| 0.4 : 0.4: K Rabada to J Roy, FOUR! Don't bowl on his pads! Strays on the pads of Roy and he flicks it behind square for a boundary. First runs of the day for England. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: K Rabada to J Roy, OUT! GONE! Great comeback by Rabada, gets his man. Bowls it on a length outside off, gets a little movement away from the batsman. Roy pokes at the delivery and gets a thick outside edge and is pouched by Amla at first slip. Jason Roy's bad form continues. South Africa get an early breakthrough. |
| 1.5: W Parnell to Joe Root, OUT! BIG BIG WICKET! Parnell gets the big wicket off Joe Root, he bowls it full the ball comes in late, Root misses the flick and is struck on the pads. The Proteas make a huge appeal and the umpire gives it out. That looked plumb. England are in big trouble here, they lose their second wicket. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: W Parnell to E Morgan, FOUR! SHOT! Comes down the track and hits the length ball over covers for a boundary. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: W Parnell to E Morgan, OUT! Third wicket for South Africa. What a start for them. Length ball outside off stump, Morgan pokes at it and gets an outside edge to the keeper. Morgan who was in good form departs, England are in big trouble here. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: K Rabada to A Hales, OUT! THEY ARE FALLING LIKE A PACK OFF CARDS! Hales goes this time, Full length ball swinging away, Hales goes for the drive and gets an outside edge straight to Amla at first slip who takes an easy catch. South Africa are running through the English top order. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: K Rabada to Jos Buttler, FOUR! POOR LINE! Drifts on the pads off the batsman, Buttler flicks it past the diving mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: K Rabada to Jos Buttler, OUT! England are five down inside the first five overs. Buttler gets out this time, full ball outside off by Rabada, Buttler goes for the drive and gets an outside edge, it goes quickly to Faf whose at second slip, who takes a fine catch. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: K Rabada to A Rashid, OUT! What is happening out there? Somebody tell England to stop playing too many shots. Fuller outside off, Rashid wants to play the expansive drive. He gets an outside edge which is snapped up by Faf du Plessis at second slip. Rabada has taken three in an over and two in two balls. He will be on a hat-trick next over. |
| 5.6: W Parnell to D Willey, FOUR! LUCKY! Back off a length, Willey pushes tries to push it through covers off the back foot, it takes the edge and goes between the third slip and gully for a boundary down to third man. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: W Parnell to D Willey, FOUR! THEY NEED A LOT MORE! Full on the pads of Willey, who flicks it through the vacant mid-wicekt region for a boundary. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: K Rabada to J Bairstow, FOUR! CRACKING SHOT! Full ball on off stump, Bairstow plants his front foot and drives it beautifully past covers for a boundary. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: K Maharaj to J Bairstow, FOUR! Starts off with a short one, Bairstow rocks back and pushes it past diving short covers for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: M Morkel to J Bairstow, FOUR! SHOT! that made a good sound off the bat. Short and wide, Bairstow cuts it through point for a boundary. These two are ticking along well. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: M Morkel to J Bairstow, FOUR! GREAT SHOT! Short ball on off stump, Bairstow upper cuts it over the keeper for a boundary. Morkel is bowling way to short in this spell. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: C Morris to D Willey, FOUR! Short and a little bit of width by the bowler, Willey rocks back and cuts it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: C Morris to J Bairstow, SHORT! POOR LENGTH! Short and wide by Morkel, Bairstow cuts it behind point for anouther boundary. Second boundary of the over. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: W Parnell to D Willey, OUT! Willey throws it away! Parnell bowl it on a length just outside off, David goes for the thumping drive. He fails to keep it down and Duminy at short extra cover takes a sharp catch. A wicket at last for South Africa after the 62-run stand. Parnell takes his third. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: W Parnell to J Bairstow, FOUR! Thumped! A shorter length ball on the stumps, Bairstow picks it up and nails the pull through square leg for a boundary. The umpire had to get out of the way. |
| 20.3 : 20.3: C Morris to T Roland-Jones, FOUR! First boundary in international cricket for Roland-Jones. Length ball, the batsman plants his front foot and drives the ball on the up past mid off to the boundary. |
| 22.2 : 22.2: C Morris to T Roland-Jones, FOUR! SHOT! Short ball on his rib cage, Roland-Jones comes inside the land and pulls it fine past the leg gully fielder to the boundary. Also brings up the hundred for England. |
| 22.5 : 22.5: C Morris to T Roland-Jones, SIX! Hes not backing away from playing the pull shot. Short from Morris on the body off the batsman, Roland-Jones goes for the pull shot and gets a top edge which flies high and wide off the fine leg fielder for a maximum. |
| 23.1 : 23.1: W Parnell to T Roland-Jones, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full and wide outside off, Roland-Jones does not back away and drives it beautifully through covers for a boundary. The fielder in the deep had no chance to cut it off. Too good a shot for a Number 9! |
| 23.2 : 23.2: W Parnell to T Roland-Jones, FOUR! Poor work, Rabada! Shorter this time but wide enough for Toby to unleash the cut. Kagiso runs across to his right, slides to stop the ball but fails to keep the ball in play. More runs for him. He already has the best score for a Number 9 on debut for England. Promising signs. |
| 24.5 : 24.5: K Rabada to J Bairstow, FOUR! DEFT TOUCH! Length ball outside off, Bairstow opens the face off the bat and guides it down to thied man for a boundary. Bairstow is playing a good knock here. |
| 25.3 : 25.3: K Maharaj to J Bairstow, FOUR! Superb by Bairstow, the bowler tosses it up, Bairstow goes down on one knee and sweeps it past short fine for a boundary to bring up his fifty. |
| 26.1 : 26.1: K Rabada to T Roland-Jones, FOUR! WOW! What a shot from Roland-Jones, Rabada goes full on the middle stump, Roland-Jones drives it straight back past mid on for a boundary. Fifty run stand between the two. |
| 27.3 : 27.3: K Maharaj to J Bairstow, OUT! Stumped by a distance! Maharaj floats it outside off, Bairstow comes down the wicket to go inside out over covers but misses. The keeper takes the bails off in a flash and that is it for the English batsmen. Not sure if he needed to play that shot. de Kock had ages to stump him there. |
| 29.4 : 29.4: K Maharaj to J Ball, FOUR! What a shot! Maharaj tosses it up, ball comes down the track and lofts it inside out over the cover region for a boundary. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: K Maharaj to J Ball, OUT! One too many! Maharaj bowls it on the stumps, Ball sits down on his knee to sweep it. He gets an inside edge which goes onto hit his back leg and deflects onto the stumps. Maharaj takes his second wicket and that is it for Jake Ball. |
| 31.1 : 31.1: K Maharaj to S Finn, OUT! Job well done, South Africa! Maharaj bowls it on the stumps, Finn looks to clip it over the leg side but does not keep it down. AB de Villiers goes to his right from mid-wicket and takes a dolly. This is a superb performance from them. ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 153. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: D Willey to H Amla, FOUR! Top shot! Shorter length outside off, Amla gets on top of it and punches it wide of the point fielder for a boundary. What a way to get off the mark and set the tone for the chase. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: D Willey to H Amla, FOUR! Poor line and punished! Slants it on middle and leg, swings down, Amla clips it nicely to the fine leg fence for a boundary. Good start already for the visitors. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: D Willey to H Amla, FOUR! Poor line! Slants it on the pads, Amla clips it to the fine leg fence neatly. This is not the line Morgan wants him to bowl. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: J Ball to H Amla, Slants it on the stumps, Amla looks to clip it. The ball goes down to the fine leg fence. The umpire signals it runs so there was bat involved. Third boundary for him in that region. England are not bowling well to him. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: D Willey to de Kock, FOUR! Timing! Goes over the wicket, slants it on the stumps, de Kock does not miss out and clips it through mid-wicket. Ball looks to stop it with a slide near the fence but cannot do so. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: D Willey to de Kock, FOUR! Poor line from Willey! Slants it on the pads, Willey clips it through mid-wicket for a sublime boundary. You can't bowl on the pads to batsmen today. |
| 6.1 : 6.1: S Finn to H Amla, FOUR! What a hit! Short ball from Finn outside off, Amla gets on top of it and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. He beats Virat Kohli to become the fastest batsman to 7,000 ODI runs, in 11 less innings. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: S Finn to H Amla, FOUR! Top shot! Good length outside off, Amla rides the bounce and punches it on the up through covers. Bairstow looks to cut it off in the deep but comes second best. 50 up for South Africa. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: S Finn to H Amla, FOUR! Gorgeous! Fuller length outside off, Amla stands his crease and just drives it through extra cover for a majestic boundary. They are doing this with ease. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: J Ball to H Amla, FOUR! LOVELY SHOT! Full ball on off stump, Amla leans forward and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: T Roland-Jones to de Kock, FOUR! Length ball outside off, de Kock leans into the drive and drives it between covers and mid off for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: J Ball to H Amla, FOUR! Short on the leg stump, Amla gets inside the line and gloves it down to fine leg fence. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: J Ball to H Amla, FOUR! LUCKY! Length ball on the stumps, Amla goes for the punch but gets an inside edge and it races to the fine leg fence. The boundary also brings up his fifty. He has made light work of the chase. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: T Roland-Jones to de Kock, FOUR! Full toss and de Kock wont miss out. Full toss on off stump, de Kock leans forward and drives it past mid off for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: T Roland-Jones to H Amla, FOUR! LOVELY TIMING! Full on off stump, Amla just times the drive through covers for anouther boundary. The boundaries are leaking here. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: T Roland-Jones to H Amla, OUT! Maiden ODI wicket for Roland-Jones. Bowls it on a length outside off, Amla goes for the pull but gets an inside edge which goes onto hit the stumps. Not a bad wicket to start your international career. England get their first breakthrough. A good knock there by Amla. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: J Ball to de Kock, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Ball bowls it right in the block hole, de Kock cant get his bat down in time and gets his stumps shattered. Two wickets in two overs. Can England build on the pressure. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: J Ball to du Plessis, FOUR! EDGED! Length ball outside off, Faf slashes at it and gets a thick outside edge over the slip cordon for a boundary. He gets off the mark with a boundary. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: J Ball to du Plessis, OUT! Ball has the final laugh! He was troubling Faf and now has dismissed him. Hurls it on a fuller length outside off, du Plessis throws his bat at it but gets an outside edge which is snapped up by Buttler behind the wickets. Faf never looked comfortable and now has to depart. Ball is making a mark here. South Africa need 53 more runs. |
| 20.1 : 20.1: T Roland-Jones to JP Duminy, FOUR! GOOD SHOT! Back of a length ball, Duminy rocks back and punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 24.5 : 24.5: T Roland-Jones to de Villiers, FOUR! Full ball outside off, de Villiers leans into the drive, gets it through the vacant cover region and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 25.4 : 25.4: S Finn to JP Duminy, FOUR! Short outside off, Duminy guides it beautifully through the vacant third man area for a boundary. |
| 25.6 : 25.6: S Finn to de Villiers, FOUR! Comes down the track and smashes it past mid on for a boundary. Two boundaries in the over. A good over for South Africa. |
| 26.4 : 26.4: D Willey to de Villiers, FOUR! INNOVATION! Bowls it full, de Villiers goes down on one knee and paddle sweeps it to the fine leg boundary. |
| 26.5 : 26.5: D Willey to de Villiers, FOUR! Length ball outside off, de Villiers slashes it uppishly through backward point for another boundary. |
| 28.1 : 28.1: D Willey to de Villiers, FOUR! POOR LINE! Short and wide, de Villiers cuts it through the vacant point region for a boundary. That brings up the 50-run stand between the two. Only three needed now. |
| 28.5 : 28.5: D Willey to JP Duminy, FOUR! That's the game! for South Africa, Duminy finishes it off with a beautiful cover drive. Full ball outside off stump, Duminy leans forward and drives it through covers for a boundary. SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 7 WICKETS! |
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