While South Africa ended up falling to a 104-run defeat, the bowlers did a good job restricting England’s powerful batting line-up. “We believed we could have kept them to under 300. Even when they got to 311, I thought they were below-par,” Ngidi said. It took some time for Ngidi to realise how to put the brakes on England. His opening spell was expensive and his four overs cost 27 runs. “I was very disappointed with my bowling performance upfront. I might have been overthinking it. All the talk was how they post totals of 350 so maybe that was at the back of my mind,” he said. During that spell, Ngidi got a feel for the conditions and realised that the slower ball could be the most effective way of slowing England down. He said: “There were a few opportunities in the Powerplay, where they nicked it through the slips and I started to think, ‘These people are humans, just like me’. I kicked into my rhythm from there.” Ngidi decided to “listen to what the wicket was telling me,” and adjust his pace to be more effective. “Slower balls were working so I stuck to that. Even though…