The main talking point, though, centred on the dismissal of Roy - who had bounced back to form with 67 from 45 balls - when he was given out by the third umpire in the strangest of circumstances with England seemingly heading for victory at 133 for two.
The England opener was sent back by Liam Livingstone as he looked to get himself back on strike, he hurried to make his ground but with the throw looking to be on target to hit the stumps, Roy blocked the ball with his body.
Roy then quickly changed direction and started to run towards the non striker's end.
It was the first time in the history of global T20 cricket that a batsman had been given out obstructing the field.
Cheered on by 12,420, (the Somerset chairman reckoned the club could have sold out this game, only England men's second global here and their first since the 1983 World Cup, four times over) the only thing an excellent venue lacked was floodlights. Roy, in the meantime, had set off for the run.
It all happened in the sixteenth over which was bowled by Chris Morris and England needed 42 runs to win from 24 balls. It is evident that Roy is a match-winner on his day and England will hope that he comes off again, especially with Jonny Bairstow missing the decider to prepare for the forthcoming Test series. Captain AB de Villiers 46, JJ Smuts and Farhaan Behardien made significant contributions for their side. It was, however, the first such dismissal in worldwide T20 cricket.
Hendricks was not so fortunate from Curran's second delivery as he did not get into position quick enough and dragged on to his leg stump. But such was their performance with the ball and England's capitulation under pressure that it proved a winning score in the end.
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Domingo was announced as Gary Kirsten's successor as South Africa coach in May 2013.
But de Villiers kept the runs coming, hitting four sixes in his 20-ball innings - including an extraordinary sweep off one knee against left-arm paceman David Willey that saw the ball fly out of the ground and into the River Tone. He is only the third English player to be dismissed in this fashion and the first ever in Twenty20 Internationals format. Eoin Morgan (captain), 5.
"We know they still have a lot of learning to do and we have a lot of learning to do as a side and I think it is important we don't get too far ahead of ourselves saying we should be "X, Y and Z in this, that and the other" because Mason is still learning his trade as well".
"You can see why the umpires gave him out", he said.
South Africa's AB de Villiers. "We showed the South Africa never-say-die attitude". "We've been going through a tough time as team recently but we pulled through today", Morris told Sky Sports.
The England vs South Africa 3rd T20I will be played on June 25, 2016. "I supposed you could say that I was fortunate not to have been part of the Champions Trophy and I haven't been involved in the disappointments, even though I feel it as a South African".
"It's a hell of an honour to play for South Africa and I'm really proud".
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