Summary

  • South Africa beat England by seven runs to close on semi-finals

  • England finish on 156-6 in pursuit of 164 in Saint Lucia

  • They were 61-4 and needed 101 from final nine overs before Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone shared 78

  • England needed 25 from 18 balls but South Africa close out for win

  • South Africa raced to 69-0 off seven overs but England rallied well to limit them to 163-6

  • Quinton de Kock top-scores with 65 and David Miller adds 43

  • Jofra Archer takes 3-40 and Jos Buttler claims superb catch and run out

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne

  1. Eng 148-5

    Need 16 from 7 balls

    Can Marco Jansen finish this off? He's bowled this over exceptionally so far.

  2. 50 runs

    50 for Harry Brook

    Eng 145-5

    What a knock.

    A 33-ball half-century from one of England's brightest young talents. He's played a gem of an innings under real pressure.

  3. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    England will be nervous as you are into the bowlers next, so nearly all the runs need to come from the two batters out in the middle.

  4. Eng 143-5

    Need 22 from 11 balls

    Precious dot ball.

  5. WinViz has closed in a little, but England are still favourites.

    WinViz has it 63-37 in England's favour against South AfricaBBC Sport/CricViz

  6. Big move.

    Baartman out, Jansen in.

  7. Eng 143-5

    Need 21 from 12 balls

    Rabada wisely goes for the slower balls to end the over and Brook and Curran deal in singles.

    Brook retains the strike with two overs to go.

  8. Eng 140-5

    Need 24 from 15 balls

    Good from Sam Curran. He dabs a single to bring Brook back on strike.

  9. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    Tristan Stubbs celebratesGetty Images

    It is a knee-high full toss again - maybe that was the plan?

    We have seen a few shots towards that area of the ground that seems to have a parachute on it and just drops from the sky because of the breeze.

  10. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    The game turns again.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Livingstone c Stubbs b Rabada 33 (Eng 139-5)

    Is there a twist?!

    Kagiso Rabada gets Livingstone with - you guessed it - a full toss! It deserves to go for six but he's hitting into the breeze so the ball just holds in the air a little longer, and Tristan Stubbs takes a good catch at fine leg.

    Harry Brook is still there on 47 not out, so it's still in England's favour.

  12. How things can change.

    *Cue texts that WinViz is a load of rubbish*

    WinViz has it 73-27 in England's favour against South AfricaBBC Sport/CricViz

  13. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    I just cannot understand it. What are the senior players doing? Why are they not coming in to speak to Baartman and tell him to take the pace off?

    That was a bizzarre passage of play. It is England's to lose now.

  14. 52 runs from the last three overs...

  15. Eng 139-4

    Need 25 from 18 balls

    Baartman completely lost the plot there. He's going for the yorkers but instead, sent down five full tosses.

    Brook sends another to the ropes and that's 21 from the over.

    I think he has just handed England the win.

  16. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    Crazy bowling from Baartman. He is looking for yorkers but the help you have in this pitch is when it is dug in halfway down and it takes the pace off.

    If you are not hitting the pitch it is like being in a baseball hitting cage and you can hit it wherever you want.

  17. Eng 134-4

    Need 30 from 20 balls

    ANOTHER full toss. He's all over the place.

    But Livingstone plinks this one and only gets two.

  18. 6 runs

    Eng 132-4

    Need 32 from 21 balls

    Baartman is having a shocker.

    Three full tosses, three boundaries.

    This last one, Livingstone nails it for six over square leg.

  19. Eng 126-4

    Need 38 from 22 balls

    Four more!

    England are racing along to their target now.

  20. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    There's an England fan in a baseball cap telling us that shot was a six but I think they need a more official system than that.