England vs South Africa Highlights T20 World Cup: Rabada takes hat-trick as South Africa win by 10 runs

This is incredible hitting from Aiden Markram. He is currently batting at 44 off just 22 deliveries. One over remaining.

South Africa 173/2 in 19 overs

Aiden Markram draws applause from the crowd and on-air commentators alike for a stunning shot here. Markram moves across, leaving his stumps open to make room for himself but Mark Wood chases him. The batter skilfuly opens his stance and slices the delivery brilliantly over the third man. 

Another big over for South Africa as Wood concedes 11.

South Africa 150/2 in 17 overs

van der Dussen and Markram have punished Chris Woakes here. Rassie starts with two sixes up front before Markram goes over long-off for a third six of the over.

South Africa 139/2 in 16th over

South Africa are shifting gears. Aiden Markram goes over square leg against Adil Rashid this time. The run rate goes above 8 as the two batters take charge.

South Africa 114/2 in 14 overs

Rassie van der Dussein brings South Africa's 100 with a gigantic pull over midwicket. 

South Africa 103/2 in 13 overs

An impressive half-century from the South African batter. He took controlled risks, backing himself to go for big hits. He brings his fifty off 37 deliveries.

South Africa 92/2 in 12.1 overs

Quinton de Kock departs on 34. The England spinner with an important breakthrough. De Kock looks to go big against Rashid but doesn't get the timing right. He is caught at long off. 

South Africa 91/2 in 12 overs

It was a slow start from the Proteas with Reez Hendricks falling in the third over but Quinton de Kock (32*) and Rassie van der Dussen (35*) have rebuilt nicely since. Both batters have been careful in their attacking strokes, which is a good departure from an otherwise inconsistent batting performance from the side in the previous games.

Rassie van der Dussen is finding his feet. A solid reverse-sweep – a shot he likes to play often – off his first delivery against Adil Rashid. South Africa are finding easy singles now, which is an improvement from a relatively dull start.

South Africa 56/1 in 8 overs 

A good over for South Africa to finish the Powerplay. Rassie van der Dussen goes big against Woakes, slamming a four and a six off two successive deliveries. 14 off the sixth over.

Interesting tactic from Eoin Morgan as he bowls 3 overs from Moeen and Woakes in the Powerplay. A tight start from England regardless, as they concede only 26 off the first five overs.

Reeza Hendricks falls. A series of dot balls either result in boundaries or a wicket - here, it's the latter. Hendricks goes for a big shot across but the execution was disappointing, to say the least.

He goes down on a knee and attempts to sweep it towards square but completely misses the line. Not a good idea against a new ball as he is castled.

South Africa 16/1 in 3 overs

Only three from Chris Woakes' first over. Tight line from the bowler, as he doesn't offer either of the two batters much width to operate in.

South Africa 9/0 in 2 overs

South Africa need Quinton de Kock to fire today, and he has hit the side's first boundary of the innings. A tidy over otherwise from Moeen Ali, who concedes six.

South Africa 6/0 in 1 over 

South Africa's target here is simple: Either you hit hard and get runs on the board, and expect the bowlers to perform a miracle. 

South Africa need a big win here to eclipse Australia in Net Run Rate.

We're done with the national anthems. Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks open for South Africa.

Eoin Morgan: "Looks like a good wicket, dew will play a role here, as we saw against Sri Lanka. It's a different challenge to play here, we saw an unbelievable innings from Jos Buttler the other day. We'll have to give our best in every match. One forced change - Mark Wood is in, his first game of the tournament, replaces Tymal Mills

Temba Bavuma: "We were looking to bowl as well, but now we need to start well with the bat and then try and defend it. We need to do well in the batting powerplay, lay a foundation and then plan ahead. We're playing the same team."

South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

England win toss, opt to bowl against South Africa in Sharjah

"They want to continue to get better because they know that once you lose that drive in trying to achieve things individually and as a team, it has a big repercussion effect on the wider game and throughout our country."

“We've really had to graft as a batting unit. We've always spoken about being flexible, and looking at the players that we have in the team, I felt that I could do a role up front but I could also do a role within the middle. We've had a guy like Rassie [van der Dussen] go in earlier because we know if he has the opportunity to face a considerable amount of balls he can really put a bowling attack under pressure. A guy like Reeza [Hendricks] has come off well recently at the top of the order. So we're trying to utilise that form,” Bavuma said ahead of the game.

England: Tymal Mills was ruled out of the rest of the edition earlier this week, so there will at least be one change in the England XI.

South Africa: There are no injury concerns. Temba Bavuma had some injury concerns with his thumb, and Tabrazi Shamsi with his groin, but both seem to be holding up well.

England are marginally ahead of South Africa in the number of wins in head-to-head stats between the two sides.

Matches: 21
England wins: 11
South Africa wins: 9
NR: 1

It has been an eventful edition for South Africa. The players arrived for the 2021 T20 World Cup amid administrative turmoil in CSA, and the board faced further flak for not including Faf du Plessis in the squad on social media platforms. The side, then, lost its opening game against Australia and controversy erupted ahead of their second game when Quinton de Kock made himself unavailable, following CSA's directive on 'taking a knee'.

One would think such incidents would hamper the harmony of the side, but instead, it has brought the side closer. South Africa went on to win three successive games and now find themselves fighting for a semi-final berth. They face a tough English challenge, however.

With a brilliant Net Run Rate (NRR) of +3.183, England have almost assured a semi-final spot. Australia (+1.031), who are currently taking on the West Indies, have a higher NRR than South Africa (+0.742), and it is unlikely that the Aussies will displace England on virtue of higher NRR.

It has been a formidable performance from England in the Super 12, who have been convincing in all of their four victories. With the bat, Jos Buttler has been central to England's consistent performances, while spin-twins Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, along with Chris Jordan, hold key for the side with the ball. England received a blow ahead of their match against South Africa when Tymal Mills was ruled out of the tournament with an injury.