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Tom Curran took four wickets and scored 31 runs for Team Morgan while Joe Root scored 77 for Team Buttler and knocked out Ben Stokes; Watch the first T20I between South Africa and England on Sky Sports Cricket from 3.30 pm on Friday, November 27
Last Updated: 11/21/20 3:09 pm
Tom Curran took four wickets and scored 31 runs for Team Morgan
Tom Curran reinforced his claim for a place on England’s Twenty20 squad to face South Africa with a solid performance in a match between teams of over 40 in Newlands, Cape Town.
Curran took 4-25 when Team Buttler was eliminated by 255 before hitting 31 when Team Morgan fell by 205.
Joe Root, who is not part of the T20 team, also impressed with 77 for Team Buttler, along with Ben Stokes’ wicket, while Chris Woakes scored the best score for Team Morgan with 55 of 41 balls.
South Africa vs England
November 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Live 
Team Buttler vs Team Morgan the best players
| Buttler team tickets | Morgan team tickets |
|---|---|
| Joe Root – 77 (77) | Chris Wakes Up – 55 (41) |
| Sam Billings – 52 (44) | Tom Curran – 31 (34) |
| David Malan – 28 (36) | Eoin Morgan – 20 (17) |
| Tom Curran – 4-25 | Lewis Gregory – 3-18 |
| Mark Wood – 3-48 | Chris Jordan – 2-35 |
England play their T20I series opener against South Africa on Friday, November 27, live Sky Sports Cricket.
The 23-man touring group split into two teams for the team match, with captain Eoin Morgan and his deputy Jos Buttler leading the sides.
- Team Buttler: Roy, Malan, Root, Buttler, Billings, S Curran, Gregory, Jordan, Rashid, Archer, Stone, Helm
- Morgan team: Bairstow, Banton, Stokes, Morgan, Livingstone, Ali, Woakes, T Curran, Wood, Ball, Topley
Test captain Root, who will take part in the one-day international matches against South Africa, showed encouraging signs in a 77 hit.
Sam Billings (52) shared a century-long position with Root and hit sixes off Jake Ball and Moeen Ali before Ali caught him at Ben Stokes’ bowling alley.
Dawid Malan had 28 while starting teammate Jason Roy and Captain Buttler were fired for 16.
Curran was the bowlers’ choice with 4-25 of 6.1 overs, eliminating Buttler, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan and Ollie Stone in an impressive spell.
Mark Wood picked up the wickets from Root, Malan and Sam Curran when he finished 3-48.
Team Morgan lost three early wickets in response when Jonny Bairstow (17), Tom Banton (10) and Stokes (10) were fired by Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Root respectively.
Jordan then took Morgan out with his first ball to make the score 67-4.
Jordan followed up with the window of Liam Livingstone (20) before Gregory fired Moeen Ali (15) to put Team Buttler firmly in charge.
An 80-race stoppage between Woakes, who hit two sixes in his half century, and Tom Curran revived Team Morgan’s hopes, but when they fell on successive starts, the finish line was in sight.
Woakes was stumped at Adil Rashid’s bowling alley while Curran was caught and thrown by Olly Stone.
Gregory then eliminated Wood and Ball to close out a 50-run victory.
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