England need to be smarter with the bat as they continue to grow as a limited-overs side, says Nasser Hussain. Eoin Morgans side posted just 134-8 at in the first T20I against South Africa at Newlands, despite being positioned handsomely on 52-1 in the seventh over of their innings.The Proteas only secured victory off the final ball of the match when Reece Topley fumbled a run-out opportunity, but Hussain insists the seamers error was not the reason for Englands defeat, which followed a 3-2 loss in the preceding ODI series. Watch as Reece Topley had an easy stumping to win the first T20 for England Topley will be absolutely distraught - but it wasnt his fault England lost that game, Hussain told Sky Sports, after the tourists shipped five wickets for 29 runs in the middle overs. The damage was done a lot earlier.England are little gung-ho with the bat at the moment - in the last three or four games of white-ball cricket they have not worked out what a good score is.I think you have to give them a little bit of leeway, tell them to continue with this free spirit for a while, and hope they realise they have to be a bit smarter.[Captain] Eoin Morgan and [coach] Trevor Bayliss are very rarely critical of Englands batting as they dont want any doubts about whether what they are doing is the right thing and dont want the players to worry about the stats heading into the World T20. We hear from Eoin Morgan, Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir after South Africas win Hussain, though, saluted Englands bowlers for the way they set about trying to defend 134, including Ben Stokes, who took 1-19 in the middle overs and Chris Jordan, who returned career-best figures of 3-23.The bowling was brilliant, added the former England skipper. Topley bowled well at the start, Stokes was magnificent when the game was going away from them and Jordan, who was lifted by Stokes, proved why he is in the side with his yorkers. Ben Stokes dismissed Hashim Amla during an excellent bowling performance The spinners, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, were excellent and the attitude in the field was outstanding, so they deserved Topley to get that stumping chance at the end.England were in a game they should never have been in - South Africa captain Faf du Plessis says his team dodged a bullet - but they messed it up in the last nine or 10 deliveries.Will England level the series in Johannesburg on Sunday? Find out from 12pm on Sky Sports 2. The game follows South Africa Women and England Womens deciding T20I, which is live at 7.55am on the same channel. Also See: WATCH: Story of First T20I Scorecard WATCH: Rabadas rugby tackle Live cricket on Sky [url=http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/]Wholesale Jerseys Online[/url] . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. [url=http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/]Wholesale Cheap Jerseys[/url] . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. [url=http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/]http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/[/url] . By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. [url=http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/]NFL Jerseys Wholesale[/url] .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. [url=http://www.cheapjerseysoff.org/]China Jerseys Cheap[/url] . PAUL, Minn.ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Jason Pominville scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Minnesota took a 2-0 lead into the locker room after 20 minutes on goals Carson McMillan and Charlie Coyle. New Wild defenceman Keith Ballard assisted on both. Winnipeg (1-2-2) stormed back with second-period goals by Eric ODell, Patrice Cormiier and Paul Postma.ddddddddddddMinnesota defenceman Ryan Suter forged a 3-3 tie in the third period, scoring off a feed from Zach Parise. Ondrej Pavelec made 33 saves for Winnipeg, while Niklas Backstrom had 28 saves for Minnesota, and stopped Blake Wheeler, Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little in the shootout. The teams will play in the NHLs new Central Division this season. [url=http://www.jerseysandchinacheap.com/]Cheap NFL Jerseys[/url] ' ' '

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