England and New Zealand won in two high scoring encounters

England vs South Africa:

England took the 1-0 lead in T20 series by winning the first game against the Proteas. It was a high scoring game where England posted 234 on the board in first innings after losing the toss. Buttler gave quick start before the stunning knocks of Malan, Bairstow and Moeen Ali. Bairstow hit 90 in only 53 balls and got support firstly from Malan(43) and then from Moeen(52 in only 18). Lungi Ngidi took his carrer best 5 wickets although he and other bowlers were too expensive. 

While chasing the huge target of 235, Rossouw and Tristan Stubbs(outstanding 72 in 28 deliveries) hit fifties but other players did not support them and South Africa lost the match by 41 runs. Richard Gleeson took 3 wickets, Moeen Ali took 1 and became man of the match for his brilliant performance.

New Zealand vs Scotland:

Scotland won the toss and opted to field first but the Scottish bowlers were unable to take its advantage as Finn Allen and Martin Guptill gave brilliant start to the Kiwis. Allen made his maiden ton in T20Is and helped his team to reach at the massive total. Daryl Mitchell and Jimmy Neesham ended the things really well and New Zealand set the huge target of 226 in front of Scotland. 

Scottish batters were unable to score at good strike rate and in the end, they fell 68 runs short from the New Zealand total and lost the game. Ish Sodhi grabbed 4 wickets in 4 overs whereas Santner got 2 by giving only 23 runs in his spell.