{"id":132671,"date":"2025-09-12T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132671\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:17:13","slug":"england-v-south-africa-second-mens-t20-international-live-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132671\/","title":{"rendered":"England v South Africa: second men\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One change apiece. Jofra Archer comes in for Jamie Overton in the England XI; South Africa bring in the left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin from Corbin Bosch. Keshan Maharaj has a groin strain.<\/p>\n

England Salt, Buttler (wk), Brook (c), Bethell, Banton, Curran, Jacks, Dawson, Archer, Rashid, Wood.<\/p>\n

South Africa Markram (c), Rickelton, Pretorious, Brevis, Stubbs, Ferreira, Jansen, Rabada, Forruin, Maphaka, Williams.<\/p>\n

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South African win the toss and bowl<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wicket looks a bit different, we hope there\u2019s a bit of moisture early on,\u201d says their captain Aiden Markram.<\/p>\n

Harry Brook says England would have batted on what is a used pitch.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a013.03 EDT<\/p>\n

Preamble<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Friday, it\u2019s 6pm, it\u2019s time for TFI Not Raining in Manchester. After the soggiest of T20 matches in Cardiff on Wednesday, England and South Africa will hope for an actual 20-overs-a-side match tonight. There\u2019s a chance of showers later \u2013 come on, it\u2019s September in Manchester \u2013 but the signs are much better than they were 48 hours ago.<\/p>\n

England need a win to avoid a second white-ball series defeat to South Africa. That\u2019s a slightly weird sentence to write given the series is only 12.5 overs old. But South Africa handled the weirdness and the conditions far better on Wednesday, so if they win again in a more orthodox game tonight, England can have no complaints.<\/p>\n

The match starts at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n

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