South Africa v England: third T20 international – live!

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.