Series tied at 2-2 with one to play
Chris Morris' 62 turns match for SA
Rashid dropped Morris on 14
Root 109 and Hales 50 for England
England women lose 2nd ODI to SA
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, AP"It would have been a wide but the emotion is going, you want to win, you think you have to score off every ball, and then you get out chasing a wide one. Now we have a real tail-ender in and it's a different ball game.
Wiese c Morgan b Stokes 20 (SA 207-7)
Image source, Rex FeaturesIs that the game changer? David Wiese has somehow toe-ended the widest of deliveries from Ben Stokes straight to Eoin Morgan at cover. There was no need to play at that, it would surely have been called wide. South Africa were doing it in singles, but the pressure of the situation has told. The Proteas are seven down and England might just have their noses in front.
South Africa: 204-6 from 40 overs (target 263)
Batsmen: Wiese 20, Morris 9
Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Amla 0), 63-2 (De Kock 27), 63-3 (Du Plessis 34), 121-4 (De Villiers 36), 143-5 (Duminy 31), 191-6 (Behardien 38)
Bowling figures: Broad 6-0-40-1, Topley 6-1-25-1, Woakes 7-1-28-1, Stokes 7-0-31-1, Moeen 9-0-39-0, Rashid 5-0-34-1
England 262 from 47.5 overs: Root 109, Hales 50, Rabada 4-45, Tahir 3-46
Topley continues, his bowling partnership with Stokes perhaps the most tattooed in England's history. The length not quite there, Morris pulling over the leg side for a couple. Even a yorker is dug out for a single. Who are you backing? If I gave 50 to spend at the bookies, which team would be written on your slip?
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Tim Fry: The next 3 overs are huge - 1 wicket & England take the series, 20/0 & South Africa are big favourites to take this to a decider
CiaranTragheim: re: over 37. That's not fair on Broad at all. Can't blame him down at no. 10, he could have got a few but the 5-21 is the issue
Every run is like a little diamond to South Africa, while each notch on the score is a tiny dagger to England. Death by a thousand cuts. Tense stuff, like watching a Hitchcock film. Stokes the bowler, a two and a trio of singles. Runs not the issue, wickets the deal-breaker. If South Africa bat through, they win.
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Simon Goodall: All I've got to say is... What a blooming catch............
Sean Annely: What a catch Topley! In for a tense finish
Sam James: Maybe Topley should keep instead of Buttler?
The ball might have just stuck in the pitch, with Behardien a touch early on it. Topley, not someone who you'd describe as athletic, did brilliantly to get low and hang on. Chris Morris the new man, Topley screaming an lbw appeal against Wiese. He's hit it, but that doesn't stop the whole England team pleading for the decision.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That showed tremendous character to catch that, especially for such a big man. Well done!"
Behardien c&b Topley 38 (SA 191-6)
Image source, Getty ImagesWhat a brilliant catch! This game twists and turns like a twisty-turny thing, with Reece Topley producing a bit of magic to remove Farhaan Behardien. The ball prodded back, Topley sticking his left paw low to the ground to cling on one-handed. Pace has done the trick for England. Whodda thunk it?
If this game gets close, and South Africa win it, I wonder if we'll reflect on the shot Stuart Broad played at the end of the England innings. At that time, they had the momentum, Rashid was on the charge. Broad went, then England were bowled out with more than two overs to spare. The returning Stokes errs too straight, with Wiese kicking four leg byes off his thigh pad. South Africa are actually doing this pretty easily at the moment.
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Christopher Dearing: Eoin you have to change something they're milking the spinners too easily the game is slipping away.
Rachel T: Could do with Big Ben striking a few times here.
Finally, some pace. Ben Stokes...
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"This is where pressure comes into play. You have to be able to handle it."
Still it's spin, still it's Moeen, still the singles are on offer. England have enough overs in the bank to bowl at least one of their pacers, so why have they not called one back yet? The longer they leave it, the less wriggle room they will have. Sorry to bang on about it, but the situation seems to be crying out for one of the big beasts.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's a big call to leave both spinners on. You don't need them to bowl their full quota. Broad has bowled really well and Woakes has bowled nicely. You have to get your best seamers on now. They are allowing South Africa to get momentum and then it's harder to stop them."
Image source, Getty ImagesI'm really not sure about this from England. They stick with Rashid, but he has looked poor since the wicket of Duminy, with this pair looking comfortable. A short ball is cut for four. They say the best captains are two overs ahead of the game, but Morgan looks behind. It's almost as if it was pre-determined that dual spin would occupy these overs.
Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"If England sit back and think they've got them now, then they'll be in trouble. Somehow they have got to conjure another wicket because the runs just come so quickly here."
Image source, Rex FeaturesI'm pretty certain that the DJ has just played Nellie the Elephant, the awful 80s version that once featured in an episode of Phoenix Nights. England stick with spin, South Africa happy to milk like a maid on a stool. 91 to win from 96 balls with five wickets in hand is very doable.