls.
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James Lockwood: Watching Ali and Bairstow batting is glorious, the power and the elegance they can produce, it doesn't get much better in sport!
Eng 218-3published at 17.4 overs
A dot ball! Relief for South Africa.
Moeen's is England's fastest T20 half-century, by the way.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoWhat a knock. And the crowd are loving every six and four.
50 for Moeen Alipublished at 17.3 overs
The free hit is swung away for six!
That's Moeen Ali's fifty from SIXTEEN balls.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoI've been in this position before. The crowd are on your back and you don't want the ball to come to you, because every time it does something goes wrong.
Eng 212-3published at 17.2 overs
Is it going to far to say this is some of the worst cricket I have seen from an international side?
Now Ngidi bowls a no-ball, followed by a wide.
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South Africa bowlers getting Mo-Stow'd!!
Sean Bulpitt, Chorley
Bairstow dropped on 77published at 17.2 overs
HOW! It's Heinrich Klassen again, this time at deep square leg diving low to his left.
That's the fourth time South Africa have dropped on Jonny Bairstow.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoIt looks like all the air has come out of this South Africa.
Eng 205-3published at 17 overs
New over. Same rubbish.
Lungi Ngidi starts with a full toss. Bairstow knocks it for four.
How's stat?!published at 19:53 British Summer Time 27 July 2022
Andy Zaltzman
BBC Test Match Special statisticianEngland have hit 17 sixes so far, the most they have ever hit in T20 cricket.
The all-time record is in reach - 22 by Afghanistan against Ireland in 2019.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoIt is raining sixes at Bristol!
Eng 201-3published at 17 overs
Finished with another six!
THIRTY THREE from the over.
Eng 195-3published at 16.5 overs
Yep! Six more to Moeen Ali.
He hasn't got anywhere near the middle of this.
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England's record score is 241, by the way. They've already broken their record for most sixes.