Proteas hero Shamsi quips his teammates didn't speak to him after Bristol battering

Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi credited team management and teammates for not having a word with him after his disappointing showing in the first T20 against England in Bristol on Wednesday.

Shamsi bounced back from conceding 49 in three overs in Wednesday's loss to collecting a career-best 5/24 in South Africa's 90-run win in the third T20 against England in Southampton on Sunday.

Shamsi's comeback has been so emphatic, that he moved from Wednesday's barrelling at the small ground to take 8/51 in eight overs in the two games SA won to win their first limited overs series in England since 1998.

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Shamsi said the smaller Bristol boundaries battered his confidence, but he was chuffed with how the team handled his low moment.

"Credit has to go to management and the players in the group because no one had a word with me," Shamsi said.

"That's the best way of dealing with things. It was an anomaly and on a field like Bristol, it looks bigger on TV, but it's quite small.

"Those things happen, but as a bowler, that's all I keep in my mind as we play T20 cricket against world-class players.

"These things happen, so you just learn from it and there's not much that you need to majorly change, it's just an odd performance here and there.

"I didn't give it too much thought because there wasn't a lot to think about."

After their forgettable fielding display on Wednesday, SA tightened up in all aspects to boss the last two T20s in a manner they haven't done so against the hosts in England.

Shamsi, who was back at the ground where he made his T20 debut in 2017, said he's learned to deal with the expectation of filling the big shoes left by Imran Tahir.

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