England v South Africa, Limited Overs, 2025.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Those posting on the BBC are blaming this farago on the hundred! And Brook laughing too much.

[Durhamfootman]

the 100 certainly, but mostly because there is no time to spread out the internationals now that August is ruled out of the equation. Similarly there is now no time earlier in the summer to have anything other than back to back test matches between the IPL and the 100.

Was Brook whistling as well, perchance?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Nothing so heinous. He was mainly just cheerful.

[andy]

No brainer, brook wins the toss and chooses to bowl,

Mahmood in for baker

De zorsi out with injury breetzke in
Mulder out with illness, muthsamy in for him

First ball 1:15pm

[Arthur Crabtree]

Weather is ok. It's tipping down here.

[andy]

Archer has found a lot of movement in his first over! Ball hopping away from markram

[andy]

Shocking review! Absolute waste never looked out at any stage

[andy]

Markram looks at ease against the quicks I wonder if brook may turn to jack's early and slow the pace right down to him

[andy]

Just the 3 overs for archer and carse brought into the attack....some good bounce on this deck...Mahmood caused markram problems last over with it

[andy]

Carse is starting to tick...rickelton hitting his good balls for 4 and then jofra pings one for 4 overthrows!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Mahmood doing better than Baker. But now Archer and Carse getting carted.

[andy]

Rickelton looks in great touch...markram struggling today but rickelton playing some lovely drives looks in good nick

[andy]

50 partnership inside 10 overs....3rd time in 5 innings these two have put on 50 together

51-0 after 10

[andy]

Jofra has been poor gone for 3 boundaries in a row in this over...going at 8 an over bowling both sides of the wicket....this attack just dosent look balanced at all...problems for England with south Africa 71-0 after 12

[Arthur Crabtree]

England are a bowler light. Post-Stokes/Mo there's no genuine allrounder.