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England’s Phil Salt celebrates his record-breaking century in the course of the second T20I towards South Africa in Manchester on September 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters
Salt’s 141 not out and Jos Buttler’s 83 propped up England’s 304-2, which included 18 sixes and 30 boundaries.
South Africa adopted with resolve however was 64-3 after the powerplay and misplaced captain Aiden Markram for a team-high 41 off 20 within the eighth over when the consequence turned inevitable. The Proteas have been all out for 158 within the seventeenth over.
It was their heaviest T20 loss by runs and England’s greatest win by runs.
“That was actually good enjoyable,” Salt informed broadcaster Sky Sports. “A private milestone however the reality we received 300 and gained by such an enormous margin, I can not have requested for rather more.” The three-match collection goes to a tiebreaker on Sunday (September 14, 2025) in Nottingham.
“With the batting lineup we’ve got received there are usually not many heights we will not attain,” England captain Harry Brook stated. “Every must-win sport we’ve got now resulting in the T20 World Cup (in February) is superior preparation for us.”
The Proteas selected to bowl first in hope of utilizing the moisture within the air, however all they caught was lightning from openers Salt and Buttler at their membership floor, Old Trafford.
Salt clobbered the sport’s first three deliveries to the boundary off Marco Jansen however was quickly overtaken by Buttler.
A fourth consecutive boundary introduced up Buttler’s 50 in 18 balls, the third quickest half-century for England.
He and Salt crashed 100 within the powerplay with a ball to spare, solely the third time that is been accomplished in a males’s T20.
Buttler was on 83 from 30 balls and had Liam Livingstone’s quickest England T20 century in 40 balls in his grasp. Then he hit straight to the fielder at deep sq. leg at 126-1 within the eighth over and Old Trafford rose to applaud.
Salt reached his 50 in 19 balls, another ball than Buttler.
But Salt broke Livingstone’s quickest document by one in 39 balls and the group was again on its toes. The century was Salt’s fourth for England. No different Englishman has multiple, and solely Glenn Maxwell and Rohit Sharma (5 every) have extra T20 a whole bunch.
Salt’s hundred got here in a 23-run over bowled by Kagiso Rabada, who overstepped twice and bowled broad twice.
Salt handed his and England’s highest T20 rating of 119 from December 2023, and survived being out caught on 126 as a result of Kwena Maphaka stepped on the rope at long-on, giving up Salt’s sixth six.
England arrived on the final over needing 16 runs to interrupt 300 and in the end received there thanks to a different no ball by Rabada. His 70 runs conceded have been essentially the most by a South African in males’s T20s.
The solely larger totals have been Zimbabwe’s 344-4 towards Gambia in 2024 and Nepal’s 314-3 versus Mongolia in 2023. England eclipsed the most effective whole by an ICC full member, India’s 297-6 versus Bangladesh in 2024.
Salt completed unbeaten on 141 from 60 balls, with eight sixes and 15 boundaries. Brook was with him on 41 off 21.
The bowlers then feasted on the stress on South Africa and Jofra Archer took 3-25, Sam Curran 2-11, and Will Jacks two on the dying.
Published – September 13, 2025 11:39 am IST
