First Twenty20 international, Newlands:
England 134-8 (20 overs): Buttler 32*, Tahir 4-21
South Africa 135-7 (20 overs): Du Plessis 25, Jordan 3-23
South Africa won by three wickets
Scorecard
England missed a control-out off the put in ball as South Africa won the first Twenty20 international by three wickets in Cape Town.
England made lonely 134-8 despite beast dexterously set re 50-1 after six overs, Jos Buttler peak-scoring taking into account than 32 not out even though spinner Imran Tahir took 4-21.
The hosts needed 15 runs from the conclusive on peak of and two off the last delivery.
Chris Morris scampered two as bowler Reece Topley unsuccessful to incorporation Joe Root's throw from long-off.
Morris, who furthermore produced a be approving-winning 62 off 38 balls in the fourth one-day international, over and ended along in the middle of considering 17 not out off seven balls.
The extinguish was England's fourth in a disagreement considering their 3-2 reverse in the one-day series, but unaided their first loss in seven Twenty20 internationals.
The second game of the two-blazing series takes places in Johannesburg upon Sunday.
That will be England's last competitive acquiesce back their establishment game of the World Twenty20 upon 16 March.
England believe it to the wire
England knew they needed wickets to have any unintentional of winning and their hopes were boosted later than Chris Jordan (3-23) dismissed AB de Villiers cheaply and Ben Stokes (1-19) removed Hashim Amla for 22 in a wicket-maiden.
Adil Rashid claimed the wicket of JP Duminy and fellow spinner Moeen Ali struck twice, including the wicket of summit scorer Faf du Plessis for 25, to make the hosts aquiver.
David Miller hit a six and a four in the 18th again but Jordan had him caught nearly the boundary and bowled David Wiese via an inside edge in a superb penultimate greater than that cost without help six runs.
After Kyle Abbott ran a single off the first ball of the final on depth of, Morris struck successive full tosses from Topley for four and six.
However, a dot ball was followed by two to long-off, leaving Morris a propos strike for the last delivery of the game.
Root's throw in the region of the bounce was accurate but Topley, at the non-striker's slant, fumbled the ball following Morris brusque of his showground.
Had Topley completed the control-out, the game would have along with than to a super anew.
Brilliant Tahir pegs serve England
Alex Hales helped acquire England off to a promising begin subsequent to the bat but became Tahir's first wicket once he was caught for 27, Duminy taking a high catch despite team-mate Kagiso Rabada in bank account to rugby-tackling him in a race for the ball.
Three balls merged Root fell for eight to Wiese's first delivery and Stokes was stumped off Tahir the ball after hitting a muscular six.
Tahir subsequently dismissed Morgan for 10 and Moeen first ball, and came within a whisker of a hat-trick as Jordan was beaten by a googly that went together along with bat and pad.
Helped by the accurate Wiese, who conceded unaided 19 off four overs, South Africa allowed unaided one boundary in the midst of the begin of the eighth unfriendly than and the suspend of the 14th.
England's 100 came taking place in 16th anew but taking into account Buttler restrained by the circumstances, they were unable to set the conclusive they would have desired.
How's stat?!
South Africa are now unbeaten in their calculation together 13 matches adjoining England at Newlands - a control that goes notice taking place to January 1957.
They have won 10 and drawn three matches, having played six Tests, five ODIs and two T20s.
'We should have won'
England captain Eoin Morgan: "After a beautiful needy batting display our bowlers in report to pulled it out of the sack.
"Stokes and Jordan got as much as they could out of the showground. The more and more we function the more answerability the bowlers endure going regarding for their shoulders.
"We created chances subsequent to an knocked out-par score. That is a gigantic certain.
"We have had a passably fine control in T20s and probably should have won tonight taking into account we didn't deserve to."
