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. Not out

    Comfortably in after a good dive but that's a great piece of work from Kagiso Rabada.

  2. Umpire review

    Liam Livingstone dives to make his groundGetty Images

    Or maybe not.

    Has he been run out? A direct hit from mid-off makes this interesting.

  3. Eng 69-4

    Target 164

    A much-needed boundary for England as Liam Livingstone clubs a short ball from Anrich Nortje for four.

    No timing, but it's muscled to the ropes. That could be just what he needed to get himself going.

  4. England need 101 runs to win, but it won't be easy.

    Even Jos Buttler couldn't get going out there.

  5. Eng 63-4

    Target 164

    Liam Livingstone had only faced 16 balls in the tournament before today. He's going to have to produce something pretty special.

    A priceless over from Baartman - three runs and the wicket from it.

  6. Natalie Germanos
    Commentator on BBC Sounds

    I don't know exactly what Moeen Ali was trying to do there as he was hitting straight into the wind.

    There must have been a message to find another gear, but it was a poor shot selection.

    Ottneil Baartman celebrates the wicket of Moeen AliGetty Images
  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Moeen c Maharaj b Baartman 9 (Eng 61-4)

    And he strikes straight away!

    Baartman drops one in short and Moeen Ali can't resist. But on a sticky pitch and with very little pace on the ball, he can only pick out Keshav Maharaj at long-on.

    England are in a pickle.

  8. Ottniel Baartman will continue after the drinks break.

  9. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    I'd have South Africa as slight favourites with the wickets they have taken and the way they have restricted England. But all it takes is one over of madness to change the equation.

  10. Eng 60-3

    Target 164

    The worm shows England are behind South Africa after 10 overs of their T20 World Cup Super 8s matchBBC Sport/CricViz

    Good over. Just four singles from it and he rattles through it quickly, boosting South Africa's over-rate too.

    Smart move.

  11. South Africa are edging towards being strong favourites.

    WinViz has it 68-32 in South Africa's favour against EnglandBBC Sport/CricViz

  12. Eng 58-3

    Interesting move from Aiden Markram, bowling his own part-time spin. Possibly trying to steal a couple of overs, while England have two new batters in and they're under pressure.

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    England doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Very doable target and not one batter is knocking the ball around. Poor execution at the moment.

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  14. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport in St Lucia

    There had been 25 balls without a boundary before that wicket.

  15. Eng 56-3

    Target 164

    England are finding the middle overs as tricky as South Africa did.

    Harry Brook joins Moeen Ali in the middle.

  16. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    Keshav Maharaj and Aiden Markram celebrate the wicket of Jos ButtlerGetty Images

    That's a huge wicket. Maharaj bowled it fuller and it bit straighter to tempt the slog-sweep.

    Buttler's hedged his bets and thought that he could clear the rope, but because it was slower he did not get the power he would like.

    The South Afrricans will be buzzing, they know how dangerous Buttler can be.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Buttler c Klaasen b Maharaj 17 (Eng 54-3)

    Huge wicket.

    Keshav Maharaj is bowling a brilliant spell here. He piles the pressure on with his consistency, forcing Jos Buttler into the big shot. He tries to release the shackles with a slog sweep, but picks out Heinrich Klaasen on the mid-wicket boundary.

    He hangs on to that one!

  18. We've seen some beauties today.

  19. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    England won't be panicking yet but the run-rate is escalating.

  20. Eng 50-2

    Target 164

    Solid enough start from Nortje but the boundaries are still proving very hard to come by.

    All the commentary was saying that this pitch was a belter before play, but it's looked quite tricky all day. Only Quinton de Kock really got going and looked fluent.