Summary

'Fine piece of bowling!' - Ngidi bowls Buttler

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne, Mike Peter & Maisie Gallen

  1. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    NgidiPA Media

    A fine piece of bowling. Lungi Ngidi took the pace off it and will be delighted.

    That may well be the game.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Buttler b Ngidi 61 (Eng 256-6)

    'Fine piece of bowling!' - Ngidi bowls Buttler

    A beauty!

    That injury doesn't seem to be troubling Lungi Ngidi too much. He deceives Buttler completely with a much slower ball, which dips beneath the bat and clatters into middle stump.

    Is that the game?

  3. Eng 251-5

    Target 331

    WinvizCricviz

    Corbin Bosch's last two overs will be instrumental in these closing stages.

    He's bowled with remarkable accuracy and mixed up his pace cannily, with just six runs and no boundaries coming from his penultimate over.

  4. Tymal Mills
    England T20 World Cup winner on Test Match Special

    ButtlerGetty Images

    As long as Jos Buttler is still there then you feel that England are still in this.

  5. Eng 245-5

    Target 331

    JacksGetty Images

    Lungi Ngidi seems to be struggling with a hamstring niggle and that is a concern for South Africa.

    He gets through a decent over which just goes for seven but he's still got three left in his spell.

  6. There's nothing in this!

    10 overs to go and we could be in for a cracking finish - don't go anywhere.

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  7. 50 runs

    50 for Jos Buttler

    Eng 238-5

    Buttler hits 50 off 44 balls - best shots

    Will Jacks is gifted a couple of extra runs after Corbin Bosch's needless direct hit ricochets off the stumps, which allows Jos Buttler the strike and he pulls a single out to deep square to bring up a 43-ball fifty.

    One of England's finest.

  8. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    You don't see that very often. An indication of the strength of Jos Buttler.

    He has really hit that - amazing.

  9. 6 runs

    Eng 231-5

    Target 331

    'You don't see that very often!' - Buttler reverse hits Muthusamy for six

    Woah.

    Jos Buttler keeps targeting the left-arm spin of Senuran Muthusamy, somehow pulling off a reverse slog-sweep for six!

    England need 100 from the last 11 overs.

  10. Eng 223-5

    Target 331

    Up and over mid-off for four more!

    Jos Buttler has timed the ball beautifully today.

    'That's a big one!' - Buttler goes down the ground again for six

  11. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

    Harry Brook likes to have the extra batter of Will Jacks coming in, but it is not an easy job to come in straight away and have to score at eight runs an over.

  12. Eng 217-5

    Target 331

    Will Jacks joins Jos Buttler in the middle as England's last recognised batter.

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    Lee: What was that? That was so weird, just ridiculously slow, gave it way too much respect.

  14. Alison Mitchell
    Test Match Special commentator

    BavumaReuters

    A comfortable catch for the South Africa captain. That could have finished the game.

  15. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

    BrookReuters

    Harry Brook went through the shot very early. It almost popped out of Temba Bavuma's hand.

    That was 47 mph - a great piece of bowling.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Brook c Bavuma b Muthusamy 33 (Eng 216-5)

    Brook out cheaply after being caught by Bavuma on 33

    From nowhere!

    For the first time today there's genuine turn for the spinner, and Harry Brook is far too early through his shot as he chips a simple catch to Temba Bavuma at cover.

    South Africa are jubilant.

  17. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Jos Buttler in ODIs since the start of 2023:

    Overs 1-25

    • 28.9 average,
    • 78 strike-rate

    Overs 26-50

    • 40.0 average
    • 115 strike-rate

    Despite a slight drop off in Buttler's overall numbers, he still excels in the back half of the innings in ODIs.

  18. Eng 215-4

    Target 331

    Corbin Bosch again deceives Harry Brook with a slower ball, with the England skipper dancing down the pitch and swinging at thin air.

    Crucially, he's only got two overs left.

  19. Eng 214-4

    We'll have a bit of a delay after Jos Buttler is hit on the helmet after misreading a slower ball from Corbin Bosch.

    He's fine but some of the protective padding at the back of his helmet has come off, so it will need changing.

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  20. Just look how dominant Jos Buttler has been down the ground today.

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