Summary

  • England win with four balls to spare

  • Bairstow 86* off 48 balls

  • Stokes 37 (27), debutant Linde 2-20

  • Bairstow & Stokes add 85 from 34-3

  • SA 179-6: Du Plessis 58 (40)

  • Van der Dussen 37, S Curran 3-28

  • 1st T20, Cape Town; three-match series

  • South Africa's first game since March

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Stephan Shemilt

  1. I'm going to hand you over to Stephan Shemilt to take you through England's chase.

    It should be a cracker.

  2. Tymal Mills
    England bowler

    Sam Curran has taken his form from the IPL into this first T20. He has upstaged his brother and more senior bowler Tom.

  3. England all-rounder Sam Curran, who took 3-28 off four overs, on Sky Sports: "It was good. I've been one of the lucky ones playing cricket, so I feel in really good rhythm and it came out well.

    "We back ourselves to chase that total. The pitch started a bit tacky. Then when a bit of dew came in, it started coming on a bit better."

  4. So, 180 to win. Can England do it?

    South Africa are above par on the ground, but seven of the 10 day-night matches here have been won by the team batting second.

    With the power in their line-up, England will be expecting to win this.

  5. Tymal Mills
    England bowler

    Both sides will be pleased. South Africa will be happy to have runs on the board, but England will back themselves to chase this down under lights with their formidable batting line-up.

  6. Bowling figures

    Sam Curran: 3-28 from four overs

    Jofra Archer: 1-28 from four overs

    Tom Curran: 1-55 from four overs

    Adil Rashid: 0-27 from four overs

    Chris Jordan: 1-40 from four overs

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    England have just chipped away at the wickets. It has been a tale of two Currans - Tom has had a stinker, whereas Sam has his best figures in T20 cricket.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Linde b T Curran 12 (SA 179-6)

    A good slower ball yorker deceives George Linde to end the innings.

    England will need 180 to win the first T20.

  9. SA 179-5

    Single. Good slower-ball bouncer.

  10. 6 runs

    SA 179-5

    Another full toss from Tom Curran and George Linde just flicks it for six - lovely shot.

  11. SA 173-5

    Now a wide down the legside. And Jos Buttler can't gather cleanly so South Africa pinch a single too.

  12. SA 171-5

    Slower ball and it's pulled for a couple by Pite van Biljon.

    These are now Tom Curran's worse T20 international figures.

  13. SA 169-5

    A single flicked to deep mid-wicket.

  14. SA 168-5

    A full toss and wide from Tom Curran and George Linde slaps it over cover for four more.

    Dreadful bowling.

  15. SA 164-5

    Tom Curran is going to bowl the final over and he starts with a wide.

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  17. SA 163-5

    George Linde gets off the mark in the T20 international cricket with a single down to mid-on.

    One over left. Can South Africa get up to 180?

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Van der Dussen c Malan b Archer 37 (SA 161-5)

    A full toss does the business.

    As is often the case in these shorter formats the worse ball of the over gets the wicket. It's just completely clothed by Rassie van der Dussen and it's simple catch for Dawid Malan at deep square.

    A useful knock from Van der Dussen, though.

  19. SA 161-4

    Eoin Morgan and Jofra Archer have a chat about where they want their fielders.

    Morgan jogs away starting to shout orders and Archer starts moving people too. The England skipper just looks at Archer bemused.

    The England quick has nailed three yorkers to start, though.

  20. Jofra Archer is on to bowl the penultimate over.