South Africa will take on England in the second T20I match at Boland Park in Paarl tonight. England leads 1-0 in the series after a five wickets' win in the first T20I in Cape Town.
In the first T20I, South Africa's performance was good. First, their batsmen did well but they still need some improvements as openers need to give a good start and in middle and end overs Heinrich Klassen, Van Biljon and George Linde need to do well and Faf du Plessis needs to continue his good form. In the bowling, Kagiso Rabada has to take wickets with the new ball and spinners need to control things in middle overs.
On the other hand, England will look to seal the series. In the first match, their openers Jason Roy and Jos Buttler failed and they will be eyeing some come back. In middle order Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes will look to continue their good form and Eoin Morgan will play the finisher's role. In bowling Jofra Archers, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, and Adil Rashid are keys.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the second T20I between South Africa and England in Paarl :
Head to Head in T20I cricket -
| Venue | Match | SA Won | ENG Won | Tied | NR |
| South Africa | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
2 - Chris Jordan needs 2 more wickets to go past Stuart Broad's tally of 65 wickets and become the leading wicket-taker for England in T20I cricket.
10 - Lungi Ngidi has taken 10 wickets at 16.40 in 4 T20I matches against England.
50 - Adil Rashid needs 1 more wicket to become the fourth England bowler to take 50 or more wickets in T20 cricket.
359 - Eoin Morgan has scored 359 runs against South Africa in T20Is and needs 32 more runs to go past AB de Villiers' tally of 390 runs and become the leading run-scorer in South Africa - England T20Is.
466 - Jos Buttler has scored 466 runs at 46.60 in just 12 innings with 5 fifties as an opener in T20I cricket.
7000 - David Miller needs 100 more runs to complete 7000 runs in T20 cricket.
