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

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  1. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    It is selfish not wanting to be run out off the final ball of a T20.

  2. SA 163-6

    He can.

    Jofra Archer drops his pace and Tristan Stubbs can only fumble a pull into the leg-side.

    They go for the single but then rather bizarrely decide against the second run, even if it was likely to be in vain.

    South Africa end on 163-6, meaning England need 164 to win.

  3. SA 162-6

    Keshav Maharaj pushes a single, before Tristan Stubbs nudges the ball through mid-wicket for two.

    Final ball coming up. This has been a very good over for England so far - can Jofra Archer finish it off?

  4. SA 159-6

    Keshav Maharaj survives. In fact he does more than that, he cuts the ball fine and the diving Mark Wood cannot palm the ball back from the rope in time.

  5. Keshav Maharaj is the new batter.

    Hat-trick ball coming up.

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

    Oh, brilliant catch! It was always getting away from Sam Curran but he has somehow taken a stunner.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Jansen c Curran b Archer 0 (19.2 overs)

    Marco Jansen out first ball - Jofra Archer on a hat-trick!

    Jansen skies one and Sam Curran running back from cover takes a brilliant diving catch. That was a superb take.

  8. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    Everything was right for David Miller to hit that for six but he just didn't get enough of it.

    It is a big wicket with five balls to go because he could have done a lot of damage.

    David Miller walks offGetty Images

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

    That is an excellent catch. That is a crucial wicket because David Miller was set.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Miller c Brook b Archer 43 (SA 155-5)

    David Miller goes for the big hit - but picks out Harry Brook!

    Miller has looked in good touch but he had not got enough on it to clear the rope and Harry Brook pouches the catch.

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    There's a lot of pace in the SA team which might bode well given our quick boys have gone round the park a bit...

    Al, thankful, again, for Adil...

  12. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    I'm looking forward to it. The street food is incredible here.

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

    It's the street party tonight - apparently it's the place to be!

  14. SA 155-4

    Sam Curran goes for 14 runs off the penultimate over. Given he went for 10 off the first three that is something of a recover.

    Jofra Archer to bowl the final over with David Miller on strike.

  15. 6 runs

    SA 152-4

    Sam Curran bowls one right in the slot and David Miller gleefully accepts the invitation, hammering the ball over long-off.

  16. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport in St Lucia

    England should be happy with where they are but this Sam Curran over feels like a big one.

    He’s needs to limit the damage.

  17. How's stat?!

    We've checked in with our friends at CricViz about England's performance in the first 10 overs with the ball in this tournament.

    They have taken 13 wickets in the first 10 overs across their six games. Their average of 36.92 is the second worst among the 20 sides and their economy rate of 8.00 is the second highest behind Namibia.

    England picked up seven of this wickets in this trashing of Oman, so if we remove that game, it's six wickets in five games, at an average of 74.16 and an economy of 8.90.

    That doesn't make pretty reading.

  18. Most of the tall buildings were in the first half of the innings, bar Mark Wood's 16th over.

    Can England keep them low-rising in the final two?

    South Africa's manhattan against England as they reach 141-4 after 18 oversBBC Sport/CricViz

  19. SA 141-4

    Tristan StubbsGetty Images

    Jofra Archer comes back well, conceding just a single from his final three delvieries.

    Tristan Stubbs ends up in a heap on the floor at the end of the over as he goes for the pre-meditated ramp shot, which is quite hard to do when the bowler is fizzing them down at 90mph.

  20. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

    David Miller loves the ball shaping into him, he flicks it effortlessly over the leg side and has for many years.

    Jofra Archer just missed his length.