Postpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"There's lightning away to our left."
Summary
Match abandoned: SA 250-5 (33.3)
De Kock 138* off 96 balls
England's second highest ODI total
Buttler 105 off 76, Stokes 57, Hales 57
England lead 1-0 in five-match series
Postpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Postpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special"They've got to go off."
Rain stops playpublished at 18:23
SA 250-5
Image source, Getty ImagesIn fact, it's got heavy pretty quickly, heavy enough for the umpires to take us off. England are in the dressing room almost before the bails are removed. They are miles ahead on Duckworth-Lewis.
SA 250-5published at 33.3 overs
Farhaan Behardien is the new man, arriving as drizzle just starts to fall. Chris Jordan, perhaps because he has a hypnotic hold on Eoin Morgan, remains in the attack, serving up a half-volley for Behardien to get off the mark. Very quiet in Bloemfontein, perhaps the crowd think the game is up. Or maybe it's because of the rain...
Postpublished at 18:20 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special"Pace off the ball has done it here. Rilee Rossouw tried to force it a bit too hard. Brilliant for England - they needed that breakthrough."
WICKETpublished at 33 overs
Rossouw c Willey b Moeen 19 (SA 245-5)
Image source, ReutersEngland - and Moeen Ali - keep chipping away. At the end of a very tight Moeen over, Rilee Rossouw lofts down the ground, can only connect with the toe of the bat and gives long-off David Willey a very simple catch. Wickets in hand remain South Africa's biggest nemisis.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 18:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
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Image source, AFPLuke Prater: This is absurd. Broad is available but doesn't make the team over the likes of Jordan?! Broad best bowler in the world atm.
Jon Dunn: Time & time again Jordan shows he's not good enough to be an ODI bowler. How do the selectors not see this?
Postpublished at 18:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special"Chris Jordan's second spell has gone the same way as the first. England have got options - you'd think they would have made changes."
SA 243-4 (Jordan 5-0-51-0)published at 32 overs
Still Jordan, still going round the park, this time with Rossouw belting a wide half-volley through the covers for four. I wonder how much more we'll see of Jordan in this match - England have got options. I also wonder if we'll see more of him in this series. It would take a lot to convince me that Stuart Broad isn't a better man for this team on this evidence.
Where De Kock has scored his runspublished at 31 overs
Image source, Optadrinks break Drinks breakpublished at 31 overs
SA 236-4
The players are taking drinks in the Bloemfontein night. Quinton de Kock is being seen to by the physio, flat on his back and having his legs fondled. South Africa need 164 runs from 19 overs.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
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SA 236-4 (De Kock 135, Rossouw 12)published at 31 overs
There are a few worrying sights away from the middle. One is the armed policemen, the other two huge men at the back of the England seating area. Behind the coaches, they are two large, Onslow-like chaps in England gear. When did they hire scrummaging experts? Stokes, previously so good, is loose here. Too short, hooked for four by De Kock, who now has his highest ODI score. England need De Kock out.
Postpublished at 18:06 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty Images"England can't stem the flow. You just can't stop the runs coming. It's been like that all day."
SA 229-4published at 30.1 overs
Whall-oppp! Stokes to De Kock, biffed for a maximum over cow corner.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 18:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
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George Spooner: Chris Jordan is useless.
James Gulleford: Anyone know why Jordan gets in the England team? Ok he can bat a bit but he doesn't know where to bowl! Broad should be playing!
Wayne Ellis: I'd be disappointed to get out to Chris Jordan, and I haven't held a bat in years. Pedestrian, brainless bowling...
SA 223-4 (Jordan 4-0-44-0)published at 30 overs
From the miserly Ben Stokes to the generous Chris Jordan, who arrives with figures of 0-35 from three overs and thinks the best way of improving those figures is to dish up some leg-stump half-volleys. Twice he's taken to the fence by De Kock. Jordan's four overs have cost 11 runs apiece.
get involved Embarrassing moments in front of a cricketerpublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
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I once told Matt Prior he would never play for England...
Nick on the train to Ely
SA 214-4 (Stokes 4-0-18-0)published at 29 overs
Ben Stokes, 55 on his back, slips in, continuing some pretty miserly work. Sweat on his forehead, bandage on his right arm, a swatted Rossouw boundary from the final ball not doing a great deal to spoil Stokes' figures. His economy rate is 4.50. No one else in this match has gone at better than 6.00 an over.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2016
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Paul Hawkins: If this carries on Ben Stokes should be on the front cover of Time Magazine, never mind Wisden.