England vs South Africa Prediction: South Africa to level the series

With some aggressive hard-hitting by the English batsman in the first game, they came out on top and lead the series 1-0. Will England continue this form and seal the victory or will the South Africans level up the series?

England is having a tough summer so far with performances that have been subpar for the ODI champions but things have started to change. They are much more focused and a mentality shift has been seen in recent games. In the first game of the T20 series, they were ruthless. Jonny Bairstow laid the foundations with his 90 off 53 balls and also contributed by Moeen Ali and Dawid Malan. They were able to score 234 runs. They will need the same performance from the team to win their first series in many months.

Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

South Africa fought hard but was not able to get over the line. They were very average in the feilding and dropped four catches which cost them dearly. Bowling was also out of rhythm despite Rabada back in the side. There were few positives though for them with Tristan Stubbs scoring 72 runs off 28 balls only. Lungi Ngidi was another with five wickets in his four overs. They would want to improve the little nuances to get over the line and level up the series. 

Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie Van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller (c), Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Keshav Maharaj

The weather will be cloudy but the probability of rain is very low. Pitch conditions have assisted the batters and the fast bowlers. England has won all eight T20Is played on this ground. We are expecting a surprise win for the South Africans and they will level the series 1-1.

• South Africa to win for 2.66;
• Total Over 339.5 for 1.995;
• Over Number 1 under 6.5 for 1.8