Helen Housby is toying with her defender now, as her footwork is as intricate as the most sophisticated-looking sushi.

Jo Harten gets in on the Asian food theme with a chopstick flick shot under the post.

Ali Gardner:What a blooming quarter!!!! H2 on fire #NetballWorldCup #ChangeTheGame

Jo Hawkins: Wow what a 1/4 !!! @Helenhousby1 and @Jarten are on fire

GK Phumza Maweni is plugging away and so close to a tip from a Serena Guthrie pass.

Maryka Holtzhausen's second shot on the trot rolls around the rim but doesn't drop through the net.

Frustrating for her.

I'm christening England's shooter's H2.

They've been more in-tune than a pair of identical twins today.

South Africa's heads have not dropped. They are still up for this one and the belief is there.

Sara Bayman
Former England captain on BBC Sport

Jo Harten and Helen Housby have worked so well. They come under a bit of criticism after the Jamaica game that they were too hard to find and were not giving enough options but that is not the case today. We have seen spin moves, Jo has been holding and then that last shot from the edge of the circle, they have done it all in that first quarter. They have been super impressive.

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That was truly scintillating stuff. Rapid. Can we have the same again please?

I thought the crowd had been loud up to this point, but I was wrong.

The noise in here is stadium concert volume levels.

England ramped up the pressure as the quarter rattled on.

They waited for the last move of the period to show what they can do. It started with a Geva Mentor intercept, made by Jade Clarke and Serena Guthrie in the middle and finished off by an audacious Jo Harten long shot right on the whistle.

Work to do for South Africa. Lots of it.

EEESH, Geva Mentor so close to a rebound there...but it's a nail-length away from her grasp.

Lenize Potgieter scores.

Under a minute to the first break

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Q1: South Africa 10-17 South Africa

Serena Guthrie and Shadine Van Der Merwe get themselves in a right old tangle and hit the deck.

The cruise ships are outside guys!

Guthrie gets up, wipes the court down, feeds her shooter and through the net the ball drops.

Pamela Cookey
Former England shooter at the M&S Bank Arena

It's great to see this partnership (Helen Housby and Jo Harten) - who have now been nicknamed H2 - playing so well together. They are playing well together and using the edge of the circle well. The rotation in the circle is brilliant, one of them is surely going to get the ball which they have done every time.

Under four minutes to play in this quarter.

Geva Mentor and Eboni Usuro-Brown are really suffocating South Africa's movement in that final third.

Lenize Potgieter misses and England storm the ball through court.

They slow the ball down around the D before the move is finished off with a wonderful Jo Harten long-range shot.

The England shooters are winning the battle in the circle right now, with South Africa's defenders marking too tight.

Jo Harten snatches the ball like a kid going for the last piece of cake at a party.

Erin Burger is on for Bongi Msomi at centre, who has taken a bit of a knock early-on here.

A shame for the Proteas to lose her, even temporarily.

Maryka Holtzhausen joins the party with an absolute beaut of a long-bomb shot.

She's welcome to show-off with those on this stage.

Karla Pretorius is not happy with a contact call as her nemesis Helen Housby grabs the ball.

She turns and scores.

Yikes, Chelsea Pitman called for footwork but she makes up for her error with a brilliant aerial intercept.

Gev Mentor puts her body between the shooter and post and then a mistake from Lenize Potgeiter hands England a backline pass and chance for an early break.

Helen Housby bags her second. The turnover is consolidated moments later.

Lovely jubbly.

Serena Guthrie and Jo Harten combine as England get off the mark in the first 10 seconds.

South Africa reply with Lenize Potgieter shaking off any pre-game nerves.

The Roses go again before Potgieter uses her full three seconds to score.

England captain Serena Guthrie with the first centre pass of the game.