Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

JJ Roy
JJ Roy
67(45) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 29 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 10 9 4 1 5 11 23
JM Bairstow
JM Bairstow
47(37) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 15 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
1 0 10 0 7 9 13 7

Best performances - Bowlers

TK Curran
TK Curran
O4
M0
R33
W3
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
CH Morris
CH Morris
O4
M0
R18
W2
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

3-match series level 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

17.00 start, First Session 17.00-18.20 Interval 18.20-18.40, Second Session 18.40-20.00

Match days

23 June 2017 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 171/6 (4 runs required, RR: 8.55)

  • Liam Dawson7 (5b)
  • Liam Plunkett0 (0b)
  • Andile Phehlukwayo4-0-34-1
  • Dane Paterson4-0-32-1

8.45pm: That's it from myself and Miller tonight... Thanks for your comments, folks. George's report is in, and we'll see you again for the decider on Sunday.

8.35pm: No time to digest, let's get on with the presentations... England captain Eoin Morgan: "Disappointing, given the position we were in but SA bowled well at the end. [Roy dismissal?] I think it's a 50-50 call, you can see both sides. I think it's a difficult one. [Buttler in above Morgan] Tactical change, right-hander over a left-hander, didn't work out. [Livingstone] A lot of people are tucked away on debut but we want to see how guys perform, and react in the middle. Tom [Curran] was outstanding, skill level was outstanding, he's put on a yard, makes his variations harder. He bowled exceptionally. We want to see these guys play, but we also want to win at the same time."

South Africa captain AB de Villiers: [You've been out obstructing the field] Benoni, I'll never forget, but to be fair I was a little bit guilty. We were in the right to ask the question and it was up to the umpire, never nice to get out like that. I asked the boys to take it one ball at a time. We had better intent, better energy, good plans. [Huddle before innings?] We discussed the wicket, what we felt was a difficult length, change-ups, the bouncer. Then it was about the energy and showing the South African never-say-die attitude. We love the game back home and to see us come out on top means a lot - and now we have a decider on Sunday. [Morgan catch] I saw the church not the ball, so it was quite interesting. [Phehlukwayo final over] I told them to expect big moments, I'm going to throw them in and they delivered."

Chris Morris is named Man of the Match for his 2 for 18: "Very happy with today's performance, we showed fight, been in tough times recently. It's an honour to play for SA, so very happy. We thought so, we had to bowl well, but saw how England tied us down at the end, thought we had a chance. In T20 it's quite easy to lay down and get beaten, so you have to show fight. I enjoyed the wicket, not just me, our bowlers bowled well at the death - Dane Paterson in his third game. All-round a great performance. [Cardiff on Sunday] It's going to be exciting, someone has to lose, try not to be us."

8.30pm: Well, that blew up out of nowhere... England were 125 for 1, needing 50 off 39 balls when Bairstow fell for 47; Roy was then given out obstructing the field (rightly enough) in Chris Morris' next over and it all began to unravel. In all, England lost 5 for 46 from the last 6.3 overs as South Africa - all of the bowlers playing their part but inspired by Morris - fought back tremendously to level the series at 1-1 with a decider to play on Sunday.

"So SA 30 runs light." Touche, Ceddars

19.6
0
Phehlukwayo to Dawson, no run, Dawson swings and misses... SA have done it! Huge celebrations from Phehlukwayo, who is engulfed by his team-mates after closing out a fantastic match, South Africe winning by three runs off the final ball!

Four needed, three for a Super Over...

19.5
4
Phehlukwayo to Dawson, FOUR, there's one, slugged over mid-off! Just lands short of the rope, too... Phehlukwayo misses the yorker and Dawson gets under it to keep England in the running!

Liam Plunkett heads out... England need boundaries, two balls left to bowl

19.4
W
Phehlukwayo to Livingstone, 1 run, OUT, full toss, Livingstone scoops without making a proper connection... and then runs himself out by charging back to the striker's end looking for a second that his partner wasn't even beginning to consider - Dawson had his back to Livingstone and hadn't moved! A strange ending to a strange innings on debut from Livingstone

LS Livingstone run out 16 (39m 18b 1x4 0x6) SR: 88.88

19.3
1
Phehlukwayo to Dawson, 1 run, dances down, sliced over backward point, lands short of third man and again it will only be one
19.2
1
Phehlukwayo to Livingstone, 1 run, pitched up again and Livo cloths a shot through cover for one more

"Looks Livingstone ahead of Morgan costs match for England," muses Simha

19.1
1
Phehlukwayo to Dawson, 1 run, lands the wide yorker, Dawson can't do much more than bludgeon through the covers

Phehlukwayo to bowl the last...

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15SW BillingsJJ Roy
2nd110JM BairstowJJ Roy
3rd8JJ RoyLS Livingstone
4th20JC ButtlerLS Livingstone
5th9EJG MorganLS Livingstone
6th5LA DawsonLS Livingstone
7th4LE PlunkettLA Dawson