South Africa vs England, 39th Match, Group 1 at Sharjah, T20 World Cup, Nov 06 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

10pm: Time for the captains presentations, starting with Eoin Morgan: "I think it does a lot, thought it was a good wicket, SA came hard at us and batted well. Thought we bowled reasonably well and held them to a par score. Coming off, with the dew coming in, we thought we were right in it. Jason Roy going down doesn't help, but we thought we were right in it throughout. Every game tests us in different ways. Biggest test in group stage was Sri Lanka, having to bat first before the dew came in, then losing a bowler defending a low score. Today, different wicket, our batters could have been more expressive and bowlers had to find a defensive mode. [Roy] We've dealt with injuries, Stokes, Curran, Archer aren't here. We do have talent coming in, so that gives us confidence. We've built a core group of white-ball players, so we'll have to delve into that. Very happy, topping the group, we know how hard it is to get through. Finals are all about going and expressing yourselves, enjoying them, so we're going to do that."

South Africa's Temba Bavuma: "Win was important, but a bittersweet ending for us. Achieved what we wanted to do in terms of winning, but didn't win well enough. We gave our all with the bat and with the ball. [Net run rate?] Start of the tournament it wasn't a big factor, we felt we wanted to win the game. Tough to bring NRR into effect in our last game, especially against a side like England. But very proud of the side and think there's a lot we can take away from this. We've got to build on the confidence and momentum, this will give us experience and learnings we can take from this World Cup going forward."

Right, that's a wrap from Sharjah for tonight. Group 1 has been decided, but there's still plenty of jeopardy (and NRR discussions) in the other half of the draw - New Zealand looking to beat Afghanistan tomorrow and confirm a semi-final spot, but with all of India rooting against them, before the Super 12s conclude on Monday. Anyway, thanks for your comments, as always. From myself, Peter, and Raghav, it's cheerio for now. Bye!

9.50pm: Victory for South Africa, but with a bitter aftertaste. They've beaten the group winners, but miss out on net run rate, with Australia joining England in going through to the last four. England top the group, pushing all the way for a fifth win from five... but the loss of Jason Roy, who's on a crutch by the side of the pitch to congratulate the South Africans as they come off, could be the most significant event of the night. One crumb of comfort for them: no team has previously lifted the T20 World Cup having not lost a game. Good time to get that out of the system, perhaps? The semi-final draw, of course, will not be confirmed until all the Group 2 permutations sort themselves out tomorrow and Monday; but there's a good chance Australia will face Pakistan, and England one out of New Zealand, India or Afghanistan

Rassie van der Dussen is named Player of the Match for his unbeaten 94: "In the context it doesn't mean too much, we knew we had to get a good score on the board and we've asked a lot from the bowlers, it was probably too much to get us into the semis. But still a good performance beating a good side. Type of wicket where if you get in, you're a lot more effective. You saw that at the back of their innings. Aiden and I knew if we took it to the end we'd be competitive. It's been tough, the three venues are so different. From a batting point of view that's been a challenge, and the batting units that adapted the quickest have been most successful."

Adil Rashid. Can Rabada do a Curtis Campher?

Jordan on strike for the hat-trick

Chris Jordan heads out, Morgan has the strike

Rabada to try and finish this

England scrape and swindle 11 off the over, leaving 14 required. Woakes is on strike with the shorter boundary to target

Free hit for Woakes' first ball

Chris Woakes is out for his first bat of the tournament, Morgan on strike as they crossed. Can he target the short boundary?

Pretorius to bowl the 19th, RRR still above 12

Ibrahimburiro: "Alan so it will be Australia will face Pakistan and England against New Zealand or Afghanistan or India, right?" That's about the size of it (assuming Pakistan don't mess up against Scotland)

TV reporting that Roy's left calf went earlier in the innings. He had to be helped off the field, and looks to be out of the tournament

Nortje for his fourth

England need 35 from three, still doable - 43% of the time, according to Forecaster