Summary

  • England win by two wickets despite losing four wickets for 20 runs

  • Denly (66) and Root (49) impress after Bairstow's fast start (43 off 23)

  • Miller's late hitting - 69 off 53 balls - helps South Africa post 256-7

  • Three wickets for Rashid in his 100th ODI

  • Rashid earlier denied wicket of Van der Dussen first ball because of technical issues

  • SA were given their review back because full technology wasn't available for previous delivery when Bavuma was lbw to Rashid

  • England won toss, final game of three-match series which SA lead 1-0

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Jack Skelton

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    Arjun Singh: Any room left in the “I love Denly” WhatsApp group? A lot of maturity and stability when he’s at the crease.

  2. Eng 195-4

    Denly 43, Banton 19

    That's drinks and it might be the end of Lutho Sipamla for a while.

    England need 62 runs from the final 19 overs. It should be straight-forward with good batsmen to come.

  3. Eng 195-4

    Shot! That has been nailed by Tom Banton. Majestic timing and the ball beats the fielder on the mid-wicket boundary edge. Banton is playing well.

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  4. Eng 189-4

    Target 257

    You can hear that choir over the top of the pounding noise of the rest of the ground. It's a lovely atmosphere.

    Shamsi keeps it tight.

  5. Tim Peach
    BBC Radio 5 Live in Johannesburg

    The Wanderers Choir, just beneath the media centre, have been going strong throughout the match

    Choir

  6. Eng 187-4

    England need 70 more runs to win

    Sipamla gets a pat on the back at the end of the over. Apart from that boundary ball it was another tight over.

    The speaker system at the Wanderers is very, very loud.

  7. Eng 187-4

    Kagiso Rabada - rested for this series - is watching on from up high in a blazer. Very smart. He'd been very dangerous on this pitch.

    Lutho Sipamla bowls his first bad ball for a while. Denly hadn't been able to get him away until this leg-stump half-volley is flicked to the fence.

  8. Tim Peach
    BBC Radio 5 Live in Johannesburg

    One game of cricket out the back of the stands had to pause when the ball was hit into the neighbouring golf course

    Golf
  9. 6 runs

    Eng 182-4

    Target 257

    Hello, Tom Banton! I don't think he even middled this but it has still gone well back into the stand over deep square-leg. A long-hop punished.

  10. Tim Peach
    BBC Radio 5 Live in Johannesburg

    Shakira's Waka Waka has got those in the wooden seats up and dancing

  11. Eng 173-4

    Target 257

    Lutho Sipamla is in the middle of an excellent spell here. He is being roared on by this crowd. That big wooden stand with its rows and rows of benches looks like the place to be.

  12. Eng 171-4

    Edged by Tom Banton...

    ... out of the reach of Reeza Hendricks at slip.

    Four runs to the 21-year-old. He won't have played in many atmospheres like this.

  13. Eng 167-4

    Target 257

    Joe Root gave his bat a good old thump after that dismissal. It was a bit of a gift. Root would have wanted to be there at the end but it's going to be down to the lower middle order to win this.

    Denly almost falls into the same trap but gets it far enough out of Bavuma's reach and collects four.

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  14. We know Tom Banton can bash it around but that isn't necessarily needed today. How will he go about it now?

    England need another 95 runs to win.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Root c Bavuma b Shamsi 49 (Eng 162-4)

    Well, well. South Africa back in this?

    Joe Root is shaking his head after a really soft dismissal. He has just nudged the ball around the corner to leg slip off spinner Shamsi. It was not a threatening all at all.

    Shamsi is off sprinting in celebration. That opens the door for the hosts a little.

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  16. Eng 162-3

    Root 49, Denly 30

    I never thought I'd see a better ODI than that one but last year's final topped it for me. That was still some game though. Ricky Ponting scored 164 from 105 balls and lost. Crazy.

    Joe Denly almost chips a catch to short extra cover off seamer Lutho Sipamla but it falls just short. It's a rare maiden.

  17. Tim Peach
    BBC Radio 5 Live in Johannesburg

    438

    There's a display about the incredible ODI between South Africa and Australia in 2006, when the home side chased down 438 to win, when the world record highest score had been posted in the first innings. They call it 'The Greatest ODI Ever'. Might have to change that after 14 July 2019...

    438

  18. Eng 160-3

    Need 95 more runs to win

    This is perfect batting from Joe Root. First he splits the field with a fine sweep that rattles away for four. Then he just rocks back and nudges two without a hint of unease. Root is controlling this.

  19. 6 runs

    Eng 154-3

    Target 257

    This was the chance South Africa were desperate for! Joe Denly doesn't quite nail a pull and Lungi Ngidi is in the game at deep square-leg. But he mis-judges it.

    Ngidi initially runs in before having to back-peddle. He gets a hand there above his head but only parries the ball for six.

    A drop and a maximum all at once.

  20. I didn't ask but that's good to know. Thanks, Totum. A Sri Lankan has got to have the best-scoring name, surely?