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South Africa bounced back from defeat on Friday to beat England by 84 runs in a Twenty20 international match in Pretoria thanks to some explosive batting from openers Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman. The Proteas pair added 170 off just 81 balls for the first wicket, a record for any wicket in T20 internationals. England could not keep up with a required run-rate of more than 12 from the start of their innings, and managed only 157 for eight wickets in reply to South Africa's 241 for six. The two-match series was tied 1-1. Bosman hit 91 off 45 balls to break the South African record of 90 held by Herschelle Gibbs, before he was caught at midwicket by a diving James Anderson off the bowling of Luke Wright as he mistimed a big hit off a full-toss.
