Dropped catchpublished at 18.3 overs

18.3 overs

SA 86-3

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Oh, what a moment that could be! Stuart Broad has had the wood on AB de Villiers in the Test matches and he almost has him first ball in the ODIs. De Villiers smashes him square - it goes hard to point, where a diving Jason Roy just can't quite cling on. He had it in his hands, would have been a pearler. And De Villiers responds by smashing Broad for four, then a huge six down the ground!

Now that is annoying. Duminy looks gone for all money, but he's saved by a fractional 'umpire's call' on impact. The ball was crashing into middle stump about two-thirds of the way up. That's one of those you feel very unlucky not to have given out on the field.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It's dangerous when the umpire has given it not out. You have to be sure."

Now then! Stokes hits Duminy, back pad, the verdict is not out but England want another look...

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Where's Joe Root? He fields at second slip. It went quickly. Hales, who isn't a regular slip fielder, never looked like catching it. Root musn't be on the pitch."

Dropped catchpublished at 17 overs

17 overs

SA 70-3

That should have been number four! Good length from Woakes, scrambled seam, Duminy flashes and it goes hard to the slip cordon, where Alex Hales shells it. To make matters worse, Chris Jordan, the human Venus fly trap, has waiting to take the grab behind him! How crucial might that be?

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The wicket of De Villiers, if you can get it, is so big, that it has more impact than a normal batsman. Get De Villiers and there's a buzz out there."

Alex Hales makes a great stop in the deep to prevent four for De Villiers. Duminy's off the mark with a single off his toes.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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"It's game on. There are possibilities for England. Woakes completely castled Du Plessis, who was playing the wrong line and the stumps were splattered. Morgan won't change the bowling at the moment."

Merlyn: Hold on Chris Woakes has done something...

Sue: Hm. Those people who were complaining about Woakes's selection have gone a bit quiet now, haven't they?

Pete Naylor: "Woakes doesn't take wickets" they say. Pfft. Du Plessis is still one of the best ODI players in the world. Big big wicket...

So, JP Duminy is the new man - "not a man you'd pick to bat for your life" is the verdict of my colleague Stephan Shemilt. England have got a real chance in this game, this is not the strongest middle and lower-order you'll ever see.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I think he played down the wrong line. It might have held it's line. It's a spectacular moment in the dusk. the bails flashing and flying in opposite directions. It's a big wicket."

AB de Villiers is the new man, and as long as he is at the crease, South Africa will be big favourites in this game. Now what does Eoin Morgan do? Does he go back to Stuart Broad?

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It didn't quite come on to the bat, which was a bit crooked. It was a slightly lazy shot."

That's better from Chris Woakes - six accurate deliveries, just one run from the over.

South Africa: 60-1 from 12 overs (target 263)

Batsmen: De Kock 24, Du Plessis 33

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Amla 0)

Bowling figures: Broad 4-0-22-1, Topley 4-1-18-0, Woakes 2-0-8-0, Stokes 2-0-11-0

England 262 from 47.5 overs: Root 109, Hales 50, Rabada 4-45, Tahir 3-46

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This is very much the soft underbelly of England's limited-overs sides that is being probed. The batting unit looks pretty solid (even if they had an off day today) - but do they have enough wicket-takers in that bowling line-up when they don't have scoreboard pressure to aid their cause? Ben Stokes, with just 34 wickets from his 38 ODIs, is a case in point. He huffs and puffs through another high-effort, low-impact over for the loss of three runs.

So, Chris Woakes to complete the 11th over. He offers a tempter outside off first up, but Faf du Plessis's judgment remains sound. Then Woakes drops a bit short and Faf shovels him through cow corner for four.