England beat South Africa in a thrilling game at Johannesburg to take a 1-0 lead over the hosts in the two game T20I series. This is the first time they have beaten the South Africans in a T20I. 
The Proteas won the toss and decided to field first and their decision seemed to work immediately as Joe Denly was trapped in front of the wickets off the very first ball by Charl Langeveldt. Alastair Cook hit a four, but debutant Ryan McLaren had him lbw as well as England was 25/2 in near-four overs. 
Jonathon Trott, who had earlier played three T20Is, but who was expected to receive a hostile reception from the home crowd shook off the early bouncer to smash four boundaries off a Dale Steyn over. For most bit, he looked comfortable, and more importantly, he seemed to be a part, before he was unfortunately run-out for 33. This aggression, however, set the platform for Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan to unleash some beastly shots that yielded a big total. 
Collingwood banished the bowlers away for three boundaries and four sixes to get to his half century, while Morgan took over after the captain was dismissed. He kept picking up the fours and the sixes, and even played one of the most audacious shots over fine-leg for a six. England reached their highest total in T20I cricket, as Morgan remained unbeaten on 85 off 45 deliveries.
South Africa exploded almost immediately after they got into batting. Captain Graeme Smith had a new opening partner in Loots Bosman, and the pair took full toll on the English bowling. They were involved in a 97-run partnership which took only 51 balls. Bosman was the star player as he took only 31 balls for his 58, while Smith mesmerised with 23-ball 41.
The problem began with the dismissal of Smith, which was then followed by Bosman and JP Duminy – all falling within an interval of 15 runs to peg the South Africans back.
At this stage, it had also begun to rain, and the Duckworth-Lewis sheet had to be referred on a regular basis. The par-score (to tie the game) for the South Africans at the end of the 12th over was 118, and they were 121, but they would have to be at 129 at the end of the 13th to win the game if the match was called off then. As it turned out, they got only 6 runs, and the match had to be abandoned due to the incessant rains to win it for the tourists by one run!
Morgan was the player of the match.