Summary

  • Highest successful run chase at a World T20

  • Eng 230-8 (19.4 overs)

  • Root 83 from 44 balls; Roy 43 from 16

  • SA 229-4 (20 overs) - Amla 58 (31 balls)

  • Duminy 54* (28); De Kock 52 (24)

  • Australia beat SA in women's tournament

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.2 overs

    Willey run out (Morris) 0 (Eng 229-8)

    Oh my lord. England have made a proper horlicks of this. Driven to mid-on, beats the first fielder, the batsmen are halfway down the track but suddenly they turn and go back! Morris throws in, De Villiers takes off the bails and England are quaking!

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.1 overs

    Jordan c Duminy b Abbott 5 (Eng 229-7)

    Bouncer, pulled by Jordan, high, high into the air, is this it, Duminy is under it - caught! Brilliant take falling backwards on the boundary. Surely not?

  3. Postpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "I don't think England can mess this up now... It's not going to be Dale Steyn to bowl the last over for South Africa, and in a sense that's a humiliation for him. Either way, it's an impossible task. The scores are now - amazingly - level."

  4. SCORES LEVELpublished at 19 overs

    Eng 229-6

    Bouncer, clubbed away by Jordan and England only need one more for one of the most brilliant, improbable, ludicrous victories of all time.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

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    David Lewis: My god, they are actually going to do this!

    Andy Foley: Has the world stood still watching!!??

  6. Eng 227-6published at 18.5 overs

    Jordan! CJ has come to the party, he bowled like a man who'd never seen a cricket ball before but he saw that one all right, full toss and he hammers it through extra cover for four!

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

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    Rachel T: Stunning, stunning cricket from England - got us all on our feet!  

  8. Eng 223-6published at 18.3 overs

    The batsmen crossed, so it's Moeen on strike. Full from Rabada, and Moeen's got it through! Brilliantly threaded through the gap on the leg side, England one hit away! 

  9. Postpublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Joe Root hit it well - you thought it might go for six, but that was a brilliant running catch on the boundary from Miller. Still England should have enough...

    "Root is getting a rousing reception from what is essentially a neutral crowd. For those committed to it, this has been agony. And it still is."

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 18.2 overs

    Root c Miller b Rabada 83 (Eng 219-6)

    Well, is that a late twist? Knee-high full toss from Rabada, Root mullers it but he can't quite clear the fence and David Miller pouched it superbly on the rope. Magnificent, extraordinary innings from Root. Jordan is coming out...

  11. Third umpirepublished at 18.1 overs

    Hang on. Hang on. This game isn't over. Root has pulled one into the hands of mid-wicket, but was it a no-ball? We're checking...

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:21 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

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    Chris Harden: South Africa. Choking?

  13. Eng 219-5 (need 11 off 12)published at 18 overs

    Unbelievable. South Africa are unravelling, England are doing this easily. Full ball, cannons off Moeen's pads and should be intercepted by Abbott, but he misses it on the rope!

  14. Eng 214-5published at 17.3 overs

    And another boundary! Dug in short by Morris, Root swishes and misses but De Kock can't grab it! 

  15. Postpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Well England are the strong favourites now. Joe Root has lost all yearning for elegance - it's runs that matter."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

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    Chris in Cambridge: Had an essay deadline so listening on the BBC website "as if live" about an hour behind. It's currently 65-1 off four and I'm full of the optimism that everyone else has probably lost by now.

  17. Eng 210-5published at 17.2 overs

    The first ball is wide and it's tickled down to the fine-leg boundary by Root. And then Root opens the face and slices it behind square for another four. Incredible!

  18. Postpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Sit back and hope for the best everyone. Joe Root is hot but he's not bothered. Who's got the ball? Chris Morris. His overs have been expensive so far."

  19. Eng 202-5published at 17 overs

    Morris to bowl the 18th, and that means Dale Steyn will not complete his four. Some plans being torn up on the South Africa balcony right now...

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

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    Bertie Ivory-Peters: How long until Joe Root becomes Sir Joe Root?