Poor bowling & poor fielding throughout. The game is gone, but I hope England can at least save a little face with a decent batting performance.

look like England would need to get 103 runs in the powerplay to have a chance in this game lol.

they'll be going out trying to hit a 6 off every ball and we'll be bowled out for around 120

they just put up a list of the 10 highest scores in t20 internationals and 5 of them were achieved against england

Looks like the market changed the par total after the SA innings.
My model was hopelessly wrong for the England innings.
http://ix.io/tt0
England need to score 82 from the first 6 overs.

There we go , another 19 overs like that and it's job done lol

Jheez what a start.
England might be favorites soon.

England meant to be 52 after 2 overs and they may actually nearly reach it incredible.

wow...

SA only got 50 off their first 4 overs.........amateurs !

Incredible England only 8 runs behind the even game mark.

What an innings from Roy.

very bad wicket to lose here.

Down to Buttler and Root but you feel we will fall short..

Kiwis look really strong - 2 good wins against the 2 favourites maybe?

had to pop out between innings so put the TiVo on and been fast forwarding between overs and just caught up to live play

cant believe we have a chance here , 60 off the last 6 is doable but expect these 2 will have to get most of them

All the England bashers seem to be 'offline' all of a sudden. Why is it when England do badly, this thread is busy ? When they have a go and make a fist of it, its quiet ? It's as if people want failure.

I backed SA to win the whole thing a few weeks ago but I shall be cheering England on for the rest of this match. Win, Lose or draw they had a go

Would like to see Plunkett in for Topley in the next match. And as it is against Afghanistan, maybe worth giving Dawson a run out ?

Joe Root gets 50 ™

As a dyed in the wool pessimist I don't want to jinx it. I am convinced that if I feel or convey the merest flicker of hope it will all come crashing down.

Whatever happens now though it has been a valiant attempt at least.

47 from 30 required

be nice to have a really big over now and score 20 off it........

some of the bowling did deserve bashing darren , they looked like they couldn't handle the pressure the SA batsmen were putting on them

even if we dont get over the line here they deserve credit, a year ago this wouldn't have been a competitive game

this is a bad over for England.......Buttler out and only about 3 runs from the first 4 balls

........and now this could be the big over !

oh, what a catch by the Security Guard !

that one from abbott has got our noses ahead again

favourites to win from here but a wicket would change it again

4, 4, 4..........:d

What a game.