Summary

  • Beaumont (105) & Knight (80*) share century stand

  • SA 228 all out (49.5 overs, won toss)

  • Van Niekerk (95) makes highest ODI score; Wolvaardt 64

  • Brunt 3-52, Ecclestone 10-1-26-1

  • Third & final ODI, Canterbury (Eng win series 2-1)

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

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

    Positive start from England, maybe a hairy moment with that outside edge but the ball is coming on nicely. If they can get through the first few overs [of Ismail and Kapp], it's set up nicely.

  2. Eng 10-0

    Jones 8, Beaumont 1

    Marizanne Kapp, two shy of 100 ODI wickets, ties her hair in place and marks out her run-up at the Pavilion End - and her first ball is nicked past the keeper by Beaumont, that might have been a catch to an orthodox first or second slip... Jones makes South Africa pay with a cover-driven four, and remains strong on the leg side, helping herself to a double.

  3. Eng 2-0

    Target 229

    Despite the need for early wickets, there's no slip in as Jones gets England away, threading an easy two between the square leg and mid-on fielders. A better over for Ismail, who bowled the first over up the hill at Hove and had to come off immediately.

  4. Ready to go - Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont opening, with Shabnim Ismail bowling from the Nackington Road End - aka the Katherine Brunt End.

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

    You don't want England to limp over the line, you want them to state their case.

  6. Natalie Germanos
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    South Africa probably need to bowl England out to win - if they don't take early wickets it's going to be difficult.

  7. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    The floodlights are just coming on in Canterbury, though I'm not sure why - it's nearly the longest day of the year.

  8. BBC Test Match Special

    TMS are now looking back at Afghanistan's debut Test - when they lost to India inside two days.

  9. The innings ended with the last two of those three wickets off successive balls, as Khaka was run out without facing and Ismail was stumped.

  10. That provoked a flurry of wickets as Luus and Kapp fell for ducks, and Mignon du Preez was one of three wickets to fall in the last over.

  11. ...and this deserves an entry of its own, as Van Niekerk was superbly stumped by Sarah Taylor for 95.

  12. Continuing with our highlights, Wolvaardt and Chloe Tryon then fell...

  13. Plunkett on TMS

    BBC Test Match Special

    TMS, by the way, are hearing from Liam Plunkett about England's men's one-day series against Australia...

  14. Dane van Niekerk and Laura Wolvaardt both hit fifties - while arguably the catch of the day was made by a member of the crowd...

  15. Unfortunately, several dropped catches - including these three - threatened to make England pay...

  16. Right - time to run you through what you may have missed so far.

    England removed the dangerous Lizelle Lee early, and Sophie Ecclestone picked up the wicket of Andrie Steyn.

  17. Phil Long
    TMS statistician

    The last six wickets fell for 16 runs.

  19. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    As the women's game continues to grow, it's good that we've got a series like that. A few years ago, when South Africa and Pakistan came here, they were easy victories for England, but there have been shifts in the balance of power.