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'Fine piece of bowling!' - Ngidi bowls Buttler

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by Ffion Wynne, Mike Peter & Maisie Gallen

  1. Eng 159-4

    Target 331

    Bethell reaches 50 in solid fashion

    If Buttler and Brook can provide a partnership half as entertaining as Bethell and Root's, we're in for some fun.

    For now, though, the spinners are bowling nicely in tandem.

  2. Eng 157-4

    Target 331

    Still, there is Jos Buttler.

    England's former skipper nails a reverse sweep for four.

  3. Eng 153-4

    Cheers, Mike.

    It was all going so well...

    Root reaches half-century as England gather momentum

  4. Eng 147-4

    So, England have to start again with Harry Brook and Jos Buttler fresh at the crease.

    England's wicketkeeper sends the last ball of the over to mid-wicket but can't take a run.

    We reach the halfway stage - South Africa were 120-3 at this point but then accelerated dramatically.

    To see if England can do the same, here's Ffion Wynne.

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

    Joe Root is known for his elegance and technical ability but that shot was neither.

    He is walking off very slowly.

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

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    Joe Root got nowhere near it. That was not a good shot - he will not want to see that again.

    Two blows in quick succession.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Root st Rickelton b Maharaj 61 (Eng 147-4)

    'Two blows in quick succession' - Root stumped by Rickelton on 61

    There goes England's other settled batter!

    Keshav Mahraj comes back into the attack with Jacob Bethell back in the pavilion, and he removes Joe Root with his fifth delivery.

    An ugly shot from Root, advancing down the pitch and attempting to swipe into the leg side.

    Ryan Rickelton had plenty of time to take off the bails.

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

    Normally left-handers put that shot away no problem but it went straight to the fielder.

    Slightly unlucky.

  9. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

    Jacob Bethell did not decide whether to go up and over or slam it into the ground. He got the ball selection right but just lacked that elevation over the fielder.

    That innings reminds everyone why he is in this side.

  10. Eng 145-3

    Here comes the skipper Harry Brook.

    He gets off the mark immediately with a single into the covers before Dewald Brevis gets back in the action, diving well at backward point.to stop a late cut from Joe Root.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Bethell c Brevis b Bosch 58 (Eng 143-3)

    Bethell out for 58 after being caught at backward point

    Smacked straight to backward point!

    The returning Corbin Bosch takes the wicket of Jacob Bethell with a wide-ish delivery that the England batter fires right into the midriff of Dewald Brevis.

    A fine innings comes to an end, as does a partnership of 77.

  12. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

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    What is fascinating about Joe Root is how he goes through the gears. He has been in his crease for most of his innings but now he wants to accelerate, he just skips down the pitch.

    He doesn't lose shape. He finds ways to be aggressive in a low-risk way.

  13. Eng 140-2

    Target 331

    An eighth four for Joe Root, timing Lungi Ngidi's ball through mid-wicket.

    He's looking in excellent touch.

  14. Here's Jacob Bethell's brutal take down of Keshav Maharaj's over.

    Remember, he's the number one bowler in ODI cricket.

    Bethell hits four boundaries in one over as England fightback in pursuit of 331

  15. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

    It will be interesting to see if England can sustain an onslaught. There is still a strong middle order to come - Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Will Jacks.

    To get to 250 with some of those batters still in the engine, then they can get the job done with the firepower they posses.

  16. Eng 134-2

    Nandre Burger again - five singles coming off his second over at this end.

    The required run-rate creeps over seven again.

  17. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Bethell slog sweeps Markram for six

    At 21 years, 216 days, Jacob Bethell is the youngest England player to score an ODI fifty in 30 balls or fewer, surpassing Eoin Morgan's 26-ball half-century at the age of 23 years, 17 days against South Africa in 2009.

  18. Eng 129-2

    Lungi Ngidi returns at the Pavilion End as Temba Bavuma protects his spinners from a Jacob Bethell assault.

    Just two runs from from his over as singles book-end as set of four dot balls.

    A quick check on the required run-rate - it's at 6.96 having started at 6.62.

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  19. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

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    Jacob Bethell is so dominant in the way he plays. He has not hunkered down. He knows England need to be aggressive and that fits in his game plan.

  20. Jacob Bethell has put England on top as we reach the 20-over mark.

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