Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Ffion Wynne

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Bosch b Filer 0 (SA 1-1)

    What a start!

    Tough one for Anneke Bosch, having missed the second T20 and then surprisingly promoted to open here. She gets a low full toss from Lauren Filer, and drags it on to her stumps.

  2. SA 1-0

    Good bounce from Filer and early indications that this is a good pitch.

    Tunnicliffe gets off the mark first ball with a controlled cut to deep third.

  3. England's dominance in T20s makes that World Cup disappointment even more shocking, doesn't it?

    Faye Tunnicliffe and Anneke Bosch make their way to the middle, while Lauren Filer has the new ball for England.

  4. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    England are aiming to round off 2024 with their 19th T20I win - they've already bettered their previous record of 17 T20I victories way back in 2012, which was also the previous highest among full member sides.

  5. There's no Laura Wolvaardt and also no Tazmin Brits at the top of the order so England have got two new South African openers to contend with, looking likely to be Faye Tunnicliffe and Anneke Bosch - the latter is more experienced but missed the last match.

    Plenty of chopping and changing for the Proteas throughout the series, when they're already missing Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka, which doesn't seem to be helping them.

    England should be eyeing another dominant performance today, so there's little surprise that they've chosen to bowl first.

  6. Teams

    South Africa: Faye Tunnicliffe, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Sune Luus, Chloe Tryon (c), Nondumiso Shangase, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Eliz-mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayanda Hlubi.

    England: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell.

  7. England win the toss and bowl

    England batted brilliantly on Wednesday to rack up 204, but Heather Knight fancies a bowl first today.

    The one change in England's XI is that Sarah Glenn misses out, with Lauren Bell coming back in.

    There's a big blow from the South Africa camp as captain and star batter Laura Wolvaardt is out because of illness.

  8. Welcome

    Good afternoon!

    Can England secure a series clean sweep? They've already won the series pretty comfortably, but a 3-0 win would be the ideal response for Heather Knight's side following their T20 World Cup disappointment last month.

    The third and final T20 is coming up shortly, from SuperSport Park in Centurion.