Overview

• Salt’s 39-ball century is the fastest by an England batter and his 141 not out is England’s highest T20I score.
• He reached four T20I hundreds in 42 innings, the quickest to that mark, surpassing Suryakumar Yadav’s 57-innings benchmark.
• England’s 304/2 is the first 300-plus total by a full-member team and featured a blistering tempo with 100 in the powerplay, 166 at 10 overs and 200 in 12.1.
• Jos Buttler smashed 83 off 30 in a 126-run opening stand with Salt, while Harry Brook closed on 41 not out to cap England’s highest T20I total.
• South Africa were dismissed for 158 in 16.1 overs, with Jofra Archer taking 3-25, in the Proteas’ heaviest T20I defeat and England’s biggest win by runs.