England v South Africa: Shamsi takes 5-24 as hosts thumped by 90 runs to lose T20 series
Hendricks 70 , Markram 51* ; Willey 3-25A dismal batting display saw a pitiful England suffer a heavy 90-run defeat in the deciding Twenty20 against South Africa to lose the series 2-1.
Defeat means England have lost a third successive T20 series, after defeats by West Indies and India this year, for the first time and they have failed to win a white-ball series in a home summer for the first time since 2013. Their next T20 assignment will come in a seven-game tour of Pakistan in late September before three T20s against Australia leading into this year's T20 World Cup in October and November.Much of England's white-ball success over the last six years has been built on their top-order power. This summer it simply has not produced.
The innings never had any rhythm, with eight England batters caught in a fine South Africa fielding performance - the highlight being Tristan Stubbs' stunning one-handed, diving grab to remove Moeen Ali. It left Hendricks to anchor the innings and, after a fortuitous start with several edges past his stumps, he did so superbly, bring up his third consecutive fifty of the series.
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