England
Match Complete
South Africa
| 8/179 |
| 2/30 (3.0) | *Pretorius | O: 20.0 | ||
| 3/48 (4.0) | Rabada | RR:7.67 |
 | 19.3 8/176 |  | Jordan () | |
| 19.2 7/176 | | Morgan () | |
| 19.1 6/176 | | Woakes () | |
| 18.1 5/165 | | Livingstone () | |
| 16.2 4/145 | | Malan () | |
| 12.2 3/110 | | Ali () | |
| 6.2 2/59 | | Bairstow () | |
| 5.3 1/58 | | Buttler () |
| First Innings: South Africa | 2/189 | RR: 8.10 | O: 20.0 |
Show Full Scoreboard
Hide Full Scoreboard
| First Innings: South Africa | 2/189 | RR: 8.10 | O: 20.0 |
|---|
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 189 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.M. Ali | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| C.R. Woakes | 4.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10.75 |
| A.U. Rashid | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
| C.J. Jordan | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 |
| M.A. Wood | 4.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 |
| First Innings: England | 8/179 | RR: 7.67 | O: 20.0 |
|---|
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 3, nb 2) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 179 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.A. Maharaj | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.67 |
| A. Nortje | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 |
| K.S. Rabada | 4.0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 12.00 |
| T. Shamsi | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 |
| A.K. Markram | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| D. Pretorius | 3.0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 10.00 |
It’s do or die for South Africa in their final match of the T20 World Cup group stage: beat England by enough, and they can leapfrog Australia into a semi-final spot. Join The Roar for live scores from 1am (AEDT).
The fate of this match, and the Proteas’ chances, will depend on the preceding match, in which Australia host the West Indies. Should the Aussies win, the Proteas will not just have to become the first team this tournament to take down England, but do it by enough for their net run rate to shoot past Aaron Finch’s team. Should they lose, and all they’ll have to do is win to make it through.
Doing either will be no easy task, however; perhaps only Pakistan has dominated this tournament to a greater degree than England to date. With Jos Buttler in imperious form, the ODI World Cup champions have had four comfortable wins out of four to sit pretty atop Group A. Their dismantling of Australia last week was perhaps the best single performance at this tournament to date, Buttler’s 32-ball 71 just as impressive as his century against Sri Lanka a few days later.
Australia will be hoping to have already taken care of their own destiny, but an England win would, short of a thumping loss to the Windies, just about secure the Aussies second spot in the group. Can they swallow their pride and bring themselves to barrack for the Poms?
Game information
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
First ball: 1am (AEDT)
TV: Fox Cricket
Streaming: Kayo Sports
Betting: England $1.45, South Africa $2.76 – odds via PlayUp
Squads
England
Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Yep. Livingstone was pretty good opening for The Scorchers.
Mitchell
Roar Rookie
Yea or Livingston England have a very adaptable batting lineup
Gonzo99
Roar Rookie
no, James Vince is the travelling sub. I guess they could put Bairstow in at opener.
Mitchell
Roar Rookie
Wow Roy injured England still have good openers tho is Hales still in the squad? His a good opener but didn't England ban him from the team?
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Nasty. I like it. :thumbup:
JGK
Roar Guru
Yep
Jeff
Roar Rookie
because they still miss out, just?
JGK
Roar Guru
A Saf win by 40 odd runs would be good.
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Sing it Eoin!
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Geez it grates having to support England :shocked: