South Africa thrash England by seven wickets to reach semi-finals
Defeat is England's third in tournament
Proteas chase 180 in 29.1 overs
England bowled out for 179 - SA secure semi-final spot
Root top-scores with 37 and Archer makes 25
Jansen takes 3-39 with new ball and Mulder 3-25
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'What a magnificent catch!' - Overton dismissed by Ngidi stunner
Ben Jones
CricViz analyst
South Africa have been disciplined with the ball so far. 80% of their deliveries have been good or short length, and England have scored at just 4.4 runs per over in those zones - it's only against full balls where they've broken free, scoring at 8.5 runs per over.
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What better way for Harry Brook to announce himself as England captain than scoring a hundred today?
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This is a good battle here between Mulder and the batters.
Mulder is clearly the bowler who could get something. He is bowling slightly slower round about the 130kph region.
Joe Root and Harry Brook are pretty content to rotate the strike and accept the extras which South Africa keep gifting their way. Two more wides from Wiaan Mulder.
In the England dressing room, Jos Buttler is shadow batting.
Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Brook and Root are both having a look. Both are capable of taking aggression to the bowler, particularly Root. He has brilliant power without looking too violent towards the bowler.
Keshav Maharaj absolutely races through his first over and concedes just two singles from it.
Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It will be interesting to see if Maharaj can find some spin here. He has a very easy action and has played a lot of cricket in recent times.
South Africa's field has a long-off and long-on in situation which leaves the mid-wicket region nice and clear.
With the drinks packed away, it's time for a bit of spin. In comes left-armer Keshav Maharaj.
In case you're just joining us, here's a reminder of the three wickets England lost in the powerplay.
Salt out early as England make bad start against South Africa
Smith is caught by Markram off the bowling of Jansen
Duckett caught and bowled by Jansen
Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesRoot has just played a major innings a few days ago and now he has to do it all again here for England.
It has been England's usual start. Brook and Root have put on a steady partnership. Rabada has banged a few in short to keep things changing but the run-rate looks ideal at the moment.
Root 28, Brook 16
Joe Root has pulled out of his shot three times against Kagiso Rabada, twice in this over alone. He's pointed to his ear a couple of times as if he's distracted by a noise in the crowd.
Time for drinks. England are 85-3.
That felt a lot longer than eight balls. A couple of wides in Wiaan Mulder's second over and five runs from it.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator
It is surprising that there is such a small crowd today. These are two big international teams playing on a Saturday.
This is the smallest crowd of the tournament so far which is disappointing as there is a big push for international cricket out here.
Chris Woakes
England all-rounder on BBC Sounds
Glorious Joe Root batting.
He has no right to hit that ball for four but it keeps running away. It is something we have got used to seeing him do, re-building once again for England here.
Kagiso Rabada is having no luck today.
He had Root dropped on three in his first over and in his second, Harry Brook gloves one to backward point which falls just short of Tristan Stubbs.
The over finishes with a boundary from Root, who clips the ball to the rope.
Chris Woakes
England all-rounder on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesIn this situation, it's hard as a team when you're playing in a dead rubber. But you still go out and put your best foot forward.
The hard thing is that your confidence is completely shot by this point and the harder you try, the worst it seems to get.
This team look to show an aggressive approach, but in a 50-over game perhaps that's not the best way to go about things. You have time to catch up and get runs. You don't always need to rush.
Joe Root is ticking along nicely. With eight runs off Wiaan Mulder he moves to 22 (26).
Chris Woakes
England all-rounder on BBC Sounds
That's not usually a shot you see from Joe Root when he hits a six. He got right under it.
Root was looking for that shot earlier in the over, but didn't get the length he wanted. A hell of a shot.
Bosh. Joe Root gets under a shorter delivery from Wiaan Mulder and pulls it hard into the fence in front of the stands.
Wiaan Mulder replaces Marco Jansen in South Africa's attack and immediately has his arms in the air, begging for the wicket of Joe Root.
Captain Aiden Markram is unmoved. It looked like it was outside the line.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught van der Dussen, bowled Jansen Salt, caught van der Dussen, bowled Jansen | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 133.33 |
Duckett,caught and bowled Jansen Duckett, caught and bowled Jansen | 24 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 114.29 |
Smith,caught Markram, bowled Jansen Smith, caught Markram, bowled Jansen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 |
Root,bowled Mulder Root, bowled Mulder | 37 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 84.09 |
Brook,caught Jansen, bowled Maharaj Brook, caught Jansen, bowled Maharaj | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 65.52 |
Buttler,caught Maharaj, bowled Ngidi Buttler, caught Maharaj, bowled Ngidi | 21 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 48.84 |
Livingstone,stumped Klaasen, bowled Maharaj Livingstone, stumped Klaasen, bowled Maharaj | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 60.00 |
Overton,caught Ngidi, bowled Rabada Overton, caught Ngidi, bowled Rabada | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 55.00 |
Archer,caught Jansen, bowled Mulder Archer, caught Jansen, bowled Mulder | 25 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 80.65 |
Rashid,caught Klaasen, bowled Mulder Rashid, caught Klaasen, bowled Mulder | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22.22 |
Mahmood,not out Mahmood, not out | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 12, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 18 Extras, no balls 1, wides 12, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 18 | ||||||
Total,179 all out 38.2 overs Total,179 all out 38.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jansen | 7.0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 5.57 |
Ngidi | 7.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 |
Rabada | 7.0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 6.00 |
Mulder | 7.2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3.40 |
Maharaj | 10.0 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
9 for 1 (0.6 overs) | Salt |
20 for 2 (2.3 overs) | Smith |
37 for 3 (6.4 overs) | Duckett |
99 for 4 (16.5 overs) | Brook |
103 for 5 (17.3 overs) | Root |
114 for 6 (20.4 overs) | Livingstone |
129 for 7 (25.3 overs) | Overton |
171 for 8 (34.5 overs) | Archer |
173 for 9 (35.3 overs) | Buttler |
179 for 10 (38.2 overs) | Rashid |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rickelton,bowled Archer Rickelton, bowled Archer | 27 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 108.00 |
Stubbs,bowled Archer Stubbs, bowled Archer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
van der Dussen,not out van der Dussen, not out | 72 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 121 | 82.76 |
Klaasen,caught Mahmood, bowled Rashid Klaasen, caught Mahmood, bowled Rashid | 64 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 87 | 114.29 |
Miller,not out Miller, not out | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 350.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 11, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 11 Extras, no balls 0, wides 11, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 11 | ||||||
Total,181 for 3 29.1 overs Total,181 for 3 29.1 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 9.0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 6.11 |
Mahmood | 5.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6.20 |
Overton | 5.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6.80 |
Rashid | 7.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5.28 |
Livingstone | 3.1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7.57 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
11 for 1 (2.1 overs) | Stubbs |
47 for 2 (8.2 overs) | Rickelton |
174 for 3 (28.4 overs) | Klaasen |
