| 0.0 : ... Match Day ... |
| Hello and a warm welcome to the coverage of match 39 where England will battle out South Africa. Both teams will be playing their last match of the Super 12s and more than England, it is South Africa, who need a win here to keep their chances alive for qualifying in the semis. This surely promises an exciting encounter. |
| The Eoin Morgan-led side has been unstoppable and his men have just trampled their opponents in the Super 12s of the tournament, winning all four matches so far and are sitting at the top of the table. They defeated Sri Lanka in their previous match by 26 runs. They were struggling at 35/3 but Jos Buttler went wild with the willow and scored a swashbuckling ton helping them post a good total on the board which in the end turned out to be enough. England will look to continue their winning strea |
| South Africa have experienced a good run in the tournament. After losing to Australia in their first match, they have won three on the trot. In their previous match against Bangladesh, they were superior in every department of the game and won the match by 6 wickets. But they now have the toughest assignment in front of them to face the table-toppers in their final Super 12 game to progress. Even a win might not be enough as Australia are facing West Indies - who have not been playing upto their |
| TOSS - It is time for the all important toss. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favour of ENGLAND. THEY HAVE ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST. |
| England (Playing XI) - Jos Buttler (WK), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (C), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood (In for Tymal Mills). |
| South Africa (Unchanged playing XI) - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi. |
| Eoin Morgan, the English skipper, says that the trend shows that chasing here works. Adds that anticipating how the pitch will play is a challenge for every team. But they have done well so far. Informs that Wood comes in for Mills. |
| Temba Bavuma, the skipper of South Africa, says that they would have bowled first too. Adds that they will look to start well and put a good total. Informs that they will look to lay a foundation and then launch with the bat. Informs that they are playing the same side. |
| Moeen Ali is up for a quick chat, he says that not getting officially through to the semi-finals keeps them on their toes. Adds that playing against Sri Lanka helped them understand the kind of challenges that playing at Sharjah has. Informs that he is fine with not bowling at all since they have a good attack. On his good bowling record against de Kock, says that he is a quality batter and is a big wicket for them. |
| We are set for the clash! Both the teams walk out for the anthems. It is South Africa's first followed by Great Britain's. Done with all the pre-match formalities. |
| 0.1 : Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, Nicely tossed up, around off. Pushed to covers. |
| 0.2 : Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, South Africa are underway. Shorter ball, outside off. Reeza Hendricks works it to long on for one. |
| 0.0 : Right then. It is time for the action as the players of England stride out to the middle. The players take the knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock are the openers for South Africa. Moeen Ali to start with the ball. |
| 0.3 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Darted on the pads. De Kock looks to block but gets hit on the pads. |
| 0.4 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! There comes the first boundary! If Quinton de Kock gets going on this small ground, the bowlers would have a tough day at work. Loopy ball, on off. He backs away and goes inside out to the cover fence. |
| 0.5 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Backs away again so Moeen Ali follows him. Worked to the leg side for one. |
| 0.6 : Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, Shorter ball, outside off. Reeza Hendricks cuts it towards point. Dot to finish. 6 from the first over. |
| 1.1 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, Length ball, around off. De Kock is solid in his defence. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? It is Chris Woakes. |
| 1.2 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, Length ball, on off. De Kock pushes it down the ground for one. |
| 1.3 : Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, Length ball, on off. Pushed past covers for one. |
| 1.4 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, Length ball, on off. Quinton de Kock blocks it from the crease. |
| 1.5 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, On a length, around off. Quinton de Kock pushes it towards mid off and takes off for a single. |
| 1.6 : Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, Length ball, around off. Blocked out with ease. Just 3 from Chris Woakes's first over then. |
| 2.1 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Down the ground! Tossed up, outside off. Quinton de Kock accepts the invitation and comes down the track. He does not middle it but it goes way past mid off for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Darted down the leg side. Quinton de Kock misses the sweep. Wide called and the batters cross over. |
| Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, Shorter ball, outside off. Cut away to covers. |
| 2.3 : Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, Flatter and quicker now, around off. Reeza Hendricks chops it towards short cover. |
| 2.4 : Rassie van der Dussen is the new man in. |
| 2.5 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Tossed up, on off. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 2.4 : Moeen Ali to Reeza Hendricks, OUT! BOWLED! The pressure was building on Reeza Hendricks and something had to happen! He tries to break free but departs as Moeen Ali draws first blood. He tosses it up, on off. It is a touch slower too. Reeza Hendricks looks to sweep but misses it completely. The ball goes onto hit the stumps. |
| 2.6 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, De Kock taps this loopy ball to short covers. He wants a run but Rassie van der Dussen sends him back. |
| 3.1 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Over the fielder! Full ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen has already made up his mind about playing this stroke. He shuffles across and scoops it. The ball goes over short fine leg and runs to the fence. |
| 3.2 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen looks to block but the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 3.3 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Full ball, on off. Pushed to mid off. |
| 3.4 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Perfect length, right on the off pole. All that Rassie van der Dussen does is block this. |
| 3.5 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Four dots on the trot! Full ball, on off. Pushed to mid on. |
| 3.6 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Some confusion in the middle! Full ball, on the pads. Flicked to mid-wicket. Rassie van der Dussen takes off but Quinton de Kock is a bit hesitant to leave the crease. The fielder has a shy at the keeper's end but misses. Would have been close had he hit. |
| 4.1 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Tosses it up, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen works it off the back foot to long on for a single. |
| 4.2 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Shortens his length, around off. Quinton de Kock stays deep in the crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 4.3 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Full and outside off, Rassie van der Dussen nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 4.4 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Floated delivery, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen knocks it in front of mid off. Just a single. |
| 4.5 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Full and on middle, Quinton de Kock steps out and clips it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 4.6 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Slower through the air, full and on off. Rassie van der Dussen clips it to mid-wicket. He retains the strike by picking up a single. Tidy over from Moeen Ali. 5 singles off it. |
| 5.1 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Length ball, on off. Some aggression from Rassie van der Dussen as he walks down the pitch and swings his bat. The ball goes off the inner half of his bat towards deep square leg. Adil Rashid dives to his right but in vain as the ball rolls into the fence. |
| 5.2 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! Rassie van der Dussen is on the charge! A boundary off the previous ball and now a maximum. Length ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen walks across and uses his wrists to flick it over deep mid-wicket. Gets enough height and distance to clear the fence. Excellent batting! |
| 5.3 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, On a good length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen again steps out but this time tucks it on the leg side for a single. |
| 5.4 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, On a length, on off, at 128 kph. Quinton de Kock taps it to point and gets to the other end. |
| 5.5 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Rassie van der Dussen comes walking across and down the pitch. So Chris Woakes bowls it full and on leg, Rassie van der Dussen clips it to fine leg for one. |
| 5.6 : Chris Woakes to Quinton de Kock, Good-length ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock glances it to backward square leg. He keeps the strike for the next over. End of the Powerplay, South Africa are 40/1. |
| 6.1 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Loopy ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 6.2 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, Some turn there for Ali! Tosses it up, on middle and leg. Rassie van der Dussen nudges it with turn past mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.3 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Nicely played! Loopy ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock brings out the reverse sweep. He picks it well and gets it over backward point. Couple of bounces and over the ropes! |
| 6.4 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Tosses it up, on leg. Quinton de Kock comes forward and pokes the ball on the leg side. Picks up a single. |
| 6.5 : Moeen Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, On leg, Rassie van der Dussen nudges it behind square on the leg side for one. |
| 6.6 : Moeen Ali to Quinton de Kock, Tosses it up, outside off. Quinton de Kock drives it through covers. Moeen Ali finishes his spell. Ends with 4-0-27-1. |
| Change. Adil Rashid comes on now. |
| 7.1 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, A full toss, on off. Quinton de Kock flicks the ball to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.2 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Well played! Rassie van der Dussen brings out the reverse sweep now. Hits the ball past backward point for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : REVIEW! England have reviewed this for caught behind. Flat line on UltraEdge. England lose the review. |
| Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, NOT OUT! Flighted ball, full and outside off. Rassie van der Dussen gets down on one knee and looks to sweep. He misses and the ball brushes his pads and carries through to the keeper. Jos Buttler feels there was a nick. England take a review for caught behind. UltraEdge shows no bat involved and the on-field decison stays. England burn their review as well. |
| 7.4 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Tosses it up, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen punches the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 7.5 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, On leg, Quinton de Kock works it off the pads towards deep mid-wicket for another single. |
| 7.6 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Full and on middle, Rassie van der Dussen prods and looks to tuck on the leg side. Gets an inside edge to short fine leg. |
| Change in bowling. Chris Jordan is set to steam in. |
| 8.1 : Chris Jordan to Quinton de Kock, Short of a length, outside ff. Quinton de Kock slaps it to deep cover for a single. |
| 8.2 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, on off. Blocked out to covers. |
| 8.3 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Length again, on middle, eased down to long on for a single. |
| 8.4 : Chris Jordan to Quinton de Kock, Length and angling on the pads. Quinton de Kock flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one more. |
| 8.5 : Review time. Eoin Morgan takes another review. This time for LBW. No bat on that. The impact has umpire's call. The on-field decision stays. |
| Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, NOT OUT! TWO LEG BYES! A full ball, angling around middle and leg. Rassie van der Dussen steps down and tries to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW but not given. The ball rolls to square leg and the batters take a couple of leg byes. Jordan and Buttler convince Morgan to take the review. UltraEdge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows wickets hitting but umpire's call on impact. On-field decision stays. |
| 8.6 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Easy pickings! A full ball, on the pads, Rassie van der Dussen tickles it fine to the fine leg fence. Boundary to end the over. |
| 9.1 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, Full and on leg. Quinton de Kock lofts it wide of long on for a single. |
| 9.2 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Flatter and on middle. Rassie van der Dussen steps across and nudges it to the leg side for a single. |
| 9.3 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Quinton de Kock gets it through! A full ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock perfectly reverse-sweeps it past short third man for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, Short and on off. Quinton de Kock stays back and hammers it to long off for a single. |
| 9.5 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, An appeal but this was way outside off. A full ball, spinning more away as well. Rassie van der Dussen tries to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 9.6 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, A loopy ball, on off, pushed down to long off for a single to end the over. |
| 10.1 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Hits the hard length and angles it on off. Rassie van der Dussen tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! A steady start for South Africa so far. But, given the NRR equation, they would want to put on a massive score on the board. The good thing for them is that there is a good platform for the next batters to tee off. When will these two step on the gas? A change in bowling. Mark Wood is set to bowl in his first game of the competition. |
| 10.2 : Mark Wood to Quinton de Kock, A length ball, outside off. Quinton de Kock knocks it to covers and takes a single. |
| 10.3 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! These two are using the pace of the bowlers really well. On a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen shuffles way, way across on the off side and scoops it over the keeper's head for a biggie. |
| 10.4 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, On the pads, this is flicked to fine leg for a single. |
| 10.5 : Mark Wood to Quinton de Kock, On a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock rocks back and hits it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.6 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, WIDE! That was quick! A pacy bouncer on middle. Rassie van der Dussen sits under it. |
| Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, In the air but safe! Banged in a short ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen tries to work it across but ends up splicing it. The ball lobs in the air and drops safely in front of covers. A quick single taken. |
| 11.1 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Full and on middle. Rassie van der Dussen prods and flicks it to square leg for a single. |
| 11.2 : Adil Rashid to Quinton de Kock, OUT! TAKEN! Excellent work by Jason Roy at long on. A full ball, on middle, looks like it was the googly. Quinton de Kock gets low and tries to clear the long on fence but does not generate enough power. Hits it flat and towards long on where Jason Roy charges to his right and takes a superb catch. Quinton de Kock would be disappointed. He did the hard work and set the stage. The southpaw would have wanted to bat till the end as the pitch is not the kind |
| Who will bat now? Aiden Markram strides out to bat. |
| 11.3 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, That one stayed low but Rassie van der Dussen got some bat on it! A full ball, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen steps across and tickles it to the fine leg region for a brace. |
| 11.4 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, On middle, worked to mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.5 : Adil Rashid to Aiden Markram, Short and outside off, pulled to long on for a single. |
| 11.6 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Again this stays low. It skids through on middle. Rassie van der Dussen wrists it to deep mid-wicket for one more single. |
| 12.1 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, That was close! Back of a length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen stands up on his toes and taps it on the off side. He scampers across for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the striker's end but misses. Had that hit, Aiden Markram was a goner. Rassie van der Dussen gets to his fifty. He has played a terrific knock and will look to build on this. He acknowledges the applause from his mates and gets back to work. |
| 12.2 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, on off. Aiden Markram is late onto his pull. He misses and gets pinged on the body. He gets to the other end for a leg bye. |
| 12.3 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length again, on off. Rassie van der Dussen goes for the pull but miscues it to short fine leg for one. |
| 12.4 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, on off. Aiden Markram clips it through mid-wicket off the inner half. He calls for two immediately and gets it comfortably. |
| 12.5 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Short and quick, on middle, at 144 kph. Aiden Markram pulls this one to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.1 : Adil Rashid to Aiden Markram, Loopy ball, on off. Aiden Markram slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket. The fielder carries it on a bounce and the batters take a single. |
| 13.2 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Floats it up, on middle and leg. Rassie van der Dussen works it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 13.3 : Adil Rashid to Aiden Markram, Slower through the air, on off. Aiden Markram uses his feet and pushes it to long off for one. |
| 12.6 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! 100 up for South Africa! Short ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen pulls this one over deep backward square leg for a maixmum. Clean strike! |
| 13.4 : Adil Rashid to Rassie van der Dussen, Tosses it up, on off. Rassie van der Dussen eases it down to long off for a run. |
| 13.5 : Adil Rashid to Aiden Markram, SIX! That's out of the park! Aiden Markram joins the party now! Tossed up, on middle. Aiden Markram shimmies down the track and absolutely clubs this over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. South Africa are well on track to impose a big total. |
| 13.6 : Adil Rashid to Aiden Markram, On middle, worked to mid-wicket for one. |
| 14.1 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, On a length, outside off. Aiden Markram punches it to deep point for one. |
| 0.0 : Chris Jordan is back on. Went for 7 runs in his first over. |
| 14.2 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Oh, how did that miss hitting the stumps? Even Chris Jordan can't believe it. Good-length ball, on leg. Rassie van der Dussen makes room and looks to play the reverse scoop but gets beaten. Third man is inside the ring so the idea was quite right but it is an interesting stroke to attempt for sure. |
| 14.3 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length, around off. Rassie van der Dussen walks across the pitch and looks to tuck it on the leg side. He gets an inside edge and the batters take a single. |
| 14.4 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, outside off. Aiden Markram gives himself some room and cuts it to sweeper cover. A single. |
| 14.5 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen looks for the scoop but misses. The ball flicks his pads and goes on it's way to the keeper. |
| 14.6 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, That one kept low! Length ball, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen works it towards Chris Jordan's right side. He calls for a single and takes off. Jordan quickly collects the ball and has a shy at his end but misses. A direct hit would have made things interesting! |
| Change in bowling. Chris Woakes (3-0-22-0) is back on. |
| 15.1 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! BANG! Short of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen stands tall and smokes it over long off for a biggie. South Africa will look to up the ante now! |
| 15.2 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! Whoa! Fuller in length this time, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen comes forward and whips it over deep mid-wicket. The square boundaries are shorter and the ball goes all the way and clears the fence easily. Chris Woakes under pressure now! |
| A mini-conference in the middle. Morgan, Jordan and Woakes are in discussion. Michael Atherton, who is the on-air commentator, reckons that Morgan asked Woakes to go wider. |
| 15.3 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Well played! Short of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen steers it to deep point and collects a couple of runs. |
| 15.4 : Chris Woakes to Rassie van der Dussen, Full and wide outside off, Rassie van der Dussen reaces out with a stretch and slices it to deep point for a single this time. |
| Another conference between the same three players. Wonder what the plan will be for Markram. |
| 15.5 : Chris Woakes to Aiden Markram, SIX! Aiden Markram says I can hit those biggies too! Looks like the conference hasn't made any difference. This is turning out to be a fantastic over for the Proteas. A juicy full toss, outside off. Aiden Markram flicks it over deep mid-wicket and gets another maximum. Brings up the fifty partnership as well. |
| 15.6 : Chris Woakes to Aiden Markram, Short and well outside off, Aiden Markram throws the kitchen sink at it but only manages to get an underedge back to the keeper. 21 runs coming off the over. |
| 16.1 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen goes for the pull but it stays a bit low. It flicks the pads and Buttler dives to his right to gather it. |
| 16.2 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Wood fires a low full toss, wide outside off. Rassie van der Dussen gets low and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket. Single. |
| 16.3 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, FOUR! What an incredible shot that is! Wood sees Markram backing away to the leg side. So the pacer follows him with a length ball. But Markram keeps backing away and makes room for himself. Carves it over point for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Tad slow and short, Aiden Markram looks to heave it on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 16.5 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Shorter ball, on off. Markram looks to pull but gets it from the splice of the bat. The ball lands safely near mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 16.4 : Some discussion between Eoin Morgan and Mark Wood now! But the interesting thing to note is that Morgan has a towel to rub the ball. Wonder how big a role dew will play here. |
| 16.6 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Powerful stroke! That brings up the 150 for South Africa! Shorter ball, on off. Markram backs away and then slaps it hard. The ball goes wide of sweeper cover and runs to the fence. |
| 17.1 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen shuffles across and pushes it past covers for one. |
| 0.0 : Chris Jordan (2-0-11-0) is back into the attack. |
| 17.2 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, Over the infield! Full toss, outside off. Markram gets the outer half of the bat while looking to go over covers. The ball goes over the infield. The two fielders chase it. One of them dives and the other pushes the ball back to the partner. The throw comes but Jordan fumbles! The batters take one more. So, three from that ball. |
| 17.3 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen misses the pull. Jordan is interested in a caught behind, but he is the only one. |
| 17.4 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, One more extra for South Africa! Length ball, in the slot. Rassie van der Dussen walks down the track and misses the heave. Buttler underarms it at his end but misses. Jordan fails to gather it and the batters take a bye! |
| 17.5 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, Full ball, on off. Heaved to long on for one. |
| 17.6 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Incredible! Yes, that is the word to describe what Rassie van der Dussen has done there! It seems to be a pre-meditated stroke. He gets a length ball, on off. He gets low and then reverse-scoops it. The ball goes over short third man and runs to the fence. |
| 18.1 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Length ball, outside off. Markram shuffles across but misses the scoop. |
| 18.3 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, SIX! BAM! Slower and shorter ball. Markram waits and waits and then pulls it way over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 18.2 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, NOT OUT! This is some sloppy work! Markam backs away to the leg side so Wood follows him. Markram taps it to the off side and takes off for one. Wood runs in and kicks the ball but misses the stumps. The ball goes past Buttler too and the batters sprint for the second. Buttler hits the stumps at his end but replay shows that Markram is well inside. |
| 18.4 : Mark Wood to Aiden Markram, Length ball, on off. Markram looks to swipe it away but gets the inside edge to square leg for one. |
| 18.2 : A run out appeal has been sent upstairs. Replay shows that Aiden Markram was well inside the crease. The third umpire displays NOT OUT on the big screen. |
| 18.5 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Good running! Shorter ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen pulls it away. He does not middle it though. The ball rolls towards deep mid-wicket. With the fielder taking time to run it from the fence, the batters take two. |
| 18.6 : Mark Wood to Rassie van der Dussen, Full ball, on the pads. Flicked away for a brace again. |
| 19.1 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, Full ball, on off. Markram looks to drive but gets the inside edge. The ball rolls to the off side and a single is taken. |
| 19.2 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen gets the inside edge while looking to slog. It goes towards fine leg for one. |
| 19.3 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, SIX! THUMPED! Full ball, outside off. Markram gets under it and carves it over long off for a maximum. 50 up for him and he gets there in only 24 balls! |
| 19.4 : Chris Jordan to Aiden Markram, A very full one, on off. Markam heaves it to long on for one. |
| 19.5 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, SIX! Just enough on that! Length ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen heaves it high in the air. The ball goes wide of long on. The fielder runs in, dives to his right. He gets his hand to it but he crosses the ropes. Roy is the fielder and he goes onto hit the advertising board. But he seems to be fine. |
| 19.6 : Chris Jordan to Rassie van der Dussen, Just a single to end the innings! Length ball, wide outside off. Rassie van der Dussen toe-ends it wide of point. Markram wants the second but Rassie van der Dussen slips while looking for the second. A single it is and South Africa end at 189 for 2! |
| The intent was clearly there from the Proteas as they were toying with this English bowling attack. After losing Hendricks early on, it was de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen who kept motoring the innings. They did well to keep the run rate above seven throughout the innings. Once de Kock fell, it was Markram who continued to attack and brought up his 50 in just 24 balls. In the end, both went for biggies and did well to post a total of 189. |
| England will be slightly disappointed. They were wayward with their bowling and there were many loose deliveries too. Fair to say they missed Mills as Wood was too expensive and also their main man, Rashid was not on his best. For the first time, England bowlers were taken to the cleaners, not what they are used to in this tournament. Â |
| Aiden Markram is up for a chat, he says that Quinton de Kock played well at the start and the partnership with Rassie was pretty good. Tells that they have got runs on the board and says that Rassie van der Dussen's knock was very crucial. Tells that not everything is going to be in their control. Ends by saying that their bowling attack has been good so far and hopefully they can do something special. |
| The batters have done their best to keep South Africa in the hunt now it is time for bowlers to step up. They have posted a total of around 190 and have to restrict England to a score of 131 or fewer to go through the next round by knocking out Australia, it will be a tough task to ask for. |
| Right then! The Proteas would look to close this innings pretty fast or else they will be eliminated. It will be a tough ask as the English batters are in top form. Not an easy chase but surely an entertaining one. Stay tuned as the chase is coming up. |
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