England locked horns with South Africa in the third T20I on Sunday. The series was tied at 1-1 after England made an incredible comeback in the second T20I. The third T20I was held at The Rose Bowl stadium. English skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to field first. David Willey had the responsibility to lead the English bowling attack.
He vindicated the plot as he picked Quinton de Kock’s wicket in the third ball of the match. Bowled outside off stump at a good length, de Kock tried to bang it over covers. But an inside edge sealed his wicket for Willey. Reeza Hendricks and Rilee Rossouw then joined hands to counterattack the English bowling attack.
Rilee Rossouw smashed four boundaries off Chris Jordan’s over and provided a great climax to the powerplay. Right after the powerplay, Moeen Ali claimed Rilee Rossouw’s wicket. South Africa managed to put on a score of 191/5 at the end of 20 overs as Aiden Markram remained unbeaten for 51 runs. With 191 required to win the series, the England openers came out with positive intent.ย However, the positivity was soon shattered when the South African pace attack started picking up wickets quickly.
Tabraiz Shamsi, once again, spilled his magic as he picked up a five-for that impressed fans and cricketers all around the world. It was a fiery spell as he conceded only 24 runs off four overs. He managed to pick the wickets of Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, David Willey and Adil Rashid. The English batting bottled in the end as they were bowled out for just 101 runs.
The Proteas enjoyed a massive series win as they won the final T20I by a huge margin of 90 runs. Immediately after Shamsi picked his five-for, the Twitter users eulogized the latter for his incredible spell. The tweets started flowing to praise the spinner. Tabraiz Shamsi’s five-for is his first ever in the T20I format. This was in the offing for a long time as he has been consistent of late.
Here’s how the twitter reacted after his five-for:
๐จ RESULT | SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 90 RUNS
Another brilliant day in the field, with Tabraiz Shamsi grabbing a maiden T20I 5-wicket haul, backed up Reeza Hendricks' 70 and Markram's 51* – as England are dismissed for 101! The #Proteas secure the series 2-1!#ENGvSA #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/sqmcQeL8X8
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) July 31, 2022
Tabraiz Shamsi picked his 5-wicket haul in T20I Internationals career. He picked 5-fer against England in England in decider T20I match. His records in last couple of years just phenomenal in T20I. pic.twitter.com/LReRajnCXd
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 31, 2022
Fifer! Career-best figures for Tabraiz Shamsi as England fall apart #ENGvSA
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 31, 2022
What a spell from Tabraiz Shamsi, taking 5-24, his first 5-fer in T20I cricket ๐๐
England in a spin on 97-9#ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/y1oe7c3nGY
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) July 31, 2022
Tabraiz Shamsi is clear at the top! ๐
He goes past Dale Steyn to become South Africaโs all-time leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket ๐ pic.twitter.com/jJW0J8NnL2
— SuperSport ๐ (@SuperSportTV) July 31, 2022
Shamsi shut lot of us up๐คญ๐ guy is truly back in form now! Excellent for SA. #ENGvSA
— DESI (@DesiganR) July 31, 2022
Shamsi now the all time leading T20I wicket taker for South Africa with 65 wickets, surpassing Dale Steyn and Tahir! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐
— Gills (@gpricey23) July 31, 2022
โช A HANDFUL FOR SHAMSI
5-FER! 5-FER! 5-FER FOR SHAMMO!!!!!
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟEngland 97/9 after 16 overs
๐๏ธ Ball by ball https://t.co/KNz7vLG39F
๐บ SuperSport Grandstand 201#ENGvSA #BePartOfIt— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) July 31, 2022
Shamsi is back to his best again ๐ฅ๐๐ #5fer
— Lawrence Bailey โช ๐ฟ๐ฆ (@LawrenceBailey0) July 31, 2022
๐๏ธ-fer for the ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐งโจ
Shamsi spun the web around the ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ batting lineup to claim his maiden 5๏ธโฃ-wicket haul in T20Is ๐ฅ#ENGvSA #Shamsi #SonySportsNetwork pic.twitter.com/XmA3QKTDga
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) August 1, 2022
