The returning Reece Topley sparked a dramatic collapse as England hammered South Africa by 118 runs in the second one-day international at Old Trafford on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South Africa, chasing 202 for victory in a match reduced by rain to 29 overs per side, were bowled out for just 83.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Topley, whose career has been stalled by several stress fractures, sparked a top-order slump to 27-5 during a spell of 2-17 in four overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali shared five wickets between them as South Africa were dismissed with nearly nine overs remaining for their equal second-lowest completed ODI total, behind a 69 all out against Australia at Sydney in 1993 and level with an 83 against England at Nottingham in 2008.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It feels great, it's great for us to get the win," said England captain Jos Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The guys are bowling brilliantly. Topley coming back in and getting early wickets, Dave (Willey) doing the same."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The in-form Topley, rested from England's 62-run defeat in the first ODI at Durham on Tuesday, removed Janneman Malan and Rassie van der Dussen for ducks just three days after they had scored a fifty and a hundred respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Malan chipped to mid-on attempting to flick one off his pads and Van der Dussen feathered a thin edge through to wicketkeeper and England captain Jos Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Willey, like Topley a left-arm quick, had the dangerous Quinton de Kock chipping to cover. And South Africa were 6-4 when Aiden Markram was run out without facing a ball by Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sam Curran, another left-arm seamer, then bowled David Miller for 12 to leave the Proteas 27-5 inside nine overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
And there was no way back from there for the Proteas against 50-over world champions England, for all that Heinrich Klassen made 33 -- one of just three double-figure scores in the innings -- against a disciplined England attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
- Pretorius strikes -
\r\nEarlier, Dwaine Pretorius marked his return to South Africa duty by taking four wickets as England were dismissed for 201.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pretorius finished with career-best figures of 4-36, including removing star batsmen Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow in the space of three balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (2-39) and fast bowler Anrich Nortje (2-53) took two wickets apiece.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Only all-rounders Liam Livingstone (38) and Sam Curran (35) managed more than 30 for England, with Willey adding a useful run-a-ball 21 late on before he became Pretorius's fourth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But, as it turned out, England had more than enough runs to play with as they levelled the series ahead of Sunday's decider in Leeds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I thought that it was a score that could be chased on that wicket," said South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We just didn't adapt well enough with the bat, there were a lot of soft wickets and when you lose four wickets in the powerplay it's hard to adapt."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England, sent into bat by Maharaj, slumped to 62-4 inside nine overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pretorius, in for the concussed Andile Phehlukwayo in the only change to the side that won on Tuesday, then struck twice in his second over to remove Root and Bairstow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n