Summary

  • England chasing 143 to win first T20 in East London

  • Wyatt-Hodge and Bouchier fall in powerplay to leave England 35-2

  • South Africa rally from 64-4 to post 142-5

  • Dean pick of England bowlers with 2-21

  • Bell conceded 18 from final over

  • England won toss and bowl

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live online-only commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. Eng 36-2

    Time for Nat Sciver-Brunt, then.

    She has one ball to face of Marx's over, and she knocks it to mid-wicket for a single, retaining the strike.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Bouchier b Marx 20 (Eng 35-2)

    The stumps tumble again!

    Both England openers are bowled in consecutive overs, as Eliz-Mari Marx wraps up Maia Bouchier.

    The England batter attempts a funky reverse pull and doesn't get her bat on the ball, seeing it go on to knock her off stump out of the ground, with the other two remaining forlornly in place.

  3. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa may have been happy at the toss when England chose to bowl first. They knew the pitch would get slower and lower as the day goes on and this is helping out the South Africa bowlers here

  4. Eng 29-1

    Sophia Dunkley is in at three for England, and she fends away the next two De Klerk deliveries before failing to get a bat on the seamer's final ball.

  5. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge has a little accusing look at the pitch before she exits.

    Excellent bowling from Nadine de Klerk - she takes the pace off completely and gets the ball to move laterally off the seam. You can see how much it means by her roar of delight.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt-Hodge b De Klerk 10 (Eng 29-1)

    Kept low!

    Nadine de Klerk has a wicket with her third delivery, her delivery fizzing through the defences of Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who possibly got a hint of an inside edge on the ball before it crashed into her stumps.

    De Klerk pumps the air in delight, that's a key wicket.

  7. Eng 28-0

    Hlubi is taken out of the attack after her expensive opening over, with 21-year-old medium pacer Eliz-Mari Marx taking her place.

    She drops her third ball short and Wyatt-Hodge pulls her away for four.

  8. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It has been an expensive start from South Africa and this will be a struggle throughout this series. They need to find people who can replace Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka. They can't use Nonkululeko Mlaba too early as they need her for the middle order.

  9. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Wyatt-Hodge always looks to give herself room to go through the offside.

    She has scored 59% of her career runs through the off side, no player in the women's game scores a higher percentage of their runs on this side (min.1,000 runs).

  10. Eng 21-0

    Spin from the second over as South Africa introduce Sune Luus.

    Bouchier eases her third delivery through the covers for four with a wonderfully timed short, before Wyatt-Hodge adds a boundary of her own with a cut to the point ropes.

  11. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It has been a dramatic start from England. They have felt quite stung since the World Cup campaign but that is the pressure which comes from the heightening of the women's game.

  12. Eng 11-0

    Hlubi's woes continue as she oversteps for consecutive deliveries, with captain Laura Wolvaardt going over to suggest she adjusts her mark.

    Wyatt-Hodge takes an extra run from the first of those balls, before Bouchier adds two more runs through the covers later in the over.

    A solid start for England.

  13. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This will be a testing total for England - Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Maia Bouchier will be feeling a little bit of pressure here. However, Wyatt-Hodge was England's stand-out player in the recent World Cup so she will be feeling confident.

  14. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This problem of drop-catches seems to have made the journey from the UAE to the coast of East Africa...

  15. Eng 6-0

    Not a great start from Hlubi as she over-steps with her second ball and concedes a free hit.

    Bouchier attempts a big leg side shot but spoons the ball in the air at mid-off, where a simple catch is put down.

    The England opener runs a single while the ball's in the air.

  16. Eng 4-0

    Four from the first ball!

    Short from Hlubi but the ball didn't get up much and Bouchier hacks it round the corner for a first boundary.

  17. Right, time to get on with it.

    England openers Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge are out in the middle, right-arm seamer Ayanda Hlubi has the ball in hand.

  18. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is problematic for England and is a very similar situation to the West Indies game in the World Cup. It's not been an outstanding game for them in the field and the seamers certainly struggled a little bit.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's not the best batting track out there and it's going to require a solid batting performance from England.

  20. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    A typically miserly spell from Ecclestone in South Africa's innings, finishing with 1-18 from her four overs. She found 2.7° of spin on average and drew a false shot one in every three balls.

    In helpful conditions, England will have to be wary of the threat of her opposite number, Nonkululeko Mlaba in the second innings