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play type description is four batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Shoaib Malik over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.74 innings wickets is 0
full on middle stump, Malik backs away outside leg and smears it over point for four
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play type description is run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Shoaib Malik over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.7 innings wickets is 0
shuffles outside leg and nurdles a single past short fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Asif Ali over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.67 innings wickets is 0
Ali bunts a full ball on middle to long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Shoaib Malik over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.58 innings wickets is 0
Malik backs away outside leg and digs out a yorker to the keeper
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play type description is run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Shoaib Malik over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.55 innings wickets is 0
slog-swept away to deep fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Andrew Tye batsman name is Asif Ali over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.57 innings wickets is 0
middle-stump yorker, jammed down to long-on for a couple of runs. Pakistan another couple away from victory
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play type description is run batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Shoaib Malik over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.54 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and outside off, muscled away to long-on
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play type description is four batting team is Pakistan bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Asif Ali over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 9.67 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Pakistan clinch the tri-series in Zimbabwe</strong>! Back of a length and outside off, slower offcutter from Stoinis, Asif Ali reads it and slugs it away wide of deep midwicket for four
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
Roy is onto the front foot and off the mark straight away, pushing through extra cover for a quick single
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play type description is out batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
<b>Tahir strikes!</b> Faf's tactical twist has brought immediate dividends, but it's Bairstow who falls first. He lunges onto the front foot to one that grips and turns just far enough to kiss the outside edge on the way through to de Kock, and Tahir's off in celebration! Head aloft, arms spread wide, and no-one can ca...
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
wrong 'un from Tahir, but Root picks it and presents bat and pad close together to keep it out
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
<b>inside edge</b> this time, and Tahir finds more grip on another googly. But Root puts bat to ball, and keeps it out
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
quicker, and flatter through the air and Root is half forward to push it back to the bowler
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.0 innings wickets is 0
and a tight end to the over as Tahir hones in on Root's off stump and a fourth googly in a row is tucked into the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.85 innings wickets is 0
there's no loosener from Ngidi as he finds immediate bite and lift outside off. But Roy does well to ride it, fending to point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
sharp bounce once again from Ngidi, and a touch of seam movement back in to the right hander too, but it's nudged off the hip and down to fine leg for one
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.33 innings wickets is 0
Root is up on his tippy-toes to get on top of another rising delivery from Ngidi, pressing it firmly to extra cover
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
fuller, and straighter, Root aiming his drive right at mid off
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.27 innings wickets is 0
<b>laced through cover!</b> Ngidi aimed fuller still, but this came out as a long half volley, and Root was into position with minimalist grace to put it away
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
that's a better length from Ngidi, and there's a hint of inside edge as Root clips a seamer down to fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
full, straight and Root is forward to push a single wide of mid on
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.85 innings wickets is 0
Roy sets himself for a huge hoick down the ground, but he doesn't get all of it and the ball ricochets off Tahir's boot, off the umpire, and into space for a single
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
flicked straight of midwicket for one more
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.75 innings wickets is 0
too short from Tahir, but he's not punished for it as Roy's cut finds point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.88 innings wickets is 0
Roy stays deep in his crease once again, nurdling a single through square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
swept this time, but now the shot finds short fine leg and it's another dot
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.78 innings wickets is 0
tennis-ball bounce outside off as Roy thrusts out at it, the ball flying through the vacant gully region and down to third man
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
<b>beaten outside off</b> by one that holds its line outside off. He's been seaming them in, but this one just kept going outside off to beat Root's edge
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
this one does seam in a shade, and Root is back and across to defend to cover
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.36 innings wickets is 0
<b>boom!</b> Too short from Ngidi, and Root reads the length nice and early to get himself into position to pull to midwicket. It's the long boundary, but there's a big gap to aim for too
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.17 innings wickets is 0
<b>just short!</b> Ngidi aims fuller and wider, and Root has to stretch into a drive and can't keep it down. Fortunately for him, the ball lands just short of Duminy, who has been moved into gully
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
Ngidi keeps things tight on off stump to finish, and Root is content just to keep it out
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.8 innings wickets is 0
<b>too short</b> and Roy hops back to hammer a cut well in front of square
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.84 innings wickets is 0
Tahir loops this one up a little slower, and much fuller. Roy is forward to tap it to long on for one
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.11 innings wickets is 0
and so Root goes for the reverse sweep, picking the gap nicely. But Rassie's after it, and hauls the ball in inside the rope
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.78 innings wickets is 0
<b>swept hard!</b> An orthodox stroke from Root this time, and he's helped by some creaky fielding from Amla at short fine, who falls over the ball as it passes him but can't stop it
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
<b>chipped in the air!</b> But safe. It was a full toss too, and Root might have put this anywhere. Perhaps he was taken a little by surprise, and does at least manage to pop it <i>just</i> over a leaping Rabada at midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Imran Tahir batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.8 innings wickets is 0
speared in flat and fast to finish, and Root defends
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
too straight, and he's neatly clipped off the hip and through midwicket for a brace
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.81 innings wickets is 0
rising off a length, on or around off stump, and Roy pushes him to midwicket
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.36 innings wickets is 0
Ngidi's lost his radar with this one, offering a gentle leg-stump length delivery that Roy helps on its way down to fine leg
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play type description is wide batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
the riposte from South Africa's big quick is to dig one in halfway down, but the bouncer balloons up way too high and is called wide
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.52 innings wickets is 0
sliced in the air through gully! Where is the fielder? Ngidi aims fuller, and wider, and Roy holds nothing back in the drive - but there's no-one there to catch it
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.34 innings wickets is 0
Ngidi finds that splice-jarring length and Root can't quite get on the front foot as he defends this one
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.5 innings wickets is 0
Root is one the drive once again, but Markram hares after it to keep them to two
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.97 innings wickets is 0
<b>and he's punched down the ground!</b> Gosh, this is a lightning quick outfield. Rabada aimed full to start, but this was nothing more than a push from Roy. Once it beat the bowler, and mid off, it was four
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.78 innings wickets is 0
Rabada pulls his length back to stop another drive, and Roy defends
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.61 innings wickets is 0
shorter still from Rabada, but this one is aimed wide of off and Roy shoulders arms
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.45 innings wickets is 0
another steepler on a fifth stump line, and Roy is at pains to pull his hands out of harm's way as he leaves well alone
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.29 innings wickets is 0
Roy sets himself to drive again, but he's not quite to it and pokes his shot uppishly towards Phehlukwayo at mid off
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.14 innings wickets is 0
indipper from Rabada, at a decent clip too - 90mph. But Roy is forward with bat and pad together to defend to point
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
Root is drawn into an injudicious prod outside off by a cross-seamed delivery from Ngidi that holds its line outside off, beating the bat
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
neat follow-up from Ngidi, a slower ball. It cuts in off the track. Root defending to leg with a hint of inside edge
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.4 innings wickets is 0
<b>crisp!</b> Ngidi has found tennis-ball bounce, but Roy just stands up on this one - another cutter - and checks his drive, on the up, to collect four more
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.39 innings wickets is 0
Roy is up on his toes again to spank this short one towards point, where Duminy parries and takes the sting out of the shot, so it's just the one
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.25 innings wickets is 0
and now it's Root standing tall, and punching to cover. But he pings the field
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.12 innings wickets is 0
Ngidi offers a little width outside off, but again Root picks out the cover fielder with his forcing stroke
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
shaping in towards off stump, and Roy is half forward to press to cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
and Roy <b>brings up England's fifty</b> with a neat little clip into the leg side, finding just enough room for a quick single
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.88 innings wickets is 0
Rabada pulls his length back at 87mph, Root jumping to defend into the leg side
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.23 innings wickets is 0
<b>short, and pulled!</b> Root has looked in absolutely top form on the pull today, and even though he was a little rushed by Rabada's pace he controlled the stroke and placed it just so to collect four
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.11 innings wickets is 0
Rabada adjusts his line, outside off, and Root presses firmly to cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.11 innings wickets is 0
good awareness from the batsmen in the middle as Root pushes a fuller one towards Tahir at mid on and they sense the opportunity for a quick single
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.21 innings wickets is 0
and his line is just a little too straight to start, Root shuffling across to pick up two more through midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.1 innings wickets is 0
that's a better line from Pretorius, in the channel outside off and Root punches defensively to cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.1 innings wickets is 0
whipped off his legs and down to fine leg for one more
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
<b>massive swipe</b> from Roy, but it's a cross-seamed delivery from Pretorius and it beats the outside edge of the stroke
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
surprise bouncer from Pretorius, and Roy can't take full advantage as he pulls to fine leg for one
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
again it's short, and now it's Root who pulls out to deep midwicket for one
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.9 innings wickets is 0
decent line angled into off stump, and pushed to cover
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.19 innings wickets is 0
pounces on one that's slightly over-pitched and <B>crunched through long-on</B>
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.28 innings wickets is 0
flicked off the pads, Root keeps things ticking along
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.28 innings wickets is 0
rising up onto the toes to thump into the off side once more
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.27 innings wickets is 0
<B>inswinging full toss!</B> That was a dicey delivery ... an inside-edge squirts through third man, that would have been pretty tight if he'd missed!
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.18 innings wickets is 0
bending the knee, onto the front foot, pushed to mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.08 innings wickets is 0
stretching forward to push down the track
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
hopping onto the back foot, fencing a lifter down to third man
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.91 innings wickets is 0
leaning forward, crunched through the line, short cover intercepts another well-timed stroke
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.82 innings wickets is 0
rolls the fingers on a full length outside off, and pressed up to mid-off
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.08 innings wickets is 0
too short, too wide, <B>Roy doesn't miss out on those!</B> Slammed with disdain in front of square, a huge wholehearted pivot of the body, stiff forearms. Wallop
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
better length, tighter line, solid block
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, pulled in front of square
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.91 innings wickets is 0
nip off the seam, <strong>thuds into the unmentionables!</strong> Roy takes a breather at square leg as his reassembled parts drop back into place... he'll live, all in a day's work
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
<B>flashed hard over backward point!</B> Lunging onto the front foot, and chopping a cut out of harm's way, through the gap and down to the sweeper at third man
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.92 innings wickets is 0
hustles onto the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.84 innings wickets is 0
angled defence into the covers
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.07 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, <strong>that's supreme placement!</strong> A short-arm jab, just guided through the gap at midwicket, but with timing that purrs off the bat. England are beginning to warm to their task now
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
flicked with a lot of bottom hand into the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
outside off, dabbled to third man with a late flick of the wrists
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
nudged down to backward square
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
eased down to long on
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.92 innings wickets is 0
opens the face on another dab into the off side, a fuller outswinging length this time
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.92 innings wickets is 0
tapped into the off side, scurrying through again
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.92 innings wickets is 0
too short, flogged off a tight line through square leg. Gathered in the deep
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.93 innings wickets is 0
open-faced punch into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.86 innings wickets is 0
banged in short again, swished across the line, but under-edges the pull to short midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.86 innings wickets is 0
very full, doodlebugging into the blockhole, and stabbed down into the deck and back over the umpire's head for the single
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.79 innings wickets is 0
rolls the fingers on a full-length delivery, looking to clip through the gap at midwicket but can't create the angle
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Andile Phehlukwayo batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.8 innings wickets is 0
firm block back down the track, so firm in fact that the umpire is sent sprawling as Phehlukwayo gets a hand on the ball and deflects it towards his feet
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dwaine Pretorius batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.8 innings wickets is 0
flogged across the line to deep midwicket
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