South Africa v England: third T20 international – live!

14th over: South Africa 141-3 (Klaasen 40, Miller 3) Morgan sticks with Stokes and perhaps regrets it as Klaasen kloonks yet another six. Again there’s a smart catch in the crowd, this time by a young man in a white T-shirt, who is so pleased with himself that he gets a ticking-off from Rob Key. Harsh.

13th over: South Africa 129-3 (Klaasen 30, Miller 2) You’d think South Africa’s best hope of resuming the carnage would be Miller the Killer, but Klaasen (the Parson?) has other ideas. He swings Rashid away for yet another six, which is beautifully caught by the man in the sludge-green T-shirt.

12th over: South Africa 116-3 (Klaasen 18, Miller 1) Great stuff from Stokes, whose third over goes for only four. By hitting the pitch hard, and being Ben Stokes, he has figures of 3-0-23-2, while the other three seamers have 5-0-52-0.

Stokes tucks up van der Dussen, whose attempted pull for six just presents Tom Curran with a comfortable catch at deep midwicket. South Africa, after that fizzing start, are doing an England here.

11th over: South Africa 112-2 (van der Dussen 11, Klaasen 15) Now Klaasen comes to the party, standing and delivering a straight six off Rashid. Has Mo Mentum changed sides again?

10th over: South Africa 100-2 (van der Dussen 9, Klaasen 7) The other night, when SA seemed to be about to seal the series, I said that England’s best hope was to give van der Dussen the strike. Then he blossomed, and England squeezed over the line largely because they kept him off strike for the last ten balls of the innings. So Rassie, I take it all back. And he’s started well here, working it around confidently and glancing Stokes for four.

9th over: South Africa 90-2 (van der Dussen 3, Klaasen 2) And suddenly it’s a different game, as the two noobs settle for four singles off the rest of the over. Well bowled Rash.

And now Rashid strikes too! It was his quicker ball, going straight on, and it surprised Bavuma. He had played beautifully for 49 off only 24 balls, but he’s now left his team with two new batsmen at the crease.

8th over: South Africa 86-1 (Bavuma 49, van der Dussen 1) Stokes too went for six, but he made the vital breakthrough.

Stokes! On he comes with England gasping for a wicket, and there it is as de Kock chips a slower ball to deep square. Good innings though – 35 off 24 balls, four of which disappeared into the crowd.

7th over: South Africa 77-0 (Bavuma 41, de Kock 35) On comes Adil Rashid, the only England bowler today to have bowled here in a T20 international. He carries on where he left off ten years ago: his first ball goes for six, his second for four. Like Jordan, Rashid finds a way to salvage some self-respect, but Bavuma and de Kock have a policy of attacking every bowler as soon as he comes on, and it is working horribly well.

“I know this is a bit off topic,” says Romeo, “but it’s cricket and it’s important. Could you plug the historic and hugely significant MCC tour to Pakistan? Kumar Sangakkara’s side just lost to Pakistan Shaheens, effectively their ‘A’ team, in Lahore, after winning the first match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. There are two more matches, tomorrow and Wednesday.

“All the matches are on Youtube, and here’s the press conference before the first match with Wasim Khan (who is of course British), the chief executive of the PCB, together with Sangakkara, who these days doesn’t just play for MCC but is also their actual president.”

6th over: South Africa 64-0 (Bavuma 29, de Kock 34) After twisting with Wood and Curran, Morgan sticks with Jordan, who repays his faith with an over that goes 11..11. That’s the T20 equivalent of a double-wicket maiden. So the PowerPlay ends with SA well on top, but not having it all their own way.

“Do you think England should just offer 60-0 to the opposition as a PowerPlay score, and then just start the innings in the seventh?” asks Kevin Wilson. “England’s PowerPlay bowling is laughably dreadful. I can’t see them winning the World Cup playing catch-up like this constantly.”

5th over: South Africa 60-0 (Bavuma 27, de Kock 32) Morgan doesn’t want to risk Wood again, so it’s back to Tom Curran and his liquorice allsorts. Bavuma squeezes the first ball to wide third man, where Malan makes a fine stop to save two, but then de Kock slashes another imperious four. Curran resorts to yorkers outside off, which keep de Kock quiet but have little or no chance of taking a wicket. “We’re looking at 250 here,” says David Lloyd.

4th over: South Africa 52-0 (Bavuma 24, de Kock 27) Another bowling change, another pair of sixes as de Kock first flicks Chris Jordan, then pulls him. In fact it’s six-six-six as another flick lands in the crowd. That’s fifty up off only 22 balls. We are back in the land of the sublime and the ridiculous. Jordan keeps his cool to finish with two dots, but his first over has still gone for 19.

“Afternoon Tim.” Ah, Mr Withington, we’ve been expecting you. “In the fertile field of narrative determinism, whilst our old friend Mo Mentum often gets deserved mention [10:27], what about some of the other muckers in arms like the latent De Stiny and the inscrutable Fick le Fate?” Love it.

3rd over: South Africa 33-0 (Bavuma 23, de Kock 9) Moeen is swiftly replaced by Mark Wood, whose first ball goes for six. It’s a regulation loosener, length outside off, and de Kock just swishes it over long-off as if he was playing on the beach. Anything you can do, says Bavuma, I can do equally well, a so a shorter ball is flicked over deep square for six more. With every ball going for at least a single, that’s 16 from the over.

2nd over: South Africa 17-0 (Bavuma 15, de Kock 1) For de Kock, Curran has a slip, which is bold from Morgan. And wise, as de Kock immediately plays and misses outside off. Bavuma, refusing to let England get a good over in, lashes the last ball past short extra for four.

And here’s Tom Curran, who is on a sort of hat-trick after that exemplary ending the other night. He almost gets another batsman caught at fine leg as Bavuma plays a ramp shot that goes close to Adil Rashid at short fine leg.

1st over: South Africa 11-0 (Bavuma 10, de Kock 1) Moeen starts with a long hop outside off, which Temba Bavuma cuts for four. After three better balls, Mo gets lofted for a straight four by Bavuma, who has come out dancing.

It’s going to be Moeen Ali to open the bowling again for England, even though he had a poor day with the ball on Friday.

SA bring back the great Dale Steyn, as expected, and also drop Jon-Jon Smuts in favour of Heinrish Klaasen. England’s only change is Malan for Denly, which surely makes them stronger.

South Africa 1 Bavuma, 2 de Kock (capt, wkt), 3 van der Dussen, 4 Klaasen, 5 Miller, 6 Pretorius, 7 Fortuin, 8 Phehlukwayo, 9 Steyn, 10 Shamsi, 11 Ngidi.

England 1 Roy, 2 Buttler (wkt), 3 Bairstow, 4 Malan, 5 Morgan (capt), 6 Stokes, 7 Moeen, 8 T Curran, 9 Rashid, 10 Jordan, 11 Wood.

Joe Denly is ill, so Dawid Malan is finally let out of the doghouse.

Eoin Morgan says he would have bowled anyway.

Eoin Morgan calls wrong, so it’s Quinton de Kock’s decision and on balance he’d rather not chase again. Well, the team batting first has won every game in this series.

Morning everyone and welcome to the final act of a fabulous drama. The first match in this series ended in a win for South Africa by one run. The second ended in a win for England by two runs. So today’s third and final game is obviously going to be a win for somebody by three runs. But whom?

England, says our old friend Mo Mentum. England, say the bookies, more firmly than you might expect (they mostly have England at 4/7, South Africa 11/8). England, says experience – if you can come through a Super Over in a World Cup final, you can cope with anything.

And yet… South Africa, says home advantage. South Africa, says youthful exuberance. South Africa, says the fact that, for three or four of England’s stars, it’s the last day of a long tour. South Africa, says the way that England, for all Eoin Morgan’s steely leadership, keep on conjuring collapses out of nowhere. Expert conclusion: it’s anybody’s guess.

These two teams have met once before in a T20 international at Centurion. It was ten years ago and England lost by 84 runs, which is quite an achievement in a 20-over match. Remarkably, two of the bowlers who got battered that day by Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman are still in the team – a pair of contrasting leggies, Adil Rashid and Joe Denly. Morgan was there too, and so was Dale Steyn, now the father of the house of fast bowling. He will surely be recalled today after being rested on Friday.

The forecast is for bright sunshine, so at least the series won’t be decided by Duckworth-Lewis. Play starts at 2.30pm in Pretoria, which is 12.30 in the UK. I’ll be back about 25 minutes before that with the toss and the teams.