Left-arm fast bowler Reece Topley sparked a dramatic collapse as England dismissed South Africa for just 83 to register a 118-run win in the second ODI at Old Trafford on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1.
South Africa, chasing 202 for victory in a match reduced by rain to 29 overs per side, were bowled out cheaply as England's left-arm seamers ruled the roost.
It was make or break in Manchester with Jos Buttler side's having lost five of their previous seven white-ball games and staring down the prospect of a third straight series defeat.
Defending 201 all out, England's seamers Reece Topley, David Willey and Sam Curran weaved their magic. 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.