England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of England, 2017 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: May 29, 11:00 AM LOCAL
David Willey 26(39)
19.1
Parnell to Willey, out Caught by Duminy!! Finally the partnership has been broken. It was turning frustrating for South Africa and you could see some shoulders dropping, but the timely wicket should pump them up, again. Willey is disappointed, hangs his bat behind his back and trudges off looking at the sky. Good length ball outside off, Willey drives on the up but fails to keep it down. JPD was stationed very close at cover and he gets a piece of the action. England needed the stand to flourish for a few more overs. Willey c Duminy b Parnell 26(39) [4s-3]
18.6
Chris Morris to Bairstow, no run, good length ball outside off, Bairstow drives on the up and Faf at cover dives to make a fine save, parries to mid-off and keeps the batsmen at their respective ends
18.4
Chris Morris to Willey, no run, dug in and does not rise as much as Willey anticipated, he misses the pull and is struck on the back. Grimaces in pain but is ready to continue with the next ball
18.3
Chris Morris to Bairstow, 1 run, slightly short and not too close to cut, but Bairstow somehow manages to and gets it past backward point, for a single to third man
18.1
Chris Morris to Willey, no run, on a length around the fifth stump line, Willey blocks off the inner part of the bat to mid-wicket
17.6
Parnell to Bairstow, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, Bairstow inside edges the flick onto the thigh pad and the ball rolls down the wicket, he is not happy with himself
17.3
Parnell to Willey, 2 runs, Parnell goes tad straight and attacks the stumps, Willey offers the full face of the bat in the block to the left of the bowler, Morkel at mid-on dives as an afterthought and concedes a couple
17.2
Parnell to Willey, no run, shortens the length and Willey is on the back foot to punch, straight to mid-off though
17.1
Parnell to Willey, no run, good length ball around off, Willey is solidly behind that to defend
16.6
Chris Morris to Bairstow, no run, back of a length on off, Bairstow pushes off the inner portion to mid-on
16.3
Chris Morris to Willey, 2 runs, good running. Willey is hurried on the pull shot and mistimes it in front of deep square leg, he pushed for the second and got it quite comfortably in the end. The 50-run stand comes up between these two - a much needed one for England
16.2
Chris Morris to Willey, FOUR, Willey looking more at ease with each passing ball. Space offered outside off and Willey slaps it hard into the ground, the ball bounces over the off-side ring and there's no sweeper out as well
16.1
Chris Morris to Willey, no run, on a length close to off, Willey defends to cover
15.6
Morne Morkel to Bairstow, no run, back of a length on off, Bairstow taps it gently into the on-side ring
15.4
Morne Morkel to Willey, no run, sliding onto the pads, Willey does not get any wood on that and the ball deflects off the pad to the right of QDK
15.3
Morne Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, short of length on off and middle, tucked away behind square leg, for a single
14.5
Maharaj to Bairstow, 1 run, quicker, flatter and outside off, driven square on the off-side for the sweeper to tidy up
14.2
Maharaj to Bairstow, 1 run, touch short in length and Bairstow uses the crease to punch it past the sprawling ABD at cover
13.5
Morne Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, tries to get full but is way too straight. Bairstow clips to the fielder at deep mid-wicket
12.4
Maharaj to Bairstow, 1 run, lets this one turn and goes back to punch square on the off-side
12.2
Maharaj to Willey, no run, steps down before wristing to mid-wicket
12.1
Maharaj to Willey, no run, turns in a bit. Willey defends off the back foot
11.6
Morne Morkel to Willey, 1 run, strays on the pads from a similar length. Willey works towards mid-wicket and hares across
11.5
Morne Morkel to Willey, no run, round the wicket for the left-hander. Hits the back of a length and Willey does well to defend off the back foot. Might have loosened the bottom hand to accomodate the extra bounce
11.4
Morne Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, goes back to length and angles in. Bairstow softly tucks to mid-wicket for a single
10.5
Maharaj to Willey, no run, gets on the front foot and defends to point
10.4
Maharaj to Willey, no run, over the wicket for the left-hander. Right on the stumps, nudged to short mid-wicket
10.3
Maharaj to Bairstow, 1 run, quicker this time. Bairstow works in front of the same short mid-wicket man and steals a single
9.3
Morne Morkel to Willey, no run, and angling away once again; leaves
9.2
Morne Morkel to Willey, no run, where did it hit him? On the back thigh perhaps. Willey did not play the proper line and the ball beat his bat on the push to thud on the back thigh before rolling towards the slip cordon
9.1
Morne Morkel to Willey, no run, starts with a gentle delivery that goes across Willey. Lets it go
8.6
Rabada to Bairstow, FOUR, not a half-volley but Bairstow takes the call to go for the drive. Connects well and finds the gap past extra cover
7.5
Parnell to Willey, no run, relatively fuller on off. Defended
7.4
Parnell to Willey, no run, how do you play that? Better you don't. Kicks off from a shortish length and almost takes the shoulder of Willey's bat on the back foot defence. Opened him up there
7.3
Parnell to Willey, no run, width further aided by some movement from a shortish length. Willey tries to flay the cut and is beaten
7.2
Parnell to Willey, no run, not an exaggerated piece of movmeent. Willey might have seen that early, lets it go outside off
7.1
Parnell to Willey, FOUR, that will help. Parnell slides on the legs of Willey who easily clips it past the fielder at mid-wicket. Morkel does not chase that one
6.6
Rabada to Bairstow, no run, movement just outside off. Bairstow shoulders arms
5.5
Parnell to Willey, no run, defends off the back foot, slightly opened stance there. The ball rolls down to gully
5.4
Parnell to Bairstow, 3 runs, tucks behind square on the on-side off the back foot. Maharaj runs from fine leg and gets to the ball early, fumbles before stopping in installments. Saves one in the end. Third umpire's help sought to find out whether the stop was clean or not. It was indeed
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