full and staying a touch low, hit on the back pad... Jordan appeals and Aleem Dar shakes his head, but England review, and this doesn't look good for Bavuma. Thudding into leg stump, according to Hawk-Eye, and that is curtains!. Up goes Dar's finger, and then immediately he signals to the groundsmen, too! It's raining again!
South Africa vs England, 2nd ODI at Durban, SA v ENG, Feb 07 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary
7.01pm: Match abandoned, they've finally given up the ghost in Durban, a venue that has had a right old soaking this summer (sic)... All of which means South Africa maintain their 1-0 lead in the series, with one game to play in Johannesburg. Quinny de Kock is going to be unbeaten in his first series as captain! Anyway, thanks for sticking around, we'll be back for more on Sunday. Bye!
6.50pm: The cut-off is *drum roll* 7.22pm for a 20-over thrash (splash?). But it looks miserable around Kingsmead once again, with the crowd increasingly thin and a line of umbrellas heading for the exits
Here's Edward Bowden: "I think everyone should have heeded your commentary this morning - 'On a scale of 1 to 10, what are chances of play today? I wouldn't like to put a number on it, but the forecast looks something like this: it was raining earlier, it's raining now, and it's going to rain later.' - and gone home and put their feet up." Roller knew (of course he did)
"South Africa will take this, more than happily," declares Nelson. "Their chances of winning a shortened match were little to non-existent and now they can't lose the series."
6.39pm: Raining heavily again! Gah... Now the groundstaff are going to get their way, deploying the full range of covers as the drizzle returns to blight this schmozzle. Not great news, obviously, for the prospects of a result here
"How Duckworth-Lewis works is just a guy in a room with some dice, adding some (or removing some?) when a wicket is lost, he does some creative multiplication... and a score is reached." Ssshhh, George, don't spoil the magic
"@ Commentator; 'Seems like the rain has swept through for now...' You trying to make fun of us non-TV watchers?? That was like a minute ago and then now it's raining?" I think I was actually paraphrasing what the TV comms were saying, rssampat. Blame it on the weatherman
6.37pm: Off comes the cover, they're going to get straight back underway! Just a brief, slightly bizarre delay this time
England don't look to convinced by that decision (as they weren't by the original not out), and they are taking their time walking off the field. Umpires are still out there, just one cover on the 22-yard strip for now. The groundstaff were in the process of bringing on more protection for the square, but they've been told to stand down
Fair point, from Jurie Schoeman: "Malcolm - maybe you should read up on how Duckworth Lewis works... That's exactly what the method takes into account. The SA score will be increased"
shortish and skidding on as Hendricks attempts to pull, comes off the hip behind point
Chris Jordan on for Curran. Seems like the rain has swept through for now
Nine runs off the over, but SA still struggling to lift the rate, approaching the halfway point of the innings
flighted, worked off the stumps through midwicket
floated up outside off, 78kph/49mph and dabbed delicately off the back foot towards short third man
clubbed back over the bowler's head! Good use of the feet and he drills it for a straight four
pushed through a little faster, Hendricks nudges through midwicket for a single
tossed up, 76 clicks and met by Bavuma skipping down, worked into the leg side - but there's only one there
flighted outside the line of off and Hendricks goes inside out, chipped down the ground to long-off
fullish on the stumps, this is whipped through square leg for one
spears in a yorker, right up towards the blockhole and Hendricks settles for digging it out
Here's Malcolm: "This is massively in favor of England. The chances of SA winning here are miniscule. England basically have an 8 or 9 over head start, because SA were playing normally for the first few overs. England can start from scratch and completely blast the match and the run rate to oblivion."
dug in short, pulled flat through midwicket for another single
fired on middle and leg, Hendricks clips through square
skips out, attempts to hoick leg side again... back-of-the-hand slowie from Curran and Bavuma doesn't time it, manages to clear the infield for three towards long-on
length ball outside off, pushed into the covers for a single
Just drizzling, I think, the umpires are keeping them out (for now)
"The 156-ball shootout," chuckles phillip martin. "The ECB may catch on.... "
flatter, a touch quicker and nudged towards square leg
looped up well outside leg stump, straightening through to the keeper - but that's a wide
flighted, drifting in as Bavuma comes down and works the ball into a gap leg side
And there's rain in the air again...
pushed through, 76kph/47mph and skidding on, clipped leg side
slow and loopy on middle and leg, Hendricks props forward in defence
floated up and tapped into the off side
floated up outside leg, Hendricks mows across the line and gets a thin inside edge, YJB is beaten and it runs away for two!
Another change, Woakes off and Matt Parkinson into the attack