Summary

  • England win with 4.3 overs to spare

  • England seal 2-1 series victory

  • Taylor 60 off 40 balls; Ismail 3-27

  • SA 131-4: Lee 69* (61)

  • SA v England men play at 12:30 GMT

Live Reporting

Jamie Lillywhite and James Gheerbrant

  1. Eng 42-2 (Taylor 19, Knight 6)

    Daniels back into the attack. Taylor with a wristy, Pietersen-esque flick drive to the mid-on boundary.

  2. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "We talked about sixes becoming important and if England can start to clear the ropes it gets them back in that mix."

  3. Eng 37-2 (target 132)

    South Africa look pumped - Tryon gave it the big double fist-pump after that wicket. This would be a big series win for them. But Heather Knight has no intention of letting that happen - she steps out of her crease and whacks Tryon over midwicket for six.

  4. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "You can't keep Lee out of the action. Bit of a loose shot from Edwards, she knows she is strong on the leg-side but she kind of just worked it in the air."

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Edwards c Lee b Tryon 2 (Eng 30-2)

    That's loose from the England skipper - clipping new bowler Tryon aerially into the leg side and picking out Lizelle Lee on the fence. Big breakthrough for South Africa.

  6. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "What a player Sarah Taylor is, she lets the ball come right under her eyes. It's just so easy for her."

  7. Eng 30-1 (Edwards 2, Taylor 13)

    An immediate bowling change - Ayabonga Khaka is brought into the attack. I wouldn't imagine that will have pleased the fiery Ismail. Taylor steps down the wicket to a wide delivery and flashes a drive to the cover boundary. Taylor is looking in imperious form here - another slightly wide delivery gets the same treatment, just in a slightly squarer area.

  8. Meanwhile, in Christchurch...

    Centuries from Joe Burns and Steve Smith helped Australia dominate New Zealand on day two of the second Test in Christchurch.

    Resuming on 57-1 after Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century off 54 balls on the opening day, Australia reached 363-4, trailing by seven runs.

    Opener Burns made 170 - his third Test century - and captain Smith 138, his 10th hundred in his past 32 innings.

    They shared a third-wicket stand of 289 but both fell late on to Neil Wagner.

    Read the report

    Steve Smith and Joe BurnsGetty Images

  9. Eng 21-1 (target 132)

    The in-form Sarah Taylor is the new batter, and it's Moseline Daniels to open the bowling from the other end. Taylor picks up her third delivery and plays a lofted flick over the infield that races to the mid-wicket boundary.

  10. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "Ismail got Amy Jones coming forward and she absolutely loved it - she had a lot to say to her."

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones c Chetty b Ismail (Eng 14-1)

    But South Africa strike back! The ball after being driven for a third boundary of the over, Ismail has her revenge, drawing Jones forward and inducing a thin edge through to the keeper. Ismail gives Jones one heck of a send-off too - that may even catch the eye of the match referee.

  12. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "That's what Amy Jones has been sent in to do and Charlotte Edwards is telling her to keep it going."

  13. Eng 8-0

    Shabnim Ismail takes the ball for South Africa. Whoa there - Jones cracks a pull that brushes the fingertips of a leaping Marizanne Kapp at mid-wicket on its way to the fence, then follows it up with a flowing cover drive for a second consecutive boundary. Good start for England.

  14. Thanks Jamie. So, this one very much evenly poised as we enter the second innings. Can Amy Jones and Charlotte Edwards get England off to a good start?

  15. OK, the England openers are waiting with intent on the boundary edge and to see how they fare here is James Gheerbrant.

  16. End-of-innings scorecard

    South Africa 131-4 (20 overs)

    Lee 69* (61), Du Preez 39 (39)

    Bowling figures: Farrant 4-0-21-1, Shrubsole 4-0-28-2, Sciver 4-0-25-0, Hazell 3-0-13-0, Gunn 3-0-26-0, Knight 2-0-18-0

    Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Chetty 0), 6-2 (Van Niekerk 5), 6-3 (Kapp 0), 95-4 (Du Prez 39)

    Full scorecard

  17. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "On this wicket, with the ball not swinging early doors, I think the game is in the balance, with England maybe still slight favourites. South Africa would have wanted 150, but they'll be happy with what they made of what they got, and it's not going to be easy for England. They'll have in their minds that they could have had South Africa 60 all out."

  18. 'Today was my day'

    South Africa's Lizelle Lee, who made 69 off 61 balls, on Sky Sports: "I just felt today is my day. With the dropped catch, I thought I had to capitalise on that. The wicket's not easy so I think we'll be able to defend that."

  19. Well 131 would not have won either of the first two matches, England making 147 and 156, with Sarah Taylor making 140 runs on her own from those two games. 

  20. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "The momentum has swung South Africa's way. The way England started, they had the rub of conditions, but the way South Africa have fought back has got to give them a bit of a buzz."