Series of wins a long awaited surprise

25 June 2017 - 00:02 By TELFORD VICE

Seldom has victory in a Twenty20 been greeted as wildly as in South Africa's three-run win over England at Taunton on Friday. Another success in Cardiff today will clinch the series and provoke even more giddy scenes.
As well it might. Of the eight games South Africa have played in England in the past month, they have lost five.
That's not nearly good enough for a team significantly more used to winning.
Where's AB de Villiers' head at? What's going on with Russell Domingo's job? Will Imari du Plessis give birth in time for Faf to make it to Lord's for the toss on July 6, when the test series starts?
So to emerge victorious in a game that, had it been lost, would have meant another series defeat, carried weight beyond its worth...

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