David Wiese after drinks in the beautiful Cape Town sunshine. Alex Hales, as he has for some time, has a bit of blue tape at the front of his helmet. Scruffy. He's into the 90s with a single. Moeen plays a couple of handsome looking drives without piercing the field. England have taken only nine runs from the past three overs.

Who says West Indies cricket is in decline?

Simon Hughes
BBC Test Match Special

"This is a clever over from Rabada - lots of different deliveries which are all on the spot and bringing a response from the batsman."

South Africa think they are on to something with the chin music to England, with Rabada trying a one-two punch of bumper-yorker to Moeen Ali. Since making 128 against Scotland at the World Cup last year, Moeen's highest score in ODIs is 21 not out. You can mull that fact over drinks.

Close!published at 31 overs

31 overs

Eng 172-5

Ooohhh, almost strife for Alex Hales, who hooks a Kyle Abbott bouncer, with the ball falling just short of the sliding Chris Morris coming in from deep square leg. South Africa would do well to try Hales on the hook again. How much patient does the Notts man have? Not only to reach a century for himself, but also to lead England to a competitive total? 

Lizelle Lee (41 from 44 balls) is proving to be the immovable object for England - she's hanging in there and has just hit the first six of the game.

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England 169-5 from 30 overs (SA won toss)

Batsmen: Hales 87, Moeen 6

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Roy 8), 76-2 (Root 27), 85-3 (Morgan 2), 155-4 (Stokes 29), 156-5 (Buttler 0)

Bowling figures: Abbott 5-0-18-0, Rabada 6-0-28-2, Tahir 8-0-39-2, Morris 6-0-47-0, Wiese 5-0-32-1

Full scorecard

This one-day series has been a perfect example of Hales' Test weakness being a limited-overs strength. He scores so many runs behind square on the off side, this time guiding Rabada for a fourth boundary in that region. In the Test series, he so often came a cropper. Makes you wonder why South Africa don't pack that area.

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Ireland, warming up for the World Twenty20, have slumped to 20-4 after six overs of their first Twenty20 match against the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.

The O'Brien brothers (Kevin  and Niall) are seeking to rebuild the innings.

Match scorecard.

England were in similar strife in the fourth ODI, but were dug out by a Joe Root hundred. Plenty on the shoulders of Alex Hales now, who has been joined by Moeen Ali. This and the next partnership crucial for England. One or two more wickets and they will be deep in the soup. Moeen is away from his first ball, cutting Tahir for four.

Simon Hughes
BBC Test Match Special

"That was a bad shot. You could have driven a bus through the gate. His feet were stuck in treacle."

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Shaun Pollock
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It was full, straight up and straight down, and Jos Buttler should have just punched the ball back down the ground."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"That was out of the blue, just when England were gathering a touch of momentum. That was another dismissal where you think 'oh no'. Rabada tried to bowl an off-spinner but it stayed straight and bowled him round his legs."

Just a moment ago, Jos Buttler was chatting to Eoin Morgan in the England dressing room, now he's in the middle under the sunshine. Looking at that Stokes wicket again, he was actually bowled middle stump, so that tells you how far he walked across....

Simon Hughes
BBC Test Match Special

"It wasn't an outrageously bad shot, but it was a straight ball that he missed."

JT: Can't help but feel for Taylor, in the form of his life in ODIs and the only man out of form is the captain.

Ashley Paul: There are definite question marks over Morgan. Perhaps now is the time for Captain Root? Look at Steve Smith for Australia.