Tom Curran and Joe Root impress in England intra-squad match at Newlands
Tom Curran took four wickets and scored 31 runs for Team Morgan while Joe Root top scored with 77 for Team Buttler and dismissed Ben Stokes; watch the first T20I between South Africa and England on Sky Sports Cricket from 3.30pm on Friday, November 27
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Team Buttler vs Team Morgan top performers
Team Buttler innings | Team Morgan innings |
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Joe Root - 77 (77) | Chris Woakes - 55 (41) |
Sam Billings - 52 (44) | Tom Curran - 31 (34) |
Dawid Malan - 28 (36) | Eoin Morgan - 20 (17) |
Tom Curran - 4-25 | Lewis Gregory - 3-18 |
Mark Wood - 3-48 | Chris Jordan - 2-35 |
Tom Curran strengthened his claim for a spot in England's Twenty20 side to face South Africa with a strong performance in a 40-over intra-squad match at Newlands, Cape Town.
Curran took 4-25 as Team Buttler were bowled out for 255 before hitting 31 as Team Morgan fell for 205.
Joe Root, who is not part of the T20 squad, also impressed with 77 for Team Buttler - along with the wicket of Ben Stokes - while Chris Woakes top scored for Team Morgan with 55 from 41 balls
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- Team Buttler: Roy, Malan, Root, Buttler, Billings, S Curran, Gregory, Jordan, Rashid, Archer, Stone, Helm
- Team Morgan: Bairstow, Banton, Stokes, Morgan, Livingstone, Ali, Woakes, T Curran, Wood, Ball, Topley
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