South Africa vs England

England vs South Africa 3rd ODI Live Updates: South Africa won the toss and opted to bat against England in the series decider in Leeds.

For South Africa, it's crucial points on the table, with them having pulled out of the series against Australia next year, jeapordising their chances of directly qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. ( LIVE SCORECARD) For England, Jos Buttler will look to seal his first series win as white-ball captain, having lost the T20I and ODI series against India earlier this month. While South Africa thrashed England by 62 runs in the first ODI, the hosts came back strong in the second match, winning the rain-affected game by 118 runs.

Follow all the the final and deciding one-day international at Headingley.

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South Africa won the toss and skipper Keshav Maharaj opted to bat, with both teams announcing unchanged XIs for the series decider at Headingley.

The Proteas will be counting on Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen to perform well. South Africa will be missing the presence of their regular captain Temba Bavuma, who is out with an injury. South Africa were off to a disastrous start, losing four wickets for just six runs as Reece Topley ran through the top order.

Given how much time has been eaten up by this rain break it will now be 45 overs a side.

A boundary for vd Dussen on the fourth ball. The Durham bowler is the latest in a long line of England fast bowlers to suffer injury lay-offs. A reverse sweep on the second, and he gets another boundary. Topley's foot slips on the third. Slip's gone, and the chance goes begging, de Kock gets away with a boundary behind. A change in the field to entice vd Dussen into that sweep. A terrific sweep by vd Dussen, but it's stopped before the boundary. It's a sweep by vd Dussen and it's an easy catch in the end for Jonny Bairstow. Van der Dussen looks annoyed with the way he played the shot on that sweep. He follows with a plug away through the offside for another boundary, reaching his half-century in the process. Adil Rashid, the Yorkshire leg spinner is in for a bowl now. Four for the over. Rashid back on the bowl.

England levelled the series at Old Trafford but who will take the deciding ODI at Headingley? Join Rob Smyth.

1st over: South Africa 5-0 (Malan 2, de Kock 3) Reece Topley has taken 11 for 76 in his last three ODIs, many of them with the new ball. de Kock glides his first ball for four and then clatters a filthy delivery to the cover boundary to bring up a high-class fifty from 39 balls. This is a quietly important game for an England team who have suffered a crisis of confidence in the last few weeks. 16th over: South Africa 97-1 (de Kock 58, van der Dussen 25) No real movement for Curran, so he is mixing things up. A week ago they bowed to the genius of Rishabh Pant at Old Trafford a week ago; today, they will hope for a better outcome against South Africa at Headingley. “I realise the obvious differences (footballers run a lot more for one), but the football World Cup has been moved from the Qatar summer. 17th over: South Africa 101-2 (de Kock 60, Markram 1) “Hi Rob,” says Julian Menz. “ I really wish Tanya’s article was open for comments, as I suspect even us club-level cricketers have suffered heat exhaustion at some point, and it is an extremely serious issue. 22nd over: South Africa 121-2 (de Kock 70, Markram 8) Moeen Ali returns to the attack. The forecast is a lot better from around 4pm, so there should still be scope for a shorter game. “It’s also a cause of much consternation at the mo with the powers that be, given it takes about five minutes to walk in and throw half a dozen warm up pitches on the mound. 21st over: South Africa 119-2 (de Kock 69, Markram 7) There was one ball remaining in the 21st over when rain stopped play. The finest exemplar of the power of the bullpen is here ( slightly whiffy language).

England face a series decider against South Africa at Headingley with their ODI rubber all-square at 1-1. Jos Buttler's side have lost their previous two ...

11:15 a.m: There's been a bit of shape early on for Topley and Willey early on, but the South Africa openers have progressed in fairly untroubled fashion. However, the surface looks good and it might be better to get close to an unbroken innings in first before conditions potentially bring Duckworth-Lewis into play. 10:30 a.m: The captains are out in the middle for the toss and Maharaj calls correctly. 11:40 a.m: End of the first powerplay and De Kock, after a couple of false starts in the series, is starting to motor. Showers are scheduled for the afternoon and that is something the captains will factor into their thinking at the toss. The leg-spinner responded by suckering the in-form Van der Dussen in a game of cat and mouse, which concluded with him clumping a catch to Bairstow on the midwicket fence. He's on to 37 and England will want to see the back of him soon. 12:22 p.m: In the 20 deliveries since Van der Dussen left us, South Africa have not hit a boundary, with Rashid and Curran putting the breaks on nicely. 10:10 a.m: Last time England were at Headingley, we found Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root in swashbuckling form en route to dominant seven-wicket win over New Zealand. White-ball batting has proved a tougher task for both since. In a worst-case scenario, the teams need to be back out by 6:14 p.m. local time for the bare minimum of a 20-over thrash for England under Duckworth-Lewis conditions. It did mean having to contend with the tractor motoring around the outfield with a large rope to conclude the drying-up efforts. The rainfall already looks a touch lighter now the covers are on.

Jos Buttler is still waiting for his first series victory as England white-ball captain after rain wrecked the deciding one-day international against South ...

England were good at stages and so were we." England vs S Africa England captain, Jos Buttler: "We have to be realistic with where we are as a team in the ODI format. "Quinny [Quinton de Kock] batted brilliantly to put the pressure back on England and we were looking to get to 300-plus. "When you lose a genuine all-rounder in Ben you are going to feel short in either batting or bowling. England vs S Africa