Twin tons secure SA chase
ESPNcricinfo staff
09-Feb-2016
Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to bat first • Getty Images
Jason Roy ran himself out for 20 after a strong start•Getty Images
Alex Hales followed his 99 at Port Elizabeth with a hard-earned 65•Getty Images
Hales and Joe Root added 125 for the second wicket•Getty Images
Root was the mainstay of England's innings•Getty Images
He brought up his seventh ODI hundred from 95 balls•Getty Images
Jos Buttler failed for once, Kagiso Rabada removed him for a first-ball duck•Getty Images
... and Eoin Morgan struggled for timing in his 8 for 24 balls•Getty Images
He was eventually caught at midwicket off David Wiese•Getty Images
Root's innings ended with a run-out on 125 after a mix-up with Ben Stokes•Getty Images
Joe Root salutes the crowd after another magnificent innings•Getty Images
Stokes pushed England on towards 300 with a brisk 53•Getty Images
Kyle Abbott picked up two in two balls, including Stokes...•AFP
...but David Willey and Adil Rashid struck a six apiece to help England to 318 for 8•Getty Images
South Africa launched their run-chase under the floodlights•Getty Images
Quinton de Kock continued his magnificent recent form...•AFP
...while Hashim Amla returned to run-scoring ways•AFP
The pair produced the highest first-wicket stand in ODIs against England•AFP
De Kock brought up his tenth ODI hundred as South Africa eased towards their target•AFP
Amla got to his own hundred shortly after•Getty Images
Between them, they added 239 for the first wicket and broke the back of the chase•Getty Images
Both fell before the end but Faf du Plessis sealed a seven-wicket victory with 22 balls to spare•Getty Images