South Africa beat England by 84 runs

South Africa 241-6 (Bosman 94, Smith 88) beat England 157-8 (Trott 51, Steyn 2-29) by 84 runs. Records tumbled and England crumbled at Centurion Park as South Africa hit more sixes (17) than ever before in a Twenty20 International on their way to a crushing 84-run win.

Graeme Smith (88) and Loots Bosman (94) established a new record opening stand of 170 before South Africa made their way to 241 for six, and in reply, England barely got going, closing on a disappointing 157 for eight.

Both South African openers favoured the leg-side, with Smith muscling six maximums in addition to eight fours while Bosman holed out to James Anderson, Luke Wright the bowler having made 94 in 45 deliveries, Smith having departed earlier with a score of 88 in 44 balls.

England finally got the breakthtough when Joe Denly's first ball was mistimed by Smith and caught by Mahmood in the deep and the turn to part-time spin worked again when Kevin Pietersen had Albie Morkel brilliantly caught by Bresnan at long-on for 14.

AB de Villiers (24), Albie Morkel (14), Jacques Kallis (7) and JP Duminy (2) were the other men to be dismissed before South Africa posted the second-highest score in Twenty20 International history.

Having batted well to set their own national record of 202 in the series-opening one-run in Johannesburg, England were always going to face a huge battle and without Collingwood in the side, for example, they did not have the weapons at their disposal to put up much of a fight.

There was plenty of endeavour from openers Denly (14) and Cook (26) but they were pedestrian in comparison to the South Africans but even the injection of some pace from England's own South African-born players, Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott, was not enough as England quickly slipped way behind the required run rate.

Trott scored a fine half-century but just to illustrate how far behind England were, he reached 50 in 38 balls whereas both Smith and Bosman had required just 25 deliveries. Trott eventually fell soon after, for 51, and Pietersen's aggressive 29 in 19 balls came to an end when Roelof van der Merwe's quicker ball beat his attempted switch-hit.

Wright became the first English-born player to hit a six on the day shortly before Eoin Morgan, England's hero of the opening match, was bowled by Dale Steyn for ten but the game, by that point, had long sine been won by the home side. For the record, England needed a mere 93 to win from the final over with Matthew Prior and Rashid on strike and Rashid's miserable day got little better when he was run out by Kallis for one, leaving Prior unbeaten on ten and Mahmood on one.

Steyn had already finished by then with two for 29 when he had Wright well caught by substitute Johan Botha while Morkel also picked up a brace by having Cook and Trott dismissed while Ryan McLaren, Yusuf Abdulla and van der Merwe took one apiece.

The 84-run result was England's heaviest defeat in the format and ensured that the series was drawn 1-1 after they won the opening match by one-run on the Duckworth/Lewis method in Johannesburg. Pietersen made his return to the side and Cook captained because of a back injury to Collingwood. The two sides now begin a five-match One-Day International series on 20th November in Johannesburg.