Third T20, Centurion
England seal 3-0 series sweep after victory by nine wickets with 51 balls to spare
England 128-1 (11.3 overs): Wyatt-Hodge 53* (31), Bouchier 35 (21)
South Africa 124 (20 overs): Shangase 31 (35); Dean 3-26
Three-match ODI series begins on Wednesday
Right-arm seam at both ends as Ayanda Hlubi opens from the other end. A youthful opening pair too - Hlubi is 20, Marx is 21 - with several South African players rested for this series.
Hlubi's first ball clips Bouchier and runs away for two leg byes towards fine leg, before the England opener clips her away for a first four through mid-wicket.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator
That was not cleanly timed at all and Danni Wyatt-Hodge is very fortunate that she was not walking back to the dug-out.
Bouchier takes a two through point then flicks a ball off her legs in the opposite direction to bring her opening partner on strike.
Wyatt-Hodge ducks under a head-height wide then sees a ball beat her outside edge, but gets off the mark from Marx's final delivery with a bit of an ugly open-faced punch over mid-off for four.
Eliz-Mari Marx to open the bowling for South Africa, with Maia Bouchier facing for England and Danni Wyatt-Hodge at the non-striker's end.
Marx's first ball is a wide on the off side, but her follow-up is within the lines and Bouchier plays and misses.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
England have chased targets under 125 on 54 occasions in T20I cricket, only failing to win on four occasions and having won their last 25 chases of 125 or fewer.
England bowler Lauren Bell on Sky Sports: "That's a really good chaseable score. Our plan was to start over. We wanted to be ruthless, come out and put on a performance.
"I wanted to be a bit more accurate and execute a bit more.
"Charlie Dean kept continuous through the middle and Sophie Ecclestone does what she always does, held up an end.
"We'll go out really strong in the second innings."
Thanks Ffion.
South Africa's line-up are in a huddle on the boundary.
Chloe Tyron is going to have to deliver some mightily inspiring words if South Africa are to defend their total.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Maia Bouchier will open up for England, who are in a commanding position to secure a 3-0 clean sweep in the series.
They only need 125 to win, and here is Mike Peter to take you through that chase.
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Sport commentary
If South Africa get their plans right and find their lines and lengths, they can make it difficult for England. I would like to see a bit of fight from them, some classic South Africa passion.
Hlubi is run out from the final ball and South Africa are all out for 124.
A comprehensive all-round bowling effort from England, with Charlie Dean's 3-26 as the standout performance.
South Africa have got some bowling to do, considering the form of England's top order in this series so far.
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Sport commentary
Ayanda Hlubi helped all of the pace of that ball and the smile on her face is as if she couldn't believe it herself!
First time batting in a T20, and first six!
Ayanda Hlubi looks like she's surprised herself, gloriously pulling a short ball from Lauren Bell over fine leg!
Ayanda Hlubi gets her first run in international cricket with a drive up to mid-off.
Can South Africa see out the 20 overs? England haven't bowled their overs in time so will only be allowed three fielders on the boundary for the final over.
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Sport commentary
Sophie Ecclestone will feel frustrated that it's taken her that long to get a wicket today; there was no way Eliz-Mari Marx could get any bat on that whatsoever.
Marx b Ecclestone 12 (SA 115-9)
Sophie Ecclestone has her first of the evening.
Fair play to Eliz-Mari Marx, who has looked to get things moving. She shuffles across her stumps but misses the sweep and Ecclestone cleans up.
That'll do!
A powerful strike from Eliz-Mari Marx, launching the ball over cover for four, but Charlie Dean finishes a great spell of 3-26.
De Klerk c Bouchier b Dean 19 (SA 108-8)
Charlie Dean's excellent night continues.
It's another simple catch at cover, this time for Maia Bouchier, as Nadine de Klerk was trying to pierce the off side.
Another soft dismissal for the hosts.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Amy Jones has been involved in 15 dismissals in T20Is in 2024 (6 stumpings, 9 catches), only Sarah Taylor in 2012 (17 dismissals, 11 stumpings, 6 catches) has been involved in more in a calendar year.
South Africa will be thrilled to see the end of Lauren Filer.
Eliz-Mari Marx gets lucky with an edge that flies past her stumps for four, before she completely loses her shape against a short ball and edges it over the keeper for two more.
Filer ends her spell with a full toss that Marx can't punish, and she finishes with 1-28 tonight.
Jafta run out (Dean) 4 (SA 101-7)
More smart work in the field from England.
Nadine de Klerk dabs the ball to point and calls for a single straight away. Sinalo Jafta is a little slow off the mark and Charlie Dean scoops the ball underarm for a direct hit.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunnicliffe,caught Bouchier, bowled Bell Tunnicliffe, caught Bouchier, bowled Bell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.00 |
Bosch,bowled Filer Bosch, bowled Filer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Dercksen,caught Sciver-Brunt, bowled Bell Dercksen, caught Sciver-Brunt, bowled Bell | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 158.33 |
Luus,caught Knight, bowled Dean Luus, caught Knight, bowled Dean | 21 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 123.53 |
Tryon,caught Knight, bowled Dean Tryon, caught Knight, bowled Dean | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20.00 |
Shangase,stumped Jones, bowled Kemp Shangase, stumped Jones, bowled Kemp | 31 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 88.57 |
de Klerk,caught Bouchier, bowled Dean de Klerk, caught Bouchier, bowled Dean | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 86.36 |
Jafta,run out Dean Jafta, run out Dean | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 200.00 |
Marx,bowled Ecclestone Marx, bowled Ecclestone | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 120.00 |
Sekhukhune,not out Sekhukhune, not out | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 66.67 |
Hlubi,run out Bell Hlubi, run out Bell | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 116.67 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 | ||||||
Total,124 all out 20.0 overs Total,124 all out 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filer | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 |
Bell | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 |
Kemp | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 |
Dean | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 |
Ecclestone | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (0.2 overs) | Bosch |
3 for 2 (1.2 overs) | Tunnicliffe |
25 for 3 (3.6 overs) | Dercksen |
42 for 4 (5.6 overs) | Luus |
45 for 5 (7.2 overs) | Tryon |
97 for 6 (15.4 overs) | Shangase |
101 for 7 (16.1 overs) | Jafta |
107 for 8 (17.1 overs) | de Klerk |
115 for 9 (18.3 overs) | Marx |
124 for 10 (19.6 overs) | Hlubi |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bouchier,caught Shangase, bowled Hlubi Bouchier, caught Shangase, bowled Hlubi | 35 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 166.67 |
Wyatt-Hodge,not out Wyatt-Hodge, not out | 53 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 59 | 170.97 |
Dunkley,not out Dunkley, not out | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 141.18 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 6, leg byes 2, total 16 Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 6, leg byes 2, total 16 | ||||||
Total,128 for 1 11.3 overs Total,128 for 1 11.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marx | 2.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 14.50 |
Hlubi | 2.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 |
de Klerk | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
Tryon | 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8.66 |
Sekhukhune | 1.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 |
Shangase | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
Luus | 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
56 for 1 (5.4 overs) | Bouchier |