England at South Africa

CRR: 4.55. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Jos Buttler*, 68(82), 5, 2, 82.93. Dawid Malan, 58(83), 4, 1, 69.88. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Tabraiz Shamsi*, 5, 0, 25, 0.

A slower off-cutter outside off, Buttler clears his front leg and goes for a heave over long-on but ends up dragging it from the bottom half towards the man in the deep. But, he has put his side in a commanding position on the back of his brilliant ton. 47.6 Marco Jansen to Sam Curran, out Bowled!! 48.6 Ngidi to Woakes, 2 runs, low full toss on off, heaved away to deep mid-wicket. Sam Curran b Marco Jansen 11(5) [6s-1] The third umpire checks for a waist high no ball but it's alright

Jofra Archer takes six wickets as England beat South Africa by 59 runs to deny Proteas a 3-0 ODI series sweep; England post 346-7 as Jos Buttler and Dawid ...

England's white-ball side are back in action in Bangladesh in March with three one-day internationals followed by as many T20 internationals. You need wicket-takers and England have got those in Archer and Rashid." He proved his value because South Africa had a bit of a charge on. Sky Sports Cricket's Nasser Hussain: "Bowling fast is not easy and he's got that Michael Holding effortless grace. Malan had been dropped on 28 by a leaping Reeza Hendricks at midwicket and then on 46 by Shamsi as the wrist-spinner leapt to his right in his follow through, with South Africa finally removing Malan when he skied a Sisanda Magala slower ball in the 41st over. Buttler (131 off 127) and Malan (118 off 114) rescued England from 14-3 with a 232-run partnership, propelling their side to 346-7 in Kimberley as 216 runs came from the final 20 overs, before South Africa were dismissed for 287 in 43.1 overs and England won by 59 runs.

Half-an-hour into the Third ODI here in Kimberley, England were doing a decent impression of the local tourist attraction, having dug themselves a Big Hole.

The new man, Aiden Markram, wore a bouncer first ball but was primed for the battle and responded with a crisp straight drive to the rope. Archer, back in the side after sitting out the middle of three matches, was made to wait as Chris Woakes and Reece Topley shared the new ball. Archer, though, would have the last laugh, making Markram his next victim during a stunning second spell that evoked memories of his whirlwind breakthrough in 2019. Already the only two Englishmen to have made centuries in all three formats, Buttler’s 131 was another display of his class, an 11th ODI hundred coming only three days after he had finished not-out in the nineties. Only six overs later, Malan took them to 150 in similarly emphatic style, before the scoring briefly slowed as both men edged more cautiously towards three figures. Malan got there first, cutting beautifully for four, and Buttler followed only two balls later, each, pleasingly, taking 106 deliveries to reach the landmark.