So that was a dramatic end to an evenly-contested match between two top sides. South Africa, well, they fell very short of qualification for the semi-finals. England and Australia join Pakistan in the last four stage of the T20 World Cup. All eyes will be on the New Zealand-Afghanistan match tomorrow. A win for New Zealand will knock India out of the tournament. Until then, it’s goodbye for now.
Temba Bavuma, South Africa skipper: “The win was important. Bitter-sweet end for us. We achieved what we wanted to – win the game but just couldn’t win it big enough. At the start of the tournament, that (net run rate) was never a factor for us, we just wanted to win games. It’s always tough to make up for that at the back end, especially against a team like England.”
Eoin Morgan, England skipper: I think it was a really good wicket. SA came really hard at us, batted well. I thought we were a bit off in the field, held them to a slightly par score. Obviously, Jason Roy going down the way he did does hurt, but we still did well to get that close.
Rassie van der Dussen (94*) is the Player of the Match
After 20 overs,England 179/8 ( Adil Rashid 2 , Mark Wood 1)
A dramatic final over to end the match in South Africa’s favour. The Proteas bow out on a high, thanks to Kagiso Rabada’s brilliant hat-trick. That was exactly where England lost the plot, eventually falling short by 11 runs.
OUT! HAT TRICK FOR RABADA! They maybe out but what a display from South Africa towards the end. Chris Jordan is caught by David Miller.
Out! Two wickets in two for Rabada as Morgan departs for 17. He’s on a hat-trick now.
OUT! Woakes departs for just seven runs as Nortje clings on for the catch just before the boundary rope! Safe, clean catch
OUT! Caught by Miller at long-off as Pretorious strikes. Livingstone makes the long way back to the pavilion
After 17 overs,England 155/4 ( Liam Livingstone 27 , Eoin Morgan (C) 5)
Pretorious into the attack, and he gets rid of Dawid Malan. A consolation of sorts for South Africa that is, after their elimination from the tournament was confirmed a few balls earlier. 11 runs and a wicket.