Summary

'Fine piece of bowling!' - Ngidi bowls Buttler

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne, Mike Peter & Maisie Gallen

  1. Alison Mitchell
    Test Match Special commentator

    Jacob Bethell is answering any questions being asked of him and is showing this Lord's crowd what he can do.

  2. 50 runs

    50 for Jacob Bethell

    Eng 127-2

    Bethell reaches 50 in solid fashion

    A second half-century in the over!

    Jacob Bethell faces three dot balls from Nandre Burger then cracks his final delivery through long-on for an eighth boundary.

    His fourth half-century in 14 ODIs, it comes off 28 balls.

  3. 50 runs

    50 for Joe Root

    Eng 123-2

    Root reaches half-century as England gather momentum

    Joe Root isn't going to let the young pup beat him to 50!

    A single brings him back on strike and Root knocks the returning Nandre Burger into the covers for the run required to bring up his 43rd ODI half-century.

    It comes off 58 deliveries.

  4. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    20 runs came from that last over, 19 of them for Jacob Bethell.

  5. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    At 20 runs, that was the most expensive over of Keshav Maharaj's ODI career, going past his previous highest of 17 runs, also against England in Mumbai in 2023.

  6. Eng 121-2

    Bethell 46 (23), Root 49 (57)

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

    Two more fours!

    That makes it four consecutive boundaries for Bethell, as he drives cleanly through long-off again and then strikes another shot through mid-off.

    A single at point sees him retain the strike.

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

    These are some big strikes from Jacob Bethell. I love how he sets the base early and then uses the full flow of the bat.

    This feels like an important time for Jacob Bethell to settle the comments there have been about him.

  8. 6 runs

    Eng 112-2

    Yeah, do it to the world's number one bowler too, why not?

    Jacob Bethell slams Keshav Maharaj's second ball over mid-wicket for six, then adds four by digging out a full ball and sending it through long-off for four.

  9. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This is an impressive start from Jacob Bethell. He did get some runs earlier in the summer but generally it has been a lean time for him.

    He has played fluently and positively so far.

  10. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Aiden Markram averages 82.8 with the ball in ODIs since the start of 2023.

    In this timeframe, no bowler has bowled as many deliveries as Markram at a higher average.

  11. 6 runs

    Eng 101-2

    Bethell slogs Markram over cow corner for six

    Another rope clearance!

    Jacob Bethell sweeps Aiden Markram's first ball behind square for four and then thumps his penultimate delivery over mid-wicket for six, bringing up England's hundred.

    He moves to 27 from 18 deliveries, meanwhile Joe Root is on 48.

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

    BethellPA Media

    It is interesting that England have heaped more responsibility on Jacob Bethell. If he responds, it will be a brilliant boost for him.

  13. Eng 87-2

    Keshav Maharaj continues to keep it tight at his end with two runs coming from his fourth over.

    He has figures of 1-14 so far.

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

    A brilliant slog-sweep from Jacob Bethell. To get the elevation from that line is not an easy task.

  15. 6 runs

    Eng 85-2

    Bethell slog sweeps Markram for six

    Hello, Jacob.

    Spin at both ends as Aiden Markram replaces Corbin Bosch at the Nursery End, and it's an expensive first over.

    Jacob Bethell takes a pair of consecutive twos through mid-wicket and cover then dumps Markram's final ball over square leg for six - difficult to catch in the crowd, they'll be squinting into the sun.

    I know a number of you will be gritting your teeth at an out-of-form batter playing big shots this early in his innings, but England can't afford to wait too long - even with 13 runs from the over their required run-rate is still at 7.23.

  16. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Ben Duckett playing sweep shots in ODIs:

    • 146 runs
    • 77 balls
    • 6 dismissals
    • 24.3 average
    • 189 strike-rate

  17. Eng 72-2

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    Keshav Maharaj gets through another over, with Ryan Rickelton whipping off the bails from his last delivery - Jacob Bethell is stood safely in his crease, that seemed mostly for effect after the ball beat the bat.

    The players will take drinks - it's a lovely evening at Lord's with blue skies and fluffy white clouds, any previous concerns about the weather long since dissipated.

    The sun has dropped to a level where almost all the ground is cast in shadow, with just a patch of sunny turf in front of the Mound Stand.

    Soon that will be gone and the floodlights - which are already on - will come in to play.

  18. Eng 68-2

    What's this? Two runs off a Corbin Bosch over?

    The England batters exchange singles off his last two balls, with Jacob Bethell awkwardly pulling square to get off the mark.

    Still, the South African seamer has figures of 0-4 from his first four overs (the run off his first was a leg bye, so doesn't count against his personal total).

  19. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This is interesting for Jacob Bethell to come in at four. Did Bethell and Harry Brook decide who would go in depending on which batter got out?

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

    Ben Duckett has not been playing as well as he would have liked. You can see that by the shot he got out to.

    He is normally such a good reverse sweeper and he very rarely misses it.