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

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Stephan Shemilt

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    England should get these, shouldn't they?

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    I'll leave you with a text that made me laugh when we first got it, and still makes me laugh now...

  5. SA 146-6

    A scrambled single - always run off the last ball of the over! - ends South Africa's innings.

    England will need 147 to win and wrap up the series with a game to spare.

  6. SA 145-6

    Four!

    A pleasing thump over the top from Kagiso Rabada, and not even Chris Jordan can stop that one racing into the boundary ropes. Shot!

  7. SA 141-6

    Well bowled! A wide yorker that Kagiso Rabada can't get under.

    A terrific final over, this.

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  10. SA 141-6

    Single...

  11. SA 140-6

    A filthy full toss that, somehow, Rassie van der Dussen doesn't get underneath. Dot.

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    It doesn't look enough for but the pitch isn't quite as flat as usual. There is some slow turn. When Linde hit that six, the ball was thrown back by a chap with a dog stick because he can't touch it. He did it with commendable accuracy.

  13. SA 140-6

    Hoicked into the air by Kagiso Rabada and it drops just short of Jofra Archer, who then spends a bit of time pointing out to Tom Curran why he wasn't going to be able to catch that. I love Jofra.

  14. Kagiso Rabada has come out for the final over.

    It'll be Tom Curran to bowl it...

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    Linde run out (Jordan) 27 (SA 139-6)

    Good recovery from Ben Stokes - he missed the ball at mid-off, then tripped trying to get it, but as Linde turned for a third run, he was able to wham in the ball to Chris Jordan, who whipped the bails off with ease.

  17. This'll be out...

  18. Umpire review

    Ben Stokes misfields the same delivery twice but he's managed to effect a run out here...

  19. SA 131-5

    An eight-over gap between boundaries in a T20 game is... not great.

    Still, George Linde is making up for it now, taking a low full toss from Chris Jordan and placing it through the field for four.

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