Super Kings and Royals frustrated as rain has the final say at the Wanderers

There was also Kyle Simmonds who was roped in by the Super Kings to replace Aaron Phangiso, whose action had been deemed illegal by the tournament’s independent bowling action panel, which was subsequently confirmed after testing by an official ICC accredited practitioner.

Simmonds saw the first three balls he bowled bashed for fours, and the second ball of his second over hammered for six, so may feel all right about conceding just 20 given the carnage wrought elsewhere.

Roy, who scored a hundred for England in the first ODI against the Proteas, continued to play with freedom on Friday making 61 off only 42 balls and hitting eight fours and three sixes in the process.

The bowling was, to put it mildly, average.