How England took a 2-0 ODI series lead

"What a day for Buttler. He was sold for £385,000 this morning and we wondered if it would affect him. He seized on mistakes by South Africa."

A couple of uppercuts from Moeen Ali (two fours if you want a cricket term) and England finish off South Africa.

That's how you finish an opponent: 6, 6, 6, dot, 4, 4.

"Three sixes in a row - if only the IPL auction was tomorrow, he'd have gone for even more money! Not many people have cleared the boundary today."

Mark Adamoulas: Behave Jos!

Three sixes in a row from Jos Buttler. Three sixes.

Will you turn off the lights when you're done, Jos?

"It was probably easier than the catches we've seen Stokes and Jordan take in the last two games."

"It wasn't the easiest of catches, but if you want to win the game, you've got to hold on to those."

South Africa's moment... Moeen Ali smashes Imran Tahir to Farhaan Behardien on the long-off boundary but the all-rounder grasses it. Got to be snaffling those.

"Will it be close? I don't think Reece Topley wants it to be a one-wicket win!"

Kagiso Rabada is proving that a good bowler is a good bowler - no matter the format, pitch or situation of a match. England struggle to get him away in the manner they have the other bowlers. Just three from the over. Talent.

"I've been here in the past when it was 14 rand to the pound, which was pretty good. It's nearly 24 now. It's totally different from Australia, which is twice as far away and twice as expensive."

The luck's with England - Jos Buttler edging behind but the ball runs away to the boundary, just out of reach of the wicketkeeper. The batsman then carts four through square leg - fetching the ball from off stump. And again! Through point. Three fours in a row.

Moeen Ali is trying to be assertive, punching a forceful single down the ground and returning the strike to Jos Buttler. The keeper shows good placement to dab a short ball into the leg side and pick up two.

"If you're a selector and you see someone get 23 not out from here, you'll think 'I like the cut of his jib'. The fact England lost three wickets in a short space of time has changed the momentum."

England are just a few Moeen Ali cover drives from victory here. South Africa will be thinking they're just one more wicket from really exposing the England tail. Three dots. Tense.

Where's Neil Fairbrother when you need him?

Rabada returns for his eighth over - SA no longer need to use their part-timers. "A good game for the neutral," notes Vic Marks on TMS, but are there any neutrals in the stands in PE? Moeen Ali helps himself to a short delivery on leg stump, guiding it backward of square leg for four, while the cover sweeper cuts off what looks for a minute like another boundary. England need 48 from 45.

"England just need some risk-free cricket: push the singles, run hard, and hit the odd boundary. It's not quite so easy on this pitch, it's not like playing T20 with a short boundary on a belter."

Kieron Bird: This is getting nervy.

This is not the first time Alex Hales has fallen for 99 - he did so in a Twenty20 international against West Indies in 2012. Agonising.

At least he's swelled his ODI batting average from 27 to 29. Small mercies.

"He played well, Hales, but it's all open now. I can't tell if it brushed his glove on the way through, or when he moved round to pull. But the umpire got one right eventually."

"In the context of the fifth bowler, that was an amazing over for South Africa, it only went for four."

Farhaan Behardien has 14 ODI wickets to his name, with his best of 3-19 coming against Sri Lanka in Pallekele. England nudge and nurdle the singles to leave us still waiting to fist-pump the air for Alex Hales' ton.

"South Africa were 198-3 at this stage, and scored 64 from their last 10 overs - England need 65."

South Africa turn to Farhaan Behardien. This could get messy.

Ryan Knight: Come on Hales, see us through.

Alex Hales moves to 97 not out. Don't throw it away now.

"This over from Duminy is the ninth from the fifth bowler's spell. So they've still got to find one more from him or Behardien, two from Tahir, two from Morkel and three each from Abbott and Rabada."

That is a very, very good shot. Alex Hales steps back in his crease to JP Duminy and caresses the slow spinner through the off side for four - splitting the field with surgical precision.

"It's not Hales' game, having to graft like this."

Stuart Mitchell: This is the sort of pace that Hales should be playing in Test matches. Hopefully someone tells him that, and he's given a chance.

"This is the best innings Alex Hales has played on this tour, he didn't do well in the Test matches but the one-dayers are more his fashion."

England chip another four from their target. Will Jos Buttler reach for the pyrotechnics today?

David Benn (see previous over): That was a wheel. A whole complete wheel, falling off.

Andy Donley: There's been some outrageously awful lbw decisions in this game. Sort it out Cloete!

I'd love to find a neutral venue and put the Headingley Western Terrace lot in with the Port Elizabeth spectators. It's really has been a splendid, toe-tapping atmosphere today. One of the best.

Is Port Elizabeth the equivalent to the northern (I lump Edgbaston in with this) Test grounds in England? More about party than Pimm's?

Jos Buttler charges down the track to the second ball he faces, misses and Morne Morkel appeals loudly. Not out, and the ball runs for four leg-byes. Result.

"Full of entertainment, those six deliveries Ben Stokes faced. But a big blow, Morne Morkel strikes again. Jos Buttler comes to the crease but he can't play with the same freedom he did in Bloemfontein."

David Benn: The wheel has not exactly come off, but it's having a wobble.

VillanUK: Maybe Stokes will kick off this innings. I think it's going to be short but sweet!

This was sent before the Stokes reverse sweep...

"Umpire Johan Cloete has had his confidence shaken here. He made a howler in the first innings, two more mistakes in this one, and his confidence is rattled."

Imran Tahir runs his fingers through his hair in frustration as ball tracking shows the ball to be pitching outside leg stump. Carry on, Ben.

Ben Stokes fails to connect with a sweep shot and is hit in front. The umpire raises his finger, but Ben Stokes reviews it...

"I'd love to see the Christmas Test come here to Port Elizabeth. There are lots of families here who would love to come to cricket, and I think they could sell it really well."

Ben Stokes joins Alex Hales at the crease. This England batting line-up has plenty left to give. They've got Adil Rashid, who has 10 first-class centuries to his name, at number 10.

"Geoffrey, I agree with you on Behardien. He's even only a part-time bowler for his province, the sort of standard of bowling you'd expect in the nets."

Geoffrey Boycott adds: "He wouldn't even give me a good net!"

"I feel for the England captain, in some ways he'll think 'I did what I wanted to do reasonably' as he got after the spinner and the occasional bowler Behardien with his military medium rubbish. I don't know how he gets to bowl for South Africa. Keep on bowling him, you're not going to win too many one-dayers."

"The wind would not have made that catch easy, but De Villiers executed it perfectly."

"England just need to maintain this scoring rate without taking too many risks."

Daniel Monks: Is there any other way to play a yorker other than to "dig it out"?

That's the 50 partnership, off 48 balls, and England coach Trevor Bayliss applauds from the comfort of his plastic seat on the balcony.

Trevor strikes me as a bloke who'd like to sit on his porch, chewing tobacco in his rocking chair while watching the grandkids play. He's very undemonstrative.

As is this England run-chase. This game been shoplifted: it's in the bag.

"Behardien's bowling is a bit like Paul Collingwood's - only not as good."

Geoffrey Boycott adds: "You can't let him and Duminy get through their 10 overs for a reasonable amount of runs."

Filthier than a dog which has just rolled in mud.

Farhaan Behardien bowls a half-tracker and Eoin Morgan guides him through the covers for four. Next time he serves up trash, the ball is smeared over the mid-wicket boundary towards the bins at the back of the stand. Rubbish!

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"South Africa have taken the leg-spinner off as soon as Morgan hit that six off him."

Eoin Morgan's bat is perpendicular when he's stood waiting for the bowler to deliver. So when he decides to charge poor Kagiso Rabada, he looks like a club-wielding warrior. The young bowler keeps his nerve and the Morgan shuffle brings just a leg-bye. Five from the over.

Steady as she goes.

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"If you're going on the Duckworth-Lewis par score, which is a guide [even if it won't rain], at this point England should have 126 - and they have 145."

"If the square-leg umpire was doing his job, he'd see Hales' back foot hadn't moved, up or down or sideways."

South Africa's use of military medium pace in the form of Farhan Behardien is more nineties than an Oasis cassette and Tamagotchis. The only time he looks like he might take a wicket is when he chucks a wide down the leg side, the batsman wobbles ever so slightly and the keeper whips off the bails. The umpire goes upstairs, but Hales is fine. Carry on.

England 140-2 (30 overs)

Not out batsmen: Hales 74 (91 balls), Morgan 12 (12)

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (Roy 14), 117-2 (Root 38)

Bowling figures: Abbott 7-1-35-2, Rababda 6-0-24-0, Morkel 6-0-20-0, Tahir 5-0-31-0, Behardien 3-0-13-0, Duminy 3-0-17-0.

South Africa 262-7 (50 overs) - De Villiers 73, Duminy 47, Du Plessis 46, Topley 4-50

South Africa won toss

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AB de Villiers, wearing a green, floppy sunhat, tries to cajole his wilting troops in the late afternoon sunshine. There's not much he can say when Alex Hales goes for an expansive drive against Kagiso Rabada and the ball flies off the toe of the bat and for four. Smile and nod.

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"I think Eoin Morgan has brought himself in, not just for the right-hand/left-hand combination, but because he fancies taking on the leg-spinner."

So, England need another 130 runs to win from 126 balls. Easy, right?

"There's a massive difference playing in the coastal areas of South Africa, which isn't often appreciated."

Eoin Morgan plays a golf-like shot to smash Imran Tahir back down the ground for six. Disdainfully beautiful.

Andrew Mills: Proper cricket going on here, a series with a mixture of ridiculous high scores and also tight bowler-led games = perfection.

Alex Hales has been strong behind the wicket today - scoring 27 of his runs between point and third man. That includes a delicate chop for four beyond the sprawling third man who is up in the circle. Intelligent batting.

Stuart Mitchell: For this approach to work, Hales has to bat through or at least see it through to a point where England are unlikely to lose.

Thanks Mitch. Boiling up nicely this, isn't it?

Selfless from Eoin Morgan, by the way. He's taken responsibility for the difficult situation here - whereas in the last game, he recognised how destructive Jos Buttler could be on the flat track in Bloemfontein.

There's a match-sealing century on offer for Alex Hales too. Just a single from Imran Tahir's latest set of six.

Garan Jones: England doing the right thing keeping wickets intact - they have destructive batsmen down the order who can change everything.

England opt against promoting Jos Buttler as they did in Bloemfontein - it's a little early, so they stick with captain Eoin Morgan, their regular number four, who defends his first ball.

And we're just past the halfway point - having kept wickets in hand and set a platform for England's run chase, it's time for me to hand over to today's "finisher", Marc Higginson.

"It skidded on to him, he was trying to run it down to third man, he got a fair bit of bat on it but only deflected it on to his stumps. Root played an old style one-day innings, doing it in a discreet manner. Boundaries are hard to come by. The game is in the balance."

Duminy, bearded and bowling in sunglasses, continues to operate round the wicket. England milk him for five singles - reaching "Nelson" (111) - but umpire Cloete isn't impressed by an lbw appeal against Root. SA have already wasted their review - and the ball-tracker shows it might have clipped the top of the stumps.

Meanwhile, Simon Mann on TMS has given away one of today's football scores - rest assured we won't (in case you want to save yourselves for Match of the Day), but should you wish to follow the afternoon's football, you can do so here - or take in the start of the Six Nations here.

"The feature so far in this England performance has been the discipline, with both the bowling and so far the batting. A way to go yet but they are well placed."

Morkel takes a rest as South Africa turn to opening bowler Kyle Abbott, who impressed early on and has taken the only wicket of the innings so far. We've not had many boundaries lately, but Hales eases the pressure - if there was any - by hoisting a four over wide mid-on. 157 needed from 156 balls.

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"I'd much rather be in England's position at the moment."

A ripple of applause around St George's Park as England reach 100. This stand is worth 80 - from 20 overs.

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Duminy goes round the wicket to the right-handed Hales, who forces a single past mid-wicket to bring up his fifty from 68 balls. Slow by his one-day standards, but are England pacing this innings too slow? Or just right?

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"By modern English standards they are batting with quite a lot of discretion. They are on course but they could still slip up."

Poor old Morkel is still bowling into the wind, can he force the breakthrough South Africa need? Root and Hales keep chipping away with singles, but the lost art of bowling straight has been making a comeback in this game and rewarding the seamers who have been able to avoid bowling anything loose. Even Chris Woakes has to stifle a yawn on the England balcony as four sedate singles are added. Fireworks these ain't.

"I would be tempted to give Rabada even just one over. He might just create something, rather than letting the game drag and these two batsmen settling in."

Off-spinner JP Duminy is South Africa's sixth bowler, replacing fellow part-timer Behardien - and that's a bit better from England as a tight over looks on the cards until Hales guides the sixth delivery with the spin and past short fine leg for four.

Mike Little: Re Jack Allum at 16 overs... SA's top five scored 192 in 41 overs at a rate of almost exactly 4.7. England are going at 4.33 per over - why the excitement?

England 84-1 (20 overs)

Not out: Hales 41 (59 balls), Root 28 (48)

Fall of wicket: 20-1 (Roy 14)

Bowling figures: Abbott 4-1-17-1, Rababda 5-0-17-0, Morkel 5-0-16-0, Tahir 3-0-21-0, Behardien 3-0-13-0.

South Africa 262-7 (50 overs) - De Villiers 73, Duminy 47, Du Plessis 46, Topley 4-50

South Africa won toss

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England's victory target of 263 is still looking some distance away as Hales plays and misses at Morkel, trying to run the ball down to third man. A good line and length from the giant paceman means the required rate is creeping towards six an over. A legside wide and a quick single off the last ball are the only blemishes on Morkel's over - England need 179 from 180 balls.

I remember the 1980s when chasing more than six an over meant the game was all but lost... that shows how much the one-day game has changed in the last three decades or so.

Post-drinks, Behardien trots in for a third over, but England aren't tucking into the part-timer as much as you might have expected - just two singles and a two from it. He's doing a great job for the Proteas at the moment.

While the players take drinks (and a pitch invader is apprehended by security), TMS's Ebony Rainford-Brent is preparing to depart for Benoni, where England's women begin their ODI series tomorrow. You can hear commentary on all their games on BBC Radio - tomorrow's is live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and the BBC Sport website from 07:45 GMT.

You can also read England vice-captain Heather Knight's latest column on the website - it features the Women's Big Bash, Bondi Beach lifeguards, literary erotic thrillers, and yes, some cricket!

Tahir's off - Simon Hughes on TMS is confused as to why medium-pacer Behardien is bowling with the wind, and the experienced pacer Morkel is now being asked to bowl into the wind. Hales clips one strongly off his legs but it's straight to the man at deep mid-wicket. England are strictly in second gear at the moment, but they need to step up to third at some point... Time for an oil change? Drinks to be taken.

Spurs Next Season: If Hales could get just a little bit better, he'd be outstanding! He's great already. Back him don't trounce him.

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Interesting make-up of the sides today. SA went in with four bowlers, England with six - but Chris Jordan (their sixth, and most expensive bowler), while he wasn't on his best form with the ball, arguably saved them 40-50 runs with that outstanding catch to dismiss De Villiers.

Behardien is an honest tryer, and only gives up three singles from the over. England need 189 from 33 overs at a rate of 5.72.

Jack Allum: Completely ridiculous that these two are batting as if it's a Test match. Required rate now nearly 6 and will rise quickly.

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The Port Elizabeth brass band may not have 76 trombones, but I can see at least four in action as Root carefully dabs Imran Tahir for four through third man with the gentle, careful touch of a Mahela Jayawardene. A well-run three from Hales brings up the fifty stand.

Never mind the part-timers, is Tahir going to get through his full overs here? He's gone for 21 in three overs, and served up plenty of pies.

Iain B: What's the best de's or du's one day side we can imagine. And would Daffy DeFreitas get in?  

A scrappy over continues as De Kock fails to gather a routine throw, the ball hits the stumps and ricochets away for an overthrow. Were De Kock not keeping wicket, I think the skipper might be sending him away to field in the naughty corner for a couple of overs.

It's going to be the snickometer - "Ultra Edge" for this series - which will determine whether this is out or not. But there's not a glimmer on the flatline display, and Hales survives.

So, De Kock has now wasted both South Africa's reviews in this match (batting, when he was blatantly out, and now wicketkeeping). The new Shane Watson?

"De Kock said there was no doubt in his mind that Hales had edged it."

Right. The part-timers have arrived - first up is Farhaan Behardien, whose right-arm medium is strictly of the trundling variety. But keeper Quinton de Kock is convinced that Hales has nicked Behardien's first ball for a catch, and convinces his captain to go for the review...

Garan Jones: I think Hales could become an unbelievable limited-overs batsman. One of the best, but not a Test player.

Tahir is still serving up the occasional low full toss which England could be punishing, but for now they're happy to help themselves to five singles from the bearded spinner. Hales can't quite get hold of the last ball, clearly eyeing up the mid-wicket boundary for six but only earning a single.

Tom: Batting like this makes you wonder why they dropped Taylor. Should always be a place for him in a team.

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Morkel gives South Africa a bit more control at the Park Drive End. Just the four bowlers used so far - they'll need to use part-timers to make up the fifth bowler's allocation. Two singles take England to the landmark of 50, Root is trying to show a little acceleration but he's not quite timing it as fluently as we know he can.

"South Africa have used Imran Tahir to pick up lots of wickets in the middle overs and will be hoping for more of the same on a surface which should suit him."

A mixed bag so far from Tahir - full tosses, long-hops and other deliveries which probably deserved to be deposited in the eponymous Duck Pond at the end he's bowling from. Hales helps himself to four through the covers.

In England, Tahir has played for Middlesex, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. He's one short of equalling Marcus North's record of playing for six counties.

South Africa turn to the leg-spin of Imran Tahir, and Hales skies his second ball high over mid-on... but the Notts man gets lucky as the ball lands between two fielders. Big let-off.

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Gary Wilson blasted six sixes in a top score of 45 as Ireland cruised to a five-wicket T20 win over Papua New Guinea in Townsville.

Craig Young, Andy McBrine and Kevin O'Brien each took two wickets as PNG managed just 92-9 in their 20 overs.

Ireland were 30-3 before a stand of 53 between Wilson and Kevin O'Brien (19) helped them to 97-5 in just 12.1 overs.

It was the first in a three-game T20 series between the sides, with matches on Sunday and Tuesday to follow.

Wilson scored his 45 off 33 balls in the one-side affair in Australia.

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Morkel tries a bouncer, Hales ducks, the crowd cheers - and the Port Elizabeth band are working overtime, having kept playing all day. Hales moves to 17 from 26 balls with a couple of singles, Root has 11 from 27.

James in Peterborough: How can you call Roy's dismissal an off-cutter? The seam position was straight and it jagged in off the seam. Would have done for most batsmen.

England 39-1 (10 overs)

Not out: Hales 15 (22 balls), Root 10 (25)

Fall of wicket: 20-1 (Roy 14)

Bowling figures: Abbott 4-1-17-1, Rababda 5-0-17-0, Morkel 1-0-5-0.

South Africa 262-7 (50 overs) - De Villiers 73, Duminy 47, Du Plessis 46, Topley 4-50

South Africa won toss

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Rabada stays on for a fifth over - Hales bludgeons a slower ball over the bowler's head for four, but then nearly chops a fuller delivery onto his stumps. South Africa were 52-1 at this stage.

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Jack Allum: England started very defensively here. Can't see why - should attack and put pressure back on the bowlers.

"He was born to bowl, not field," TMS's Neil Manthorp said earlier of gentle giant Morne Morkel, who's into the attack for the first time. Just a smear or two of sun cream on his chiselled cheeks. Hales takes a single early in the over as he's done a few times today, he's into double figures. Root also makes double digits as he steps across his stumps and guides a four past the square leg umpire.

"It was important for South Africa to get a good start because the way Hales and Roy batted in Bloem took a lot of pressure off the team."

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Hales is proceeding in singles, Rabada is matching Abbott for line and length here, South Africa are keeping it tight with a ring of men saving one and safe to say England won't be winning this one with 20 overs to spare.

"Hales has played three or four beautiful shots and got nothing for it. That's the difference in this pitch. I think England could lose this if they don't play sensibly. They will lose it rather than South Africa win it."

Geoffrey's right - as in the first ODI, South Africa only have four front-line bowlers (Abbott, Rabada, Morkel and Tahir) and will have to find 10 overs from part-timers. So they can afford to just take a couple from Abbott's fourth over, knowing they can tuck in later on.

"Rabada was so excited seeing Hales halfway down the pitch he couldn't get hold of the ball. If they just settle down the game will take its course as lesser bowlers come on and the fielders go out."

What happened there? How was Hales not run out? He plays the ball back to the bowler and charges off like a madman for a run which was never there. As the ball comes to Rabada, Hales is stranded halfway down the wicket, Root hadn't moved. But Rabada can't collect the ball cleanly, it squirms out of his hands like a bar of soap and Hales has time to regain his ground. Whoever was the winner there... it wasn't cricket.

Miličića Mića: Think England might miss Taylor on this type of pitch, might have been worth sacrificing one of the big hitters.

It's almost a reverse of the Duminy dismissal, where the left-hander was given lbw by Cloete to a ball missing leg stump (but SA had already used their review).

Here, it's right-handed Root reviewing a ball that looks to be sliding down leg... it's easily "wickets missing" and Root is reprieved. All the more surprising why he had to consult Alex Hales before asking for the review.

"It only has to clip the stumps once they have given you out."

Big appeal for lbw by Rabada, umpire Cloete raises his finger and after a little deliberation, Joe Root signals for a review...

Simon Smith: This time last year that SA total would have been a daunting challenge. Now it's easy peasy, how times change...

Abboott, still with a slip in, is on the money here from the Park Drive End, bowling nice and straight - knowing he can't give Hales too much width. It helps when you're backed up by your fielders, a smart stop by Rilee Rossouw at short extra cover allows Abbott to join the dots for a maiden over.

Ade: I've always thought of the IPL auctions as very odd. Morris for £1m, form man of world cricket Khawaja unsold, Buttler bought as basically a reserve. Do the people doing the buying actually watch cricket?

A Hales single brings Joe Root on strike for the first time, he's off the mark as he clips his second delivery through square leg and immediately signals he wants two. Good running, given that the ball barely made it out of the fielding circle.

"He played down the wrong line - he played down Bakerloo when it was on Piccadilly. The bowler sent that down like an off-cutter, it gripped on the slow surface. Good bowling."

Hales faces Abbott for the first time, dabbing a quick single. But the bowler offers Roy too much width, and the Surrey right-hander - not too far from his Durban birthplace - glides him through backward point for four. The England fans in PE are soon on their feet again as Roy smears one back past the bowler and the gangly Morne Morkel can't cut it off.

Right-arm paceman Kagiso Rabada was impressive in the Test matches, but his first ball in this ODI series is less than impressive as he bangs in a half-volley which Alex Hales steers for four backward of point. There's a moral victory for the bowler next ball as Hales plays and misses, then the Notts man pushes a quick single to AB de Villiers - rather you than me, Alex - and ABDV effortlessly hits the stumps from mid-off but Hales had made his ground.

"The way England's two openers play is good for most surfaces. But here they will have to play with a little bit of care and attention. It can't be all crash, bang, wallop."

Roy uses up another life - an unconvincing edge with no footwork flies through where third or fourth slip would have been, and away to the boundary. England up and running.

Eric Hoff: Is it too late to teach Jordan to keep wicket?

A cautious opening from Jason Roy - and he nearly perishes without scoring when the fourth ball of the innings is poked back to Kyle Abbott and he's dropped attempting to take a return catch to his left. Sometimes they stick, sometimes they don't.

"I think the total is competitive and any side can win. England should be careful - if they go at this in a silly, hectic way it won't be as straightforward as it looks."

Thanks, Jamie. England's failure to bowl their overs in the allotted time (even after sending down 20 overs of spin) has meant a shortened interval - Kyle Abbott is marking our his run-up, and England have sent out their regular openers Jason Roy and Alex Hales. Let's play.

I think England will be happy enough chasing 263 at little more than 5.2 per over though Villan. The highest score to win at PE is 330 by Australia in 2002. 

How will England's attacking batting line-up approach this rather modest, by today's standards, target? How difficult is the pitch to bat on? Will there be a barrage of early boundaries to put the South Africans on the Rocks? (come on Bognor lads this afternoon by the way in the FA Trophy, you can do it).

Here's Mark Mitchener to describe it all for you.

Villan UK: You have to ask Morgan why our two best bowlers didn't use all their overs?  

Sean Bennett: SA feel about 20/30 short...if England take care in the first 25 overs this should be easy. 

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James Pearce: Reece Topley is more tattoo than man.

Macca: Another timely reminder from Rashid that he should be in the Test team.

Kieron Bird: So pleased to see Reece Topley bowling well. Bodes well for the future of this one-day team.

England's last ODI at PE in 2009 saw a seven-wicket victory when a young man by the name of James Anderson took 5-23 to bowl the South Africans out for 119. But the only other victory in five previous games here came against Namibia in the 2003 World Cup.

The last two ODIs at Port Elizabeth have produced fantastic finishes, by one run and one wicket. Of the 35 completed matches, 19 have been won by the side batting first to 16 of the chasing team.

England off-spinner Moeen Ali speaking to Sky Sports:

"It's not an easy pitch but I think we bowled well there.

"We are expecting a good bowling attack today and will have to play well to win this.

"I think we are going to have to play as normally as we can, we have a long batting line- up but hopefully we wont have to use that today."

"If wickets are lost early on, England may have to be a bit more cagey than before, but England were good in the field, the bowling was pretty disciplined, the ball only occasionally moved off the pitch. De Villiers was going to bide his time, they didn't take too many big risks as they know this pitch well and know you don't need 300 to win the game here."

South Africa 262-7 (50 overs) - won toss

Not out: Behardien 23, Abbott 7.

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Amla 4), 53-2 (De Kock 22), 98-3 (Du Plessis 46), 205-4 (De Villiers 73), 206-5 (Duminy 47), 225-6 (Rossouw 11), 245-7 (Rabada 12).

Bowling figures: Topley 9-1-50-4, Willey 7-2-33-0, Stokes 9-0-54-2, Rashid 10-0-43-1, Moeen 10-1-41-0, Jordan 5-0-33-0.

Last 10 overs: 64 runs, four wickets

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Well the fireworks never arrived did they? Maybe this pitch is not conducive to strokeplay as at Bloemfontein the other day but England look very happy with that as they walk off. Just one wide blots an excellent final over from Topley, who finishes with 4-50 from nine overs. South Africa were 205-3 in the 41st over when Jordan took that spectacular catch to dismiss De Villiers. Key moment? we shall see. 

Behardien backs away and hits Stokes over cover for only the 19th four of the innings. England's 399 the other day contained 38, plus 15 sixes. Stokes finishes with 2-54 from nine overs.

Kyle Abbott is the new batsman, but he is not in the team for his batting, he has a best of 23. The first camera shots of beautiful women in the crowd. The South Africa TV producers seem to have two default settings, attractive ladies or corpulent, sun-burned tourists. Thankfully we have not seen the latter yet.

"It's sometimes a burden to bowl at the end, but sometimes you can pick up wickets when batsmen are swinging. I have a funny feeling it's going to be one of those scores where both teams come off and say 'I'll settle for that'. It's not Bloemfontein."

Rabada looks an elegant, laconic batsman, but sadly for him his airy drives are not pinging to the boundary a la DI Gower, they are looping for singles. Willey keeps the boundaries at bay again.

Ade in Bristol: Under 300 could be a great effort by England in modern 50 over game. Only know how good though when England bat.

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The fourth consecutive over without a boundary as Topley continues an impressive spell. The batsmen appear in two minds, conscious no doubt of having just Abbott, Morkel and Tahir left, all of whom average 10 or less.

During the lunch interval, TMS will look ahead to the start of the SA-England women's ODI series tomorrow, reflect on the IPL auction. and discuss England's use of stats since their World Cup exit last year with Simon Hughes and other guests.

Richard Higgins: SA playing like England of old. Grind out the middle overs and lose two set batsmen for the last 10 overs.

Kagiso Rabada is the new man, scourge of England in the final Test. He is another left-hander and he gets off the mark with a delightfully fluent push into the off-side for two off the returning Willey. He even leaves one outside the off-stump. A leave, if you please. Only five overs left.

Confusion here, the ball has gone between bat and pad and has been brilliantly caught by Buttler. But is it out? The decision is not out so conclusive evidence of a clean inside edge will be needed.

A steady over from Stokes, no boundaries conceded. Both these left-handers average over 30 but not much over, though both have strike-rates in the 90's. Some big hitting to come perhaps?

David Westgarth: Chris Jordan must be the best fielder in international cricket at the moment.

Kieron Bird: Good man Chris Jordan. You've just justified your place in the team.

Chris Knight: Plenty of people having a pop at Chris Jordan, but catches win matches!

Captain's example in the field by Morgan at mid-on, his dive, stop and throw almost producing a wicket but he cannot stop a firm on-drive from Rossouw following a Topley full toss which runs away to the fence.

"That wasn't a great decision by umpire Cloete, comfortably missing leg stump, so Duminy's furious as De Kock had already used the review, but England have struck again."

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Peter Eastwood: Reece Topley's cheekbones could sculpt ice.

We have two left-handers at the crease now, with Rilee Rossouw the new man. He has made two ODI centuries so he can bat, but how crucial is the departure of AB going to be?

"There was a strong breeze coming off the scoreboard which made it even more difficult, but he managed to hang on to it."

"The money had to be on the ball there. Jordan had to make 25-30 metres, it was over his shoulder and he's dived to take an amazing skier."

South Africa 198-3 (40 overs) - won toss

Batsmen: De Villiers 71*, Duminy 45*

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Amla 4), 53-2 (De Kock 22), 98-3 (Du Plessis 46)

Bowling figures: Topley 4-1-20-1, Willey 5-2-22-0, Stokes 6-0-35-1, Rashid 10-0-43-1, Moeen 10-1-41-0, Jordan 5-0-33-0.

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Boundaries in each of the last three overs now, Jordan's opening ball of the over smashed away for four by Duminy and De Villiers creaming a magnificent front foot pull all the way into the stands at mid-wicket to signal the 100 partnership.

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"This is the time for South Africa. De Villiers has got himself into the position where he's ready to launch."

Expensive over from Stokes, pulled away by Duminy for four and guilty of dropping short. Geoffrey is not on commentary but his thoughts on that can somehow still be heard.

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"Bairstow and Buttler are both very good batsmen, but their glovework is average. Once you get your mitts on the ball, you've got to catch it. Look at baseball - they catch everything. If we pick wicketkeepers who are brilliant, they're not going to bat like Buttler and Bairstow. But why isn't the wicketkeeping coach Bruce French out here full time?"

Testing over for Jordan ends with wicketkeeper Buttler dropping a chance to his left from Duminy. De Villiers had earlier backed away skewed a boundary off the edge over the vacant slip cordon and Jordan followed it with a slower ball bouncer that was a wide down the leg-side. 

David Schout: The Port Elizabeth trumpeters are playing some absolute tunes in the stands.

Saqib Rao: The crowd at Port Elizabeth are amazing - the atmosphere is great. So much energy, wish I was there.

A fine spell from Moeen, he has played his part admirably. So how are the final 13 overs going to play out? Who is going to keep it tight for England? So just 84 runs conceded and just the three boundaries in 20 overs of spin.

Jordan settling into a neat enough back of a length. He is perhaps not threatening the batsmen but he it not being punished either. The highest ODI score made by a batsmen here is 135 from 129 balls by Pakistan's Saleem Elahi in December 2002, fair top say the highlight of his brief career. When is AB going to press the accelerator? He is going to have a drink to decide. 

"You really do feel as though you're part of the game here because of the atmosphere."

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Turn from Moeen appears at first glance to find Duminy's edge to slip but it was off the pad. The spinner is guilty of a wide down the leg-side but there have been few blemishes from the England slow bowlers thus far. 

VillanUK: This is when you need Stuart Broad to break a partnership.

David L Ball: England are so strong in the middle order you can't help thinking that they would be at 220 already.

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Bit on the short side from Jordan and this pitch gives the batsmen plenty of time. Just the 48th ODI fifty for De Villiers, from 72 balls this one. His scores prior to this game were 0-0-8, which I thought was an international dialling tone.

"David Miller's had a bad year - a lot of South Africans had a bad 2015, and he's had a run of low scores, although it's not easy at number six."

"I look at South Africa's side and think 'how can they leave David Miller out'? He can be dangerous at this time. Unfortunately they haven't got many all-rounders, so you can't include too many batsmen who can't bowl. I like Chris Morris, but I wouldn't be paying a million dollars for him."

Moeen is in the groove now, Duminy cannot get him away. Only the fourth maiden of the innings.

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Tom Audsley: Excellent spell from Rashid. The SA batsmen didn't once get on top of him.

Do you feel for bowlers now, considering the demolition that they suffer in limited-overs cricket?

"Definitely. All you're trying to do is limit the damage, particularly on the subcontinent, that's why I was impressed with Willey and Topley this morning as they were bowling very good lengths and attacking the batsmen."

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There has yet to be an England ODI century at PE Ed, so today would be an ideal time for Joe. Jordan finally into the attack, coming in for some criticism from our viewers today and a loosener of an over it has to be said, around the 135km/h mark. The fifty partnership arrives from 71 balls and the 150 is up.

Ed in West Sussex: Already this is looking like a Joe Root wicket. Bet he gets a century today.

Buzzers in the outfield not once but twice, the ever-aggressive Willey hurling throws in and neither can be stopped by the lanky Topley. The first one cost two extra runs, the second one raced away to the boundary. Even the mild-mannered Moeen might be uttering a few things about that off his bowling.

Jon Dunn: So are England playing Jordan as a specialist fielder?

South Africa 135-3 (30 overs) - won toss

Batsmen: De Villiers 45*, Duminy 14*

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Amla 4), 53-2 (De Kock 22), 98-3 (Du Plessis 46)

Bowling figures: Topley 4-1-20-1, Willey 5-2-22-0, Stokes 5-0-26-1, Rashid 10-0-43-1, Moeen 6-0-24-0.

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There have only been five scores of 300 or more in the 35 completed matches at PE, are we going to see some late fireworks here? The bearded Rashid has a slip in against Duminy and the batsmen have certainly not dominated him today, a fine spell from the Yorkshireman.

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De Villiers has been unleashing the reverse sweep without huge success so far but this time he gets one away off Moeen, if slightly off balance, and it races away for his third boundary of the innings.

"Duminy looks vulnerable against the off-spinner, he always has done in his international career."

I am still hopeful of some more eighties singers emerging as club second XI stalwarts following the Rick Astley birthday tribute after 16 overs. Did Lionel Ritchie keep wicket for your side? Was Nik Kershaw a handy leg-spinning all-rounder? I partially ask this as we are dealing only in singles at present, with Rashid's radar still operating well.

James Levy: cricket related in the 80's: the Ashes being stolen by robots from the planet Krikkit in Life, the Universe & Everything (1982)

After that first over that went for nine Moeen has kept the boundaries at bay too. He and Rashid both have their full names on the TV scorecard, even though there are no other Alis or Rashids playing in this match. Getting some turn here, Moeen. An appeal for lbw to Duminy but it was missing leg.

Thanks Higgy, it has been a while since I have been in the hot seat so I would have rather Mr Morgan had not got both spinners on but Rashid is keeping things tight, just the one boundary conceded thus far and just singles conceded in this one as South Africa prepare for the onslaught. England were 191-2 the other day after 25 overs.

Right, England are on top here. Don't let them back into it, Jamie Lillywhite!

"This is a nice period for England, the spinners are tying things down and we're seeing both batsmen having to dig in. If England can keep the pressure on, it might force a wicket."

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Yes! The Port Elizabeth brass band really are pumping out their own version of 'All About The Bass'. Tune.

Do they take requests?

The match remains more evenly poised than a drinking competition between David Boon and Merv Hughes. Two more singles.

VillanUK: Good captaincy by Morgan to get Rashid on and a slip. 

Moeen Ali races through a set of six, which cost him just a couple of singles. That'll do.

Canny stuff from AB de Villiers, who guides Adil Rashid down to the third man boundary with a little swivel of his bat. I'm just wondering when Chris Jordan will get a bowl. Do England not fancy him? Or is he a new breed of death bowling specialist? Will he just bowl between overs 30 and 50?

"I think they'll need at least 270-280 to be competitive."

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Jimbo: All over them like a Rash!...I'll get my coat.

England's spin twins have applied the choke move to South Africa now. It's slow going. If AB doesn't build on this stodgy start, the Proteas will wilt.

South Africa 98-3 (20 overs) - won toss

Batsmen: De Villiers 23*, Duminy 0*

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Amla 4), 53-2 (De Kock 22), 98-3 (Du Plessis 46)

Bowling figures: Topley 4-1-20-1, Willey 5-2-22-0, Stokes 5-0-26-1, Rashid 5-0-21-1, Moeen 1-0-9-0.

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JP Duminy is the new batsman to the crease. A man who need a score.

"It was a leg-break which took the edge, Jordan's a great slip fielder and he's even taken some better ones than that. It didn't turn prodigiously, but just enough - that's what Rashid's for. A slip's good to have as it stops the batsman reverse-paddling, but it also gets you a classical wicket like that."

Moeen Ali is given a turn to... turn! It's a difficult start for the offie as AB de Villiers sweeps a gentle four. Nine from the over.

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"We know what De Villiers can be like when he's set - but he's taking longer to get set today."

That's an interesting point from Neil Manthorp. Does it suggest that Faf is not as talented as others? Or does it matter little how he scores his runs - after all, he's closing on a run a ball 50 here? Seven from the over.

"Why does Faf du Plessis only use first gear in Test cricket? He just seems to struggle with the gearbox and doesn't rotate the strike - of all the top six batsmen to have played for SA in more than 30 ODIs, he's faced the most dot balls."

Marc Webb: Our best bowler @StuartBroad8 doesn't get a game again, but Jordan gets another chance to prove he's not up to ODIs!  

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Faf du Plessis shows the difference between the pros and us mere mortals. He gets a rib-tickler from Ben Stokes and has all the time in the world to get over it and poke it down to third man for a single. He then dances down the track like Lionel Richie (let's go with this 80s pop theme) and smears four through the covers. Drinks.

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Steve, West Penge: Quick note to wish keen amateur cricketer Rick Astley a very happy half century, today. Rick's devotion to the West Penge Second XI was as legendary as it was to his lady: he wouldn't give us up, let us down or desert us. Not until he moved away in 2003 to get married, leaving us short an opening batsman.

Having a skillful bowler like Adil Rashid to come on and bowl in the middle overs is just as useful as having Jos Buttler at number four. He's always going to take wickets and, on difficult pitches like this, keep the scoring down. Again, just the five runs from the over.

"We're so close to the action here, I feel like I'm at Taunton. There's an awful lot of runs scored at the Wanderers and Centurion, but you don't really get those massive scores here at PE. I don't want 400 plays 400 every match, you want it now and again but the bowlers need to have a chance."

Chris Jordan is standing alone at third slip, trying to do the job of four men. To be fair, if anyone can... CJ can. Ben Stokes is bowling a heavy ball and AB de Villiers is happy to push gentle singles. Pick your battles and all that.

"The tempo's slightly different to Bloemfontein, but the cricket's just as fascinating."

It's looking like a masterstroke to send Adil Rashid to the Big Bash, rather than having him carry drinks in the Test series against SA. He's on the money early doors here - keeping South Africa's two best ODI batsmen quiet. Four singles from the over.

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"Du Plessis looks a different player from the defensive, nervous batsman we saw in the Test series - he got South Africa going this morning after a slow start."

There's a group of spectators dressed head to toe in cricket whites. Weird concept that, if you're not playing. Imagine rocking up at Asda in their uniform.

"Don't mind me, all. Just doing my shopping."

Or to B&Q wearing an orange apron. "Can you pass me that step-ladder? I can't reach the paint."

Back to the cricket, Faf du Plessis is trying to get after Ben Stokes but fails to time it properly. 

hector freyne: De Kock knew that was out, he didn't move for that single, poor review.

Yes, Rash. Yes. The leg-spinner gets one to turn past AB de Villiers' outside edge. That'll plant some doubt. One from the over.

Adil Rashid is into the England bowling attack.

Australia have won their second ODI against New Zealand at a canter in Wellington to square the Chappell-Hadlee series at 1-1.

Needing 282 to win, Mitchell Marsh (69 not out) and John "The Duke" Hastings (48 not out) saw the Aussies home with 21 balls to spare, adding 86 in 14 overs.

I have absolutely no idea what it's like in Port Elizabeth, so I just hit the information highway. Apparently, it's home to more indigenous plant species than the entire British Isles and used to be known as the 10-minute city because you can drive anywhere in that time-frame. Apparently, it's now the 15-minute city. Traffic, eh?

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"AB de Villiers hasn't been in great touch, so South Africa will be hoping for a change of fortune."

His last four innings have been 0, 0, 0, 8.

"It was a beautiful delivery from Stokes, showing how to get a left-hander out if you're bowling right-arm over the wicket, and England have got rid of one of South Africa's danger men."

"The only issue here is that Ben Stokes will often pitch the ball outside leg stump to a left-hander."

Ben Stokes does a goal-like cheer and then appeals when Quinton de Kock misses a straight one, playing across the line, and is hit in front. The finger goes up but the batsman reviews it.

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"A poor over from Willey, possibly one over too many for him. South Africa have recovered from that poor start."

South Africa have stopped Faff-ing about now! Du Plessis hammers David Willey back down the ground for four and then hammers a long hop for six. Quinton de Kock ends the over by smearing four through the off side. Shot!

"To punch the ball straight back down the ground like De Kock did there is a very difficult shot."

Ben Stokes is brought into the England attack. On a breezy Port Elizabeth morning, he could get the ball hooping round corners. Looking for that swing, he pitches the ball up and Quinton de Kock drives him back down the ground for four - meeting the ball on the up with a little short-arm jab. Lovely.

Ollie Slack: England might have to lose a game to realise Jordan isn't good enough for ODI, maybe for T20. 

"Willey is bowling from the end where his father Peter had a flat, where he lived when he played for Eastern Province. He and Wayne Larkins used to play here, two Northants team-mates."

There's a small-scale carnival happening inside the ground today: brass band, bouncy castles, dancing. If you're watching or listening, it's hard not to be constantly tapping your foot. The antithesis to listening to a Craig David album. Did I hear Craig's making a musical return? Incredible.

Anyway, South Africa have settled down after that tough start and eek out another five runs.

Adam Lee: You feel SA are just keeping wickets for when batting gets easier in about two overs when Jordan gets put on.  

"Any captain would say there 'I don't mind if it goes for four, go for the catch'. A great effort from Alex Hales."

There's balls squirting everywhere as first Faf du Plessis and then Quinton de Kock mis-time the ball and it balloons short of the waiting fielders either side of the wicket.

Du Plessis, in particular, is keen to get a handle on the scoring and chips the ball over mid-wicket and Alex Hales, running in from the boundary, can't get there for the catch and it runs for four. A good over for the hosts ends with a tickle to the fine leg boundary.

David Willey is bowling very, very well here. He's bowling a tight line and length which, combined with his left-arm angle and deceptive pace, is troubling the batsmen. Just one from the over.

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Anthony Davison: Topley of the morning to you. 10-1 off 5 overs ... 2 maidens... I thought the Test series had finished?  

Reece Topley strains every sinew of his 6ft 7ins frame to try and pick up a return catch from Quinton de Kock which falls just short of the mid-off fielder. He can't quite get there and after another edge drops short of second slip, the left-handed de Kock finally unfurls a cover drive for four. That's better.

David L Ball: England look up for it, SA look worried, there's fear in their eyes

Stuart MItchell: Ahh bliss, cricket then rugby for my viewing pleasure, not sure about anyone else but not moving from my TV for most of the day.

"South Africa's Chris Morris has just gone for a million dollars in the IPL auction, so someone's either made a mistake there, or they've made a mistake here by dropping him today. They should do some work with him, as they've not had a proper all-rounder since Kallis retired."

Richie O'Hara: Lovely start, I think Topley is a cracking bowler, brings variety, too. Next wicket, please!

David Willey is bowling fast, full and getting a hint of movement both ways. There's a snap to his action and a strut to his demeanour. England have got South Africa by the throat at the moment. The Proteas are barely getting the ball off the square. Another maiden. That's 18 dot balls and just one scoring shot from 24.

"In the last 10 ODI matches played here, the average score is 246."

There's a touch of the Milk Tray Man about Reece Topley, who is tall, dark and handsome. He's delivered England a sweet start, that's for sure. Wicket maiden. Every ball lands on a sixpence.

"Watch the footwork, there's none at all. His left foot is still on the batting crease, it never moved an inch. He's sleepy, those feet aren't dancing."

"The wind gets up enormously here. It's a windy city. Several times I've been chasing my hat down the road, and the hat and I were both nearly run over."

David Willey shares the new ball, meaning England start with two tall left-arm quicks. How times change. Alan Mullally was born 20 years too soon. He'd be a franchise star now. Maybe.

Big appeal from Willey when he thinks de Kock has edged behind, but the sound came from the batsman hitting the pitch with his bat. Maiden over.

"Amla's feet were all over the place there. Come on son, you've got to dance, you've got to move your feet."

Reece Topley ambles in to the background sound of a lively, little band. He spoils a very tidy opening over with a slider down leg which Hashim Amla helps on its way for four. Relief for Amla, who was the subject of a muted leg-before appeal a couple of balls earlier.

"This is like playing at somewhere like Scarborough rather than the big cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town. This and Durham are my favourite commentary boxes are you're just above the bowler's arm."

Here we go then. Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla will get us under way - facing the left arm pace of Reece Topley.

The teams line up for the national anthems. One of the England players is really going for it. Sounds like one of the Yorkies.

"We noticed in the last game that the pitch started to wear towards the end of the game. 399 was a big target but South Africa were up with the rate [when the rain came] so we know how dangerous they can be. Let's see how they bat on this one."

There's a fascinating package on Sky Sports, where Nasser Hussain and Graham Thorpe are putting Jonny Bairstow through his paces. Bairstow hits five of his six balls for six - including one off the toe of the bat. Hussain scuffs a couple inside the boundary and is then caught and bowled. He fails to hit a single six in an over of throw-downs.

It's looking quite exciting over in Wellington at the "Cake Tin", where New Zealand made 281-9 from their 50 overs in the second ODI against Australia.

The Aussies are 202-6 after 35 overs. David Warner made 98 at the top of the order, but their hopes now rest with Mitchell Marsh who is 35 not out.

Joshua Edwards: Only real change from an England team hammered 5-0 in the Ashes to success now is Trevor Bayliss, yet he never gets credit. Sad.

• England have claimed victory in four of the last five completed ODIs to have taken place in South Africa against the Proteas (L1).
• Eoin Morgan is 29 runs shy of becoming the nineth England batsman to reach 4,000 runs in ODIs.
• Quinton de Kock has recorded nine ODI centuries since November 2013; only Hashim Amla has managed more in that time (10); the South African wicketkeeper has three scores of 100+ in his last four attempts.

Our colleagues at Test Match Special are getting ready to hit the airwaves, too. Listen via this page or turn your radio dial to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.

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South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (capt), JP Duminy, Rilee Rossouw, Farhaan Behardien, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel.

England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Reece Topley.

Umpires are South Africa's Johan Cloete and Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena, with NZ's Chris Gaffaney on TV replays.

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Lovely.

It's a lovely sunny day in Port Elizabeth. The hint of a breeze, but the whirlwind will come when England bat. We hope.

England captain Eoin Morgan, who has named an unchanged team: "I would have had a bat. It does look dry, but with the wind around it might swing and give opportunity to our opening bowlers.

"It might take turn batting second, but one of the challenges is to be able to adapt.

"If we had played a 50 over game the other night, we'd have been better for it but to start with a win was great."

South Africa captain AB de Villiers: "We lost a couple of wickets too many in the first game, but the top seven are all in good form. The pitch looks a little bit dry, but hopefully we'll take the opportunities that come our way and post a big total."

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South Africa win the toss and will bat first.

And Kagiso Rabada returns to the Proteas team.

And now England's players are hot property. Like Jos Buttler, who this morning has been sold for £386,000 at the IPL auction.

Not a bad pay day. He'll play for Mumbai Indians, alongside New Zealand's Tim Southee. More on that later.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this has got to be the best, most exciting batting line-up ever assembled by England in the shorter formats.

The sky's the limit. 400? No problem. 500? It'll happen.

Excitement comes in many forms:

Alpine ski-ing, jumping from aeroplanes and rock climbing.

A night out with Ian Botham.

Or 100 overs with England's one-day team...

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