England beat Proteas by two wickets in high scoring

MUMBAI: England defeated South Africa by two wickets in a high-scoring World Twenty20 Super Ten Group One match which yielded a total of 459 runs for the loss of 12 wickets in 39.4 overs here at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday night.Chasing a mammoth total of 230, England completed their first victory in the tournament with two balls remaining.England openers Jason Roy and Alex Hales laid the foundation of the win with a 48-run first wicket partnership and later Joe Root led the assault, guiding with an aggressive innings of 83 in 44 balls, laced with four towering sixes and six fours.When Root departed England needed only 11 runs from ten balls but they lost two more wickets in a bid to take the winning single.This was the second-highest successful chase in T20 internationals and the highest in World T20 history.South Africa’s pacers Kyle Abbott and Kagiso Rabada claimed three and two wickets but conceded 41 and 50 runs, respectively.Earlier, three brilliant half-centuries from Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and Jean-Paul Duminy helped South Africa post 229 for four.Amla made 58 off 31 balls and de Kock scored 52 off 24 balls, both hitting three sixes and seven fours each. Both made together 96 runs off just 43 balls.Later, Duminy played an unbeaten innings of 54 from 28 balls with three sixes and as many fours along with David Miller, who remained not out on 28, made off just 12 balls with two fours and two sixes.’