7.04pm Well, that was a bit of a palaver for England. Dwaine Pretorius was the main man with 4 for 36, but contributions for all their bowlers. England meanwhile dealt in cameos, notably Livingstone and Curran. A target of 202 shouldn't be enough, but it's something...
Pretorius: "Very cool to contribute to the team's performance. The previous game was a nightmare, chaos, unfortunately Andile missing out with concussion. I had a net during the batting session [last time] so I was knackered. Seam up, the ball was coming on, so tried to mix it up. Lungi advised me to take pace off. Set our stalls we can chase this."
AU Rashid run out 12 (29m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
Joydeepsinghgil: "Despite losing 9 wickets England done effective batting once seems like they don't even past 150 now they're gonna past 200" Yep, it's a target at least
END OF OVER:28 | 7 Runs | ENG: 200/9 | RR: 7.14
- Adil Rashid11 (11b)
- Reece Topley1 (4b)
- Lungi Ngidi5-0-39-0
- Dwaine Pretorius6-0-36-4
Concussion protocol time... think it was only a glancing blow. A new helmet is coming out all the same.
END OF OVER:27 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 193/9 | RR: 7.14
- Reece Topley0 (1b)
- Adil Rashid6 (8b)
- Dwaine Pretorius6-0-36-4
- Lungi Ngidi4-0-33-0
Two balls to bag a five-for for Pretorius
DJ Willey c Klaasen b Pretorius 21 (32m 21b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
Scott: "200 would at least be something to defend on this pitch, but I wouldn't be overly confident."
END OF OVER:26 | 5 Runs | ENG: 183/8 | RR: 7.03
- David Willey14 (18b)
- Adil Rashid4 (6b)
- Lungi Ngidi4-0-33-0
- Anrich Nortje5-0-52-2
Abhinav: "Think this batting lineup consists of one too many of big hitters. Needs a batter like Malan maybe?" Interesting. I've always sensed 50 overs was his natural length, given how he likes to bed in then explode. But he's not had many chances
Noor: "Can you please explain how Adil Rashid has a strike rate over 100 in this format?" Presumably because he bats once in a blue moon and usually with licence to biff it
END OF OVER:25 | 11 Runs | ENG: 178/8 | RR: 7.12
- David Willey11 (14b)
- Adil Rashid2 (4b)
- Anrich Nortje5-0-52-2
- Tabraiz Shamsi6-0-39-2
Peter: "There's no point blaming Livingstone and Curran. The damage - again - was done by the top order." Indeed, this