South Africa vs England – First Twenty20I at Cape Town on Feb 19 1996 – South Africa won by three wickets on the last ball of the match

South Africa vs England – First Twenty20I at Cape Town on Feb 19 1996 – South Africa won by three wickets on the last ball of the match

South Africa won this game on the last ball to provide the 16th occasion of a team winning a T20I on the last ball.  It also provides the first such occasion for South Africa.

No Winner Margin Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date
1 New Zealand 5 wickets 150 20.0 v India Wellington 27 Feb 2009
2 Netherlands 4 wickets 163 20.0 v England Lord’s 05 Jun 2009
3 Sri Lanka 5 wickets 164 20.0 v India Gros Islet 11 May 2010
4 England 1 wicket 158 20.0 v Australia Adelaide 12 Jan 2011
5 Scotland 4 wickets 136 20.0 v Canada Dubai (DSC) 23 Mar 2012
6 Bangladesh 2 wickets 141 20.0 v Ireland Belfast 21 Jul 2012
7 Netherlands 1 wicket 129 20.0 v Bangladesh The Hague 26 Jul 2012
8 England 6 wickets 178 20.0 v India Mumbai 22 Dec 2012
9 New Zealand 8 wickets 169 19.0 v South Africa East London 23 Dec 2012
10 Pakistan 2 wickets 153 20.0 v West Indies Kingstown 27 Jul 2013
11 Sri Lanka 3 wickets 121 20.0 v Bangladesh Chittagong 14 Feb 2014
12 Ireland 3 wickets 164 20.0 v Zimbabwe Sylhet 17 Mar 2014
13 Zimbabwe 5 wickets 141 20.0 v Netherlands Sylhet 19 Mar 2014
14 Hong Kong 5 wickets 162 20.0 v Afghanistan Dublin (Malahide) 21 Jul 2015
15 India 7 wickets 198 20.0 v Australia Sydney 31 Jan 2016
16 South Africa 3 wickets 135 20.0 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

It also provides the second win on the last ball of the match against England. Netherlands had registered a last ball win against England at Lord’s on 05.06.09. Netherlands had won this game by four wickets

No Winner Margin Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Netherlands 4 wickets 163 20.0 v England Lord’s 05 Jun 2009
2 South Africa 3 wickets 135 20.0 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

Imran Tahir captured four for 21 in this game to provide the 109th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a T20I. It also provides the 12th occasion of such a performance by a South African bowler.

Imran Tahir’s 4 for 21 represent his second four wicket haul in T20I. The other occasion was his four for 21 against Netherlands at Chittagong on 27.03.14. He became the third South African bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I on two occasions. Others are M Morel and DW Steyn

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 1 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016
                   
1 M Morkel 4.0 0 17 4 1 v New Zealand Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 M Morkel 3.0 0 20 4 2 v Afghanistan Bridgetown 05 May 2010
                   
1 DW Steyn 3.0 0 9 4 2 v West Indies Port Elizabeth 16 Dec 2007
2 DW Steyn 4.0 0 17 4 2 v New Zealand Chittagong 24 Mar 2014

Imran Tahir earned the distinction of becoming the only bowler in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to return with identical bowling figures on two occasions.  He returned with identical figures of 4.0-0-21-4 against Netherland at Chittagong on 27.03.14 and 4.0-0-21-4 against England at Cape Town on 19.02.16

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 1 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

Imran Tahir became the eleventh bowler to capture four or more wickets in a T20I against England.  He is the first South African bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I against England and thus his 4 for 21 represents the best bowling figures by a South African bowler against England. Previous best was 3 for 14 by WD Parnell at Nottingham on 11.06.09. It also represents the best bowling figures by a South African bowler against England at home. The previous best was 3 for 33 by R McLaren at Johannesburg on 13.11.09

Imran Tahir became the third bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I at Cape Town. Others are 4 for 20 by SR Clarke of Australia Vs Sri Lanka on 20.09.07 and 4 for 31 by E Chigumbura of Zimbabwe Vs England at Cape Town on 13.09.07.

Imran Tahir became the second bowler to capture four wickets against England in a T20I at Cape Town after E Chigumbura of Zimbabwe is the other bowler. E Chigumbura had captured 4 for 31 against England at Cape Town on 13.09.07.

MM Ali collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 316th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in a T20I. It also provides the 27th occasion of an England batsman suffering from such an ignominy.

MM Ali’s first ball duck in this game represents his third first ball duck in T20Is. Only LJ Wright has collected more first ball ducks amongst England batsmen in T20Is. LJ Wright has collected four first ball ducks.

MM Ali’s first ball duck in this game provides the fifth occasion of an England batsman suffering from such an ignominy against South Africa.

CJ Jordan’s 3 for 23 in this game represents his best bowling figures in a T20I. His previous best was 3 for 39 against West Indies at Bridgetown on 13.03.14

CJ Jordan became the fourth England bowler to capture three wickets against South Africa in a T20I.

No Player O M R W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RJ Sidebottom 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
2 CJ Jordan 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Cape Town 19 Feb 2016
3 GP Swann 4.0 0 24 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
4 SCJ Broad 4.0 0 37 3 1 RSA Cape Town 16 Sep 2007

CJ Jordan and RJ Sidebottom with identical figures of 4.0-0-23-3 share the best bowling figures by an England bowler against South Africa in a T20I

No Player O M R W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RJ Sidebottom 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
2 CJ Jordan 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

The head to head results summary between the two teams at the end of this game read thus

Result summary                
Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied Tie+W Tie+L NR
England 2007-2016 10 3 6 0 0 0 1
South Africa 2007-2016 10 6 3 0 0 0 1

 

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