England pulled off a remarkable chase of 230, the second-highest Twenty20 international pursuit, to stun South Africa in the ICC World Twenty20. Here is how the cricketing world reacted to the victory.
Now that’s a T20 victory….WHAT A PERFORMANCE. @root66 yeeaahhhhhh
— Jason Roy (@JasonRoy20) March 18, 2016
What a game of cricket. Congrats England on that chase. Is T20 the best form of cricket??
— Ravi Bopara (@ravibopara) March 18, 2016
Well played lads. @root66 @JasonRoy20 unbelievable effort. Great to watch.
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) March 18, 2016
Amazing batting performance! Well done lads! 2 more to go!!!! #WT20 #weareengland
— Reece JW Topley (@reece_topley) March 18, 2016
Special win. Incredible from @JasonRoy20 and @root66 . Gonna celebrate by spending the evening reading through Twitter 3 hours ago!
— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) March 18, 2016
WOW!!!! One of the best games of cricket you’ll ever see & one of the best knocks ever @root66 #ROOOOOOT @englandcricket #WT20 #ENG
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) March 18, 2016
I think these lot are trying to give me a heart attack!! What a win @englandcricket never seen anything like it #ENGvSA #WT20
— Paul Collingwood (@Colly622) March 18, 2016
Great stuff lads incredible finish #whatawin
— Nick Compton (@thecompdog) March 18, 2016
What a matchT20 cricket at its bestCongrats England on a sensational win Gr8 team effort but @root66 was just awesome #WT20
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 18, 2016
WHAT A WIN!!!
— Mark Wood (@MAWood33) March 18, 2016
I’m proud to see a top class TEST BATSMAN @root66 play the most outstansing innings of the #ICCWT20 leading ENG to an impropable win. #class
— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) March 18, 2016
. @root66 is my main hero but @JasonRoy20 runs him close (pardon the pun) what a way to set the tone for a big run chase! So happy #WT20
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) March 18, 2016
BOOOOOOOM! Yes @englandcricket !! Best run chase I’ve ever seen! @root66 HEROOOO! #Eng #incrediblescenes
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) March 18, 2016
That was pure greatness @root66 #ENGvSA
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) March 18, 2016
That. Was. Bonkers. #WT20
Congratulations @englandcricket !
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) March 18, 2016
Yes boys awesome run chase. Really tough conditions for bowlers to deal with but a win is a win no matter what.
— Jade Dernbach (@Jwd_16) March 18, 2016
Wow, phew and all that stuff! @englandcricket
— Chris Broad (@ChrisBroad3) March 18, 2016
Well played @root66 well played @englandcricket #WT20 #ENGvSA
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) March 18, 2016
Wow! What a chase by @englandcricket . How good is @root66 !! #WT20
— James Anderson (@jimmy9) March 18, 2016
You beauty!!!! Now that is what you call a proper run chase #WT20 #ENGvSA where have the doubters gone
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) March 18, 2016
Yes lads! Great chase @JasonRoy20 , @root66 and all the guys can be so proud of that.
— Steven Finn (@finnysteve) March 18, 2016
Source: ECB