England won the toss and elected to field. They played two debutants - Liam Livingstone and Tom Curran
International cricket came to Taunton for the first time since 1999. And didn't the crowd enjoy it! He sang, they danced, they cheered, they booed. It was a lively and entertaining crowd for an exciting game of cricket
Tom Curran struck off the second ball of his career, dismissing Reeza Hendricks. He bagged two more wickets in the match to finish with figures of 4-0-33-3
AB de Villiers showed vintage class with some excuisite stroke-making. His 20-ball 46 provided momentum to the South African innings.
South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals in the death overs to be restricted to 174 for 8 in 20 overs.
Jason Roy helped England begin the chase well. Even as he was lucky to survive several time with inside edges not hitting the stumps, he returned to form with a superb half century.
Jonny Bairstow continued his good form with the bat and added 110 runs for the second wicket with Jason Roy
Jason Roy was out obstructing the field. His dismissal helped South Africa get back into the match. In hindsight, it proved to be the turning point of the match.
England kept losing wickets at regular intervals and made a task of what was a rather easy chase. They eventually lost the match by three runs and series is now leveled 1-1