South Africa v England: third T20 international – live!

Live updates from Supersport Park, Centurion, 12.30pm (GMT) startEngland swat aside New Zealand in Women’s T20 World Cup warm-upFeel free to email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 1.47pm GMT 16th over: South Africa 174-3 (Klaasen 64, Miller 8) Back comes Jordan, even though it’s not quite the death yet. His wide yorker is more meat and drink to Klaasen, who squeezes a sort of late drive past a startled third man. Amazingly, Jordan manages to finish with a dot, but that’s still 10 off the over, with SA well on top.And here’s John Starbuck, picking up on the 13th over. “‘The Parson’ calls up memories of Rev. David Sheppard, but he might not have been much of a short-form player.” Ha. “If Klaasen turns out to be a monster hitter, how about ‘The Kraken’?” 1.40pm GMT 15th over: South Africa 164-3 (Klaasen 59, Miller 4) Stokes and Rashid are both done now, so Morgan turns back to Mark Wood. His first delivery is a slower ball, carved for four by Klaasen. His second may be a slower ball too, but it goes fast over midwicket for six. That’s fifty for Heinrich Klaasen, off only 25 balls: a superb one-man counter-attack. Wood, understandably rattled, dishes up three wides, a yorker that is lofted for four over mid-off and a near-wide that’s edged for four more. That’s a nine-ball over and it’s gone for 23. The partnership is 51, and Miller has four of them. South Africa’s decision to call up Klaasen may well be deciding the series. Continue reading…
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