- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.6 dragged to short midwicket! Roy's lean run continues. Skipped down looking to give himself room to free his arms, but Nortje followed him and cramped him for room. The bat turned in his hands and he pulled straight to Pretorius, who took a low catch in tight. 90mph/145kph 22/18.4 cleaned up by the slower ball! Pretorius is on fire! Looked almost like a knuckle ball, wobbling around and cutting back off the pitch, but more of a wobble-seamer in fact. Straight through Bairstow and into the stumps... Pretorius has 3 for 9 62/46.4 plinked to short midwicket! Salt's cameo ends early. Hang on... they're going upstairs for a look to see if it was a fair catch. The soft-signal is out. Looks like a clean catch to me. "Fingers clearly under the ball" reckons Kettleborough, and I agree with him. The big screen says 'OUT' and Salt trudges off. Length ball, Salt looked to swing across the line and through the leg side but mistimed it and picked out Miller 52/28.2 horror show! Root has been frustrated about his lack of opportunities in T20 cricket over the last three years and plays a big shot early but this is no way to prove his credentials... skips down, has a horrible wipe across the line and gets a top edge which travels miles into the air. De Kock settles underneath it, and England are three down early! 58/311.4 swung straight down the throat of deep square! Disaster for Moeen. On a length, angling into the pads, and he looked to play a pick-up out into the deep. But it was straight to Nortje, running in off the rope, and Moeen has to trudge off. South Africa all over England like a cheap suit 72/517.2 slashed to short third, Shamsi gets Buttler again! That's twice in two innings. Every attacking shot England have played in the last half-hour has gone to hand. Buttler skipped down, looking to swing him down the ground for six. But a thick outside edge flew straight to Pretorius and South Africa have the big fish! Looked like the slider, no spin and skidding through 101/620.5 slower ball, short ball, flailed to midwicket! Ballsy from Nortje, and you could hear the noise sucked out of Old Trafford, uncannily similar to Sachin falling at the Wankhede! Livingstone's beans were going, he was through his shot too soon, and wellied the catch straight at Miller. The silence is deafening as a wild six-ball ride ends tamely! 144/723.4 holes out this time! Shamsi takes the Nortje route to reel in his fish... pace off the ball, and a shorter, wider line too, Curran has to fetch his drill through long-off, and can only toe-end to the fielder this time. Still, it's impetus! 167/826.4 Six and out again! Willey's turn to let his beans do the talking, a lusty swing over the leg side, but Klaasen in the deep sets himself early at deep midwicket, and now they really are in danger of being bowled out early 191/928.1 rocks back and slams the drive to deep cover, via a pigeon! Rashid dives to make his ground, and he's out! Never run on a pigeon... it took the pace off, and some feathers too, tempted England to turn for two, and that was curtains for Rashid! 201/10Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL201 all out (28.1 Overs, RR: 7.13)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Jason Roy, 2.6 ov), 2-52 (Phil Salt, 6.4 ov), 3-58 (Joe Root, 8.2 ov), 4-62 (Jonny Bairstow, 8.4 ov), 5-72 (Moeen Ali, 11.4 ov), 6-101 (Jos Buttler, 17.2 ov), 7-144 (Liam Livingstone, 20.5 ov), 8-167 (Sam Curran, 23.4 ov), 9-191 (David Willey, 26.4 ov), 10-201 (Adil Rashid, 28.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KA Maharaj 6 0 29 1 4.83 16 1 1 0 0 L Ngidi 5 0 39 0 7.80 10 6 0 0 0 A Nortje 5.1 0 53 2 10.25 11 4 3 3 0 D Pretorius 6 0 36 4 6.00 17 3 1 1 0 T Shamsi 6 0 39 2 6.50 15 2 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 chipped to short cover, Willey gets de Kock! Back of a length, a hint of nip away off the seam as de Kock looked to work into the leg side. Leading edge into the off side, where Livingstone comes forward to pouch the chance. South Africa are 6 for 3! 6/32.2 chipped straight to mid-on! Topley's brilliant summer continues. Full and straight, angling into the pads. Malan looked to flick it off his pads and through the ring but mistimed it horribly, and lobbed it straight up to Sam Curran 6/12.6 strangled down the leg side! Topley has two in the over and South Africa are wobbling! Length ball on the hip, RvdD looked to flick it away through square leg but could only feather it through to Buttler 6/23.5 swinging into the pads, flicked towards short fine leg... Buttler runs in, flicks at the stumps and runs Markram out! They're chucking it but I'm sure he's gone... he is! Markram needed 24 to reach 1,000 in ODIs today but doesn't even get to face a ball! 6/414.4 stumped by a mile! Skitters down the pitch, Moeen holds it back in flight, it dips through Klaasen's advances, hops over middle stump, and Buttler is waiting to flick off the bails. Cunningly bowled, and a big breakthrough. England's best bet for beating the weather remains ten wickets... 66/68.4 crashes into the top of off ! Very tight to the stumps in his release and the cutter skids through from a length. Miller was cramped on the shot, looking to flay through cover point, and watched in horror as the ball scudded into his off stump. South Africa are 27 for 5! 27/517.2 More air outside off, lures Pretorius into the big hack, and Roy tracks back from cover to pocket it over his shoulder! A bit of a sucker-punch, but what else could he do? This is all over bar the downpour! 76/815.1 skids on, straight through! A jaffa from Rashid, was intended to be a legspinner, but it fails to grip and instead just rushes straight into off stump. This innings is unravelling quickly now! 67/720.4 heaved high down the ground... and straight down Bairstow's throat at long-on! South Africa have equalled their lowest total against England, who have squared the series in style. 83/1019.3 popped back to the bowler! Held back by the bowler, above the eyeline, discombobulating the tailender and a simple take in front of the face. Nearly there 77/9Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL83 all out (20.4 Overs, RR: 4.01)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Janneman Malan, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Rassie van der Dussen, 2.6 ov), 3-6 (Quinton de Kock, 3.1 ov), 4-6 (Aiden Markram, 3.5 ov), 5-27 (David Miller, 8.4 ov), 6-66 (Heinrich Klaasen, 14.4 ov), 7-67 (Keshav Maharaj, 15.1 ov), 8-76 (Dwaine Pretorius, 17.2 ov), 9-77 (Lungi Ngidi, 19.3 ov), 10-83 (Anrich Nortje, 20.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RJW Topley 4 0 17 2 4.25 14 2 0 1 0 DJ Willey 4 1 9 1 2.25 19 1 0 0 0 SM Curran 2 0 5 1 2.50 8 0 0 0 0 AU Rashid 6 1 29 3 4.83 19 2 0 2 0 MM Ali 4.4 1 22 2 4.71 15 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
22 July 2022 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Rain: England - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 6.1 - 23.0 (Mandatory - 104 runs, 6 wickets)
- England: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: England - 77/5 in 13.0 overs (JC Buttler 6, LS Livingstone 2)
- Over 14.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - LS Livingstone (Upheld)
- England: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 3
- England: 150 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 3: Overs 23.1 - 26.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 23.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - DJ Millns, Batter - AU Rashid (Struck down)
- England: 200 runs in 27.6 overs (168 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: England - 201/10 in 28.1 overs (RJW Topley 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 19 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 0.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - DJ Millns, Batter - JN Malan (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 6.1 - 23.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 6 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: South Africa - 61/5 in 14.0 overs (H Klaasen 29, D Pretorius 11)
- Over 19.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - T Shamsi (Upheld)
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