SA vs Eng 2nd Twenty20 - Proteas Target Level The Series

Centurion: A high-veld thunderstorm put paid to a potentially gripping finish to the opening Twenty20 but the action before the rain was still thoroughly entertaining in ideal conditions for quick scoring

Dale Steyn took a bit of a hammering on Friday, firstly at the hands of Trott, who took him for four consecutive boundaries, then from Morgan's onslaught. It is still early-season for Steyn, but he doesn't appear quite on top of his game.

England's batsmen have been criticised for their lack of sixes, but Morgan is quickly putting that right and one blow in the first match landed comfortably outside the ground.

England have found something a little special in Morgan and he likes facing South Africa. His thrilling effort at the Wanderers followed on from his display at the Champions Trophy, when he helped knock out the hosts.

Teams

South Africa: Mark Boucher could be rested - while Jacques Kallis will return, although purely as a batsman, and Yusuf Abdulla, the left-arm seamer, is another pace option.

Squad (likely): Graeme Smith (capt), Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis, JP Duminy, Albie Morkel, Heino Kuhn (wk), Ryan McLaren, Roelof van der Merwe, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Yusuf Abdulla.

England: Collingwood (back), Anderson (knee) and Swann (side) all missed training as a precaution and face morning fitness tests ahead of the game. With Stuart Broad still recovering from his shoulder injury, Kevin Pietersen not due to return until Tuesday and Andrew Strauss opting out of Twenty20 the squad could be stretched.

Squad (likely): Joe Denly, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Sajid Mahmood, James Anderson.

Stats and trivia

Joe Denly has been dismissed first ball in both his Twenty20 international innings after being trapped leg before by Charl Langeveldt at the Wanderers to following his golden duck at the hands of Brett Lee at Old Trafford.
England's 202 for 6 was their highest Twenty20 total while Morgan's 85 was also their best individual effort.

Match facts
Friday, November 15, 2009
Start time 14:30 (12:30 GMT)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
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