South Africa v England: third men’s one-day international – live

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Here’s a fab piece (thanks to Rob for pointing it out) on how little England’s best ODI team have played together since the greatestTM match of all time.

A masterclass from Nasser on Harry Brook. “Look at his knees, he is much lower in his stance to a spinner than to a quick bowler.” Athers and Nasser dish up spoonfuls of praise, but Athers suggests that he might find it easier on the flat pitches of the subcontinent than on bouncier pitches – his record in the Big Bash isn’t as good as in the PSL.

Tom Curran steps back from red ball cricket

Surrey have announced that Sam Curran’s older brother Tom is going taking an indefinite break from red ball cricket to prioritise his mental and physical health after a run of injuries.

“The last couple of years have not been easy for me. I have had a lot of time and this isn’t a decision that I’ve taken lightly,” said Curran.

“Some choices in life I don’t think you will ever be 100% sure and this is definitely one of those. But where I find myself at this exact moment, I feel like it is the right decision for my body and for my mental health.

“I’m definitely not ruling out playing red ball cricket again in the future, and I feel like I have unfinished business in this format for both Surrey and England. But until I can feel 100% committed and confident in my body to be performing day in and day out for Surrey in the County Championship, I feel that putting all my time and focus into on our Vitality Blast campaign this year is the right thing to do.

“I know it is not ideal news for everyone at Surrey and our fans. But I wanted to say a truly heartfelt thank you to Alec Stewart for the support and understanding of my decision. Surrey has given me everything and is my home. I love it very much and my hope is everyone else will see and understand my decision as he has done.”

He made his maiden first-class century against Northants last summer.

Teams: South Africa – three changes!

South Africa XI: Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Wayne Parnell, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi.

No De Kock. after his hand injury in the last game, Maharaj and Nortje also miss out. Hendricks, Shamsi and Magala return..

Teams: England - Jofra returns!

England XI: Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c, wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, S Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Reece Topley.

Olly Stone sits back on the bench.

South Africa win the toss and will bowl

More luck with the coin for Bavumba! Looks hot and sunny out there.

Preamble

Good morning, farewell January and a very happy February 1 to you all. This mini-series between South Africa winds up in the shoulder pads and glitter of diamond-mining town Kimberley. South Africa hold a surprise 2-0 lead after following up their first win with a barnstorming run chase at Bloemfontein on Sunday, inspired by a hundred from Temba Bavumba.

Another win today would shuffle South Africa up to eighth in the World Cup Super League table, meaning they escape the ignominy of the World Cup playoffs in Zimbabwe. England, currently lying fourth, are in mid-winter slump – five losses in a row, their worst ODI run since 2014. There are mitigating factors – that losing run includes the ODI--series-no-one-wanted-to-play in December against Australia, plus all joint-honours players being away on Test duties – but Jos Buttler will want to garnish those two lonely wins England have notched up since he took over properly after the run-tastic trip to the Netherlands.

It should be fun – and the recovered Phil Salt and rested Jofra Archer are in the mix to play. It all starts at 11am GMT, hope you can make it.