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Morris gets South Africa over the line again

ESPNcricinfo staff
Beneath cloudy skies in Cape Town, South Africa opted to bowl  Getty Images
Alex Hales and Jason Roy got England going, putting on 38 in 3.4 overs  Getty Images
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Kagiso Rabada separated them, having Roy caught at midwicket  Getty Images
David Wiese struck with his first ball to remove Joe Root  Getty Images
Imran Tahir got rid of Alex Hales and Ben Stokes in consecutive overs  Getty Images
Eoin Morgan fell to Tahir for 10 off 12 balls...  Getty Images
...and Faf du Plessis' blinder got Moeen Ali first ball and gave Tahir his fourth  Getty Images
England needed wickets in order to defend 134 and Chris Jordan removed AB de Villiers in the fifth over  Getty Images
Du Plessis guided his team's chase from No. 3  Getty Images
Stokes' four-over spell kept the pressure on, as well as accounting for Hashim Amla  AFP
Moeen and Adil Rashid made vital breakthrough and Jordan then took two wickets in the penultimate over to swing the match England's way  Getty Images
Wiese's dismissal meant that South Africa were again left to rely on Chris Morris  Getty Images
With 15 needed off the last over, Morris hit consecutive boundaries off Reece Topley...  AFP
...who was then unable to gather the final ball and run out Kyle Abbott to ensure a tie  Getty Images
Morris was the hero again but Topley was distraught as South Africa won by three wickets  Getty Images
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