Summary

  • England chase 147 to win series

  • Tourists win with one ball to spare

  • Malan 55 (40), Morgan 26* (17)

  • Left-arm spinner Shamsi 3-19

  • SA 146-6: De Kock 30, Linde 29

  • Rashid 2-23, Archer 1-18

  • England 2-0 up in three-game series

  • Second T20, Paarl

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt

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    Ben, Manchester

  2. Eng 51-2

    Target 147

    Jonny Bairstow is the new man. He batted like Sachin's son in the first game. Cracking start by Shamsi, one wicket and four runs from his first over.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Buttler b Shamsi 22 (Eng 51-2)

    And they've got one!

    This is lovely from Tabraiz Shamsi, who totally does for Jos Buttler. Buttler is down the track, beaten with flight and dip. He takes a wild hack and hears the death rattle. Pretty needless, actually.

    Tabraiz ShamsiGett

  4. Eng 51-1

    Target 147

    Email still very much allowed. tms@bbc.co.uk

    Tabraiz Shamsi is on to bowl his left-arm wrist spin. South Africa need a wicket.

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  6. Eng 48-1

    Target 147

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  8. Eng 45-1

    Target 147

    England have stepped on the gas. Malan reverse sweeps the returning spin of Linde for a fourth boundary in as many balls.

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  10. Eng 41-1

    Target 147

    This almost feels like 'proper' cricket. Buttler angles Ngidi to third man, past the man in the ring, then plays the most classical back-foot drive. Back-to-back boundaries. The third is more streaky, but a slash through the vacant slips is perfectly cromulent in this form of the game.

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    Moose And Me: Jason Roy finally put out of his misery. Real curate's egg of an innings but you can tell he’s struggling. Probably lack of cricket but don’t know how you solve that really other than persisting with him.

  12. Eng 29-1

    Target 147

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  14. Eng 28-1

    Target 147

    Paarl is beautiful, surrounded by mountains which rise up into the cloudless sky. It's empty, still. Nortje is bowling absolute gas, pinning Malan on the shoulder at more than 90mph. Serious over, that. Only three singles from it.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Roy looked rather frenetic throughout that innings. He plays best when he stays still.

  16. Eng 25-1

    Target 147

    Dawid Malan, on the ground where he made his first-class debut, is the new man.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Roy c Klaasen b Ngidi 14 (Eng 25-1)

    It's just not happening for Jason Roy.

    Down the track to Lungi Ngidi, possibly deceived by pace off the ball. His slap goes straight into the air and is pouched by Heinrich Klaasen at cover.

    Lungi Ndidi and Kagiso RabadaGetty Images

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  19. Eng 24-0

    Target 147

    Lungi Ngidi is on, immediately slapped through the covers by Roy.

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