Malan quickly looked at ease after coming to the crease at the start of the third over, the left-hander pulling the second ball he faced from Chris Morris for six.
The Middlesex left-hander, who was educated in South Africa and began his career in the Western Cape at Boland, has had to wait until being close to his 30th birthday to make his global bow. If you looked at where they (England) were after 11 overs, they needed 70 to win with nine wickets in hand, most teams wouldn't lose many games from there.
In Cardiff yesterday, you called him Dane Paterson - who was twice on a hat-trick.
The decision to give Livingstone another chance was the reason given by England as to why they made the freakish call to rest captain Eoin Morgan with the series was on the line.
And when the risky Miller was caught behind down the leg side by stand-in captain Jos Buttler off Jordan, South Africa was 86 for five in the 12th over.
"We weren't good enough on the day, they absolutely destroyed us", Morris added. "What it goes to show is that we have depth in the players knocking on the door". Given the rotation system we have had in the past, it's important I miss out.
The ex-England International's intervention led to the then 17-year-old Curran playing Second XI cricket for Surrey in 2012 and the following year he made his first-team debut for the London-based club. "It's tough but you try and keep things in perspective and wait for an opportunity", he said.
Malan's performance certainly bodes well for the future.
27 towers evacuated in England after failure in fire alarm tests
The manufacturer of the insulation used to clad Grenfell Tower said they would stop using the product on high-rise buildings . He told us he would be willing to move into temporary accommodation, but the council had not yet responded to his calls.
It's my main dream to win a World Cup for South Africa. "There is pressure on you when you come in and you feel like you need to perform to show your case, so that's a fantastic show of character for those guys".
"I'm not going to pick and choose games, we're going to make a final decision on what's lying ahead for the next couple of years".
Dawid Malan top-scored with 78 on his Twenty20 worldwide debut after replacing rested England captain Eoin Morgan and shared a second-wicket stand of 105 in 10.3 overs with Alex Hales.
England's total, though, was decent on a pitch that was slowing up.
In what was a high-scoring game, England managed to post a heavy total of 181 for the loss of 8 wickets, courtesy debutant Dawid Malan's 78, while in reply South Africa got limited to 162 for the loss of 7 wickets, courtesy Chris Jordan's 3 for 31.
Under de Villiers, South Africa endured a miserable campaign at the Champions Trophy - they started off with a clinical win over Sri Lanka but went down tamely to eventual finalists India and Pakistan. He whacked 6ft 6ins Morne Morkel for a straight six as easily as he lapped leg-spinner Imran Tahir for four.
South Africa were in real trouble on 86 for five in the next over when David Miller slashed Jordan behind.
South Africa were always behind the drag line in the chase.
Comments