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England close to winning third Test and series against South Africa, day four – as it happened

England require 33 more runs on Monday to defeat South Africa in order to win the Test and series

• 11 Sept 2022 England need 33 runs to win the series 2-1
• 11 Sept 2022 'Bad' light stops play
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Verreyyne c&b Anderson 12 (South Africa 169 all out)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Maharaj b Broad 18 (South Africa 169-9)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Rabada c Brook b Stokes 0
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Jansen b Stokes 4 (South Africa 146-7)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Zondo lbw b Robinson 16 (South Africa 133-6)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Mulder b Robinson 14 (South Africa 120-5)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Rickelton lbw Broad 8 (South Africa 95-4)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Petersen c Pope b Anderson 23 (South Africa 91-3)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Elgar lbw Broad 36 (South Africa 83-2)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Erwee c Root b Stokes 26 (South Africa 58-1)
• 11 Sept 2022 NOT OUT!
• 11 Sept 2022 REVIEW!
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Foakes c Petersen b Jansen 14 (England 158 all out, a lead of 40)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Leach b Rabada 0 (England 158-9)
• 11 Sept 2022 WICKET! Robinson c Elgar b Rabada 3 (England 155-8)
• 11 Sept 2022 Preamble

Here is Ali Martin’s report from the Oval.

England need 33 runs to win the series 2-1

There’ll be plenty of debate well after darkness has fully descended but the facts are that England will be back tomorrow to knock off the runs required to take the series. Almighty storm and mind-boggling South African comeback notwithstanding.

We’re still in this! https://t.co/kkdtC23R4O — Tom Holland (@holland_tom) September 11, 2022

That’s me done for the day, thanks as ever for your comments and tweets, sorry I couldn’t get to them all. It turned out to be a frenetic afternoon, any danger of that ‘power-snooze™’ was wiped out almost as soon as the wickets started to tumble.

Ali Martin’s report on a jam-packed day will be along toot suite.

Enjoy the evening, goodnight.

'Bad' light stops play

Those are loaded inverted commas. It seems to be completely daft that the players are heading off the field with a full house in and just thirty or so runs needed. Ben Stokes gives it the double tea-pot on the team balcony as Zak Crawley is applauded off the field amongst some boos directed at the men in white coats.

It should be pointed out that the umpires are constrained both by the reading that they took yesterday (when there was still blue sky about at The Oval…) and the laws of the game that they have to abide by. It’s a law that needs looking at certainly, with a view that hopefully common sense can prevail in these situations in future, both captains agreeing to continue for the good of the game etc. Maybe I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.

17th over: England 97-0 (Lees 32, Crawley 57) Alex Lees loses a hand off the bat handle in the execution of a cover drive but it doesn’t stop the ball from tracing to the extra-cover fence. 33 needed to win for England, can they do it tonight?

… The answer to that is emphatically NO as the umpires decide the light is not fit and lead the players from the field for the second night in a row.

16th over: England 91-0 (Lees 27, Crawley 56) Crawley whips powerfully but in the air and he is put down by Ryan Rickelton at short mid-wicket! The ball was so firmly struck that it burst through the fielder’s hands. And look at that! Crawley nicks off but the ball flies between keeper and first slip to get him four more. A big smile creeps across Crawley’s face, tinged with no little relief.

15th over: England 85-0 (Lees 26, Crawley 51) Well batted Zak Crawley! He brings up his fifty with a trio of boundaries off Rabada. Brendon McCullum will no doubt be loving this, his boy is coming good in the final dig of the summer.

14th over: England 71-0 (Lees 26, Crawley 38) Crawley drives Nortje on the up through the covers as if to say to the umpires that there is nowt wrong with the light out there. No siree.

No centuries by openers in the men's Test summer. There has been 101 English Test summers in which 3 or more matches have been played. Only once before have there been no hundreds by openers - the three-Test Ashes summer of 1888. https://t.co/aO4gCyvqlz — Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) September 11, 2022

England 65-0 (Lees 26, Crawley 33) Bosh! Crawley stands up tall and pulls a short ball from Rabada effortlessly away to the fence. The run rate has picked up again. England need 64 more runs and are in a race against the gloaming.

Correct on both counts, Brendan.

@Jimbo_Cricket Hey Jim. I am right in saying England have lost only one test this summer since Bazball? But also that it was the only test where they batted first and they lost by an innings. All the talk of how good England's test side are surely needs to wait a while. — Brendan Large (@brendanlarge) September 11, 2022

England 60-0 (Lees 26, Crawley 26) England plunder 12 runs from Nortje’s over. Four leg byes and a wide ball served up and gleefully dispatched through the covers by Crawley. Fifty partnership up for the England openers and they are rewarded with a drink.

Andy Hill emails in with ‘Stuart Broad’s batting music’. Any excuse to play a bit of Tom Waits on the OBO Andy.

England 48-0 (Lees 23, Crawley 23) Rabada into his sixth over. Lees picks up a solitary single. Rabada has the look of a man who has lost a tenner, been stung by a wasp and got a speeding ticket on the same day. Not happy.

England 47-0 (Lees 22, Crawley 23) Lees adds seven more to his total. Nortje does come into the attack and he slams one down short of a length that Lees does well to glide away past the cordon for four. A punch and a press bring him three more.

@Jimbo_Cricket Apropos rhyming slang ‘soda pop’, pop is used, differently, in baseball (and softball I find via https://t.co/bN7M193fHP ) #tms pic.twitter.com/EX8qphdY9F — And Another Thing … (@aglawton52) September 11, 2022

England 40-0 (Lees 15, Crawley 23) A maiden from Rabada. 84 more needed to win , both batters are much more watchful now, almost as if it has just dawned on them that their Test careers could be on the line and a nice fifty or so not out will definitely help their cause heading into the winter.

England 39-0 (Lees 15, Crawley 23) Three runs off Jansen as Nortje can be seen warming up. Surely not long before he gets revved up and unleashed by Elgar.

Burnton has been bashing away at statsguru:

This is (almost certainly) going to be the second-shortest three-Test series, in terms of balls bowled, since 1900 - and the fourth-shortest of all time #ENGvSA https://t.co/B2rGuBzw3f — Simon Burnton (@Simon_Burnton) September 11, 2022

England 36-0 (Lees 14, Crawley 22) Rabada pounds away and gets some lift and zip from the pitch. England only manage a single from the over. Spare a thought for Theo who has tickets for tomorrow:

“Hi Jim, not feeling hopeful for my Monday at the Oval! Soda pop does obviously make more sense, but I had already convinced myself on ‘soda water / oughta’ – as in, oughta be catching that.”

Like it, Theo. You might get a bit of action in the morning at this (run) rate.

England 35-0 (Lees 14, Crawley 21) Just a single off it, have England decided against the two day finish? ‘Je m’excuse’ emails Brian Withington:

“How could I ever have doubted young Master Crawley? Clearly he just needs the incentive of wrapping up a game within two days to free up his inner free-wheeling self. That and an opening partner who clearly has a train to catch.”

Lees may have just realised he has an open return, the last few overs have been much calmer.

England 34-0 (Lees 14, Crawley 20) Just three off Rabada’s over – booooo! Things have calmed down. Boooooo!

England 31-0 (Lees 13, Crawley 18) Alex Lees is throwing the kitchen sink, taps, kettle and oven at almost every ball. Bonkers stuff but highly entertaining. A mis-timed pull loops just over a diving Maharaj at mid-on and they scamper back for two. An awful lot of attempted humpty but just four runs off the over in the end.

Thanks to Matt Sowrey and Mac Millings for emailing in with their thoughts that KPs' “soda, absolute soda” is meant to mean soda pop – drop. Oh, simple as that is it?

England 27-0 (Lees 10, Crawley 17) Crawley leans back and cuts Rabada through point for four. Next ball he leans on a full one to pick up four more down the ground. A couple of scampered singles see 11 taken off the over. England hurtling along.

England 16-0 (Lees 8, Crawley 8) Crawley punches down the ground with a slightly closed blade, the new ball traces away for four. Lees is then almost run out as his partner calls him through for a quick single. A direct hit sees the replay called for but Lees has just, just grounded his bat. South Africa appeal for a catch off Lees the next ball but the DRS shows Lees was nowhere near it. Wishful thinking with that review. CLONK! The Durham opener biffs Jansen down the ground for four more to end an eventful over.

England 6-0 (Lees 3, Crawley 3) DROP FIRST BALL! Lees fends a length ball from Rabada and it flies at a nice height to Marco Jansen who shells the chance! What a start that would have been. KP on comms is in danger of bursting a blood vessel so GOSH DARN excited he is! “An absolute soda” he purrs. Anyone? Me neither. Crawley steers through point to pick up three more. Six off the first over and a big miss.

The heavy roller is on , will it do anything to deaden this surface? Plenty to get stuck into over the next hour or so, Crawley and Lees are under pressure and England are missing their BazBaller in chief (there I said it!) in Jonny Bairstow. Rabada and Nortje will be bang up for this with the series on the line. Early wickets will make things very interesting.

England need 130 runs to win and take the series 2-1

They Don't Like Mondays. Join me for the final knockings of the Test summer over on the @guardian_sport OBO. https://t.co/uFwXFAwh14 — Jim Wallace (@Jimbo_Cricket) September 11, 2022

WICKET! Verreyyne c&b Anderson 12 (South Africa 169 all out)

Anderson gets the final wicket! Verreyyne loses control of a pull shot and spoons the ball straight up in the air, Jimmy takes the skier in his follow through. All smiles as the England openers sprint from the field.

56th over: South Africa 169-9 (Verreynne 12, Nortje 0) Broad conducts the crowd with this finger and gives a cheeky grin at the top of his mark. He loves this stuff – sun on his back, crowd roaring him in. He beats Nortje with a beautiful seaming delivery last up.

WICKET! Maharaj b Broad 18 (South Africa 169-9)

Broad tickles the timbers with another in-swinger and gets the breakthrough. He buzzes off in celebration, arms outstretched. The lead is 129. Anrich Nortje is the last man for South Africa.

55th over: South Africa 168-8 (Verreynne 11, Maharaj 16) A couple of singles off Anderson as this pair begin to frustrate England after tea.

Not bad @jimmy9 . Not bad at all. 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/f6CyeYSmdk — Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) September 11, 2022

54th over: South Africa 164-8 (Verreynne 10, Maharaj 15) Broad into the attack, Anderson likely switching ends to replace Stokes who finished his over and left the field of play straight after. Maharaj picks up three more handy runs with a glance down to long leg. The lead creeps up to 124 .

53rd over: South Africa 160-8 (Verreynne 9, Maharaj 13) Surely that is it from Stokes? He sends a weary short ball down that Maharaj glances fine to pick up four more. Maharaj has four fifties in Test cricket and a best of 84. He can hang around and notch up useful runs.

52nd over: South Africa 154-8 (Verreynne 9, Maharaj 6) Just a single off Jimmy. Stokes is going to… carry on. He’s flaunting the fabled red zone.

South Africa 147/7 at tea, leading by 106 runs. — England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 11, 2022

51st over: South Africa 153-8 (Verreynne 9, Maharaj 5) A welcome boundary for South Africa takes their lead to 113 – Maharaj freeing his hands through a wide-ish delivery from Ben Stokes. Surely the skipped needs to have a blow. He’s grimacing and grabbing his knee still, Andre Strauss on the tv commentary says it is “painful” to watch Stokes carry out these self-flagellating spells.

50th over: South Africa 148-8 (Verreynne 9, Maharaj 1) Anderson starts a new spell after tea. The ball is still moving around, Maharaj manages a single and Verreynne slices through point to add another to the target.

Peter Metcalfe is having fun delving into his X-file:

“Hello Jim, I wonder if Wiaan Mulder is aware that Glenda Scully played for Western Australia Women in 1987? The truth is out there but it will take something paranormal to get South Africa out of this one.”

I smell a cricketing double acts coming on OBOers…

WICKET! Rabada c Brook b Stokes 0

Stokes to finish his over after the break and he gets rid of Rabada straight away! A tentative poke sees the ball fly to Harry Brook in the slips. Stokes has two in the over. South Africa’s lead is just 107 and they have just two wickets left. The sun is beating down, England could wrap this Test match up inside two days.

49th over: South Africa 146-8 (Verreynne 8, Maharaj 0)

WICKET! Jansen b Stokes 4 (South Africa 146-7)

Ben Stokes! He gives himself another over, this time it is the final one before tea but he only needs four balls. A vicious in-swinger darts through Jansen’s sizeable gap between bat and pad and detonates the leg stump. Comprehensively bowled and a heroic spell from England’s talismanic captain.

With that, it is time for tea .

48th over: South Africa 139-6 (Verreynne 2, Jansen 4) Robinson continues, he looks red faced and pretty bushed too. Fair play to him for keeping at it in the September sunshine. Hang about, SIX! Verreynne top edges a pull that lands directly on the boundary sponge. Vital runs. Robinson pitches up for the remainder of the over and normal service resumes – five dots.

47th over: South Africa 140-6 (Verreynne 2, Jansen 4) Stokes has Jansen caught at slip by Ollie Pope but celebrations are curtailed by the umpire’s outstretched arm – No Ball! Stokes can’t believe it, he’s given everything in this spell and nicked Jansen off with a lovely outswinger only to over step by a few inches and see it chalked off. He shakes his head and sweat drips off his fringe. South Africa’s lead goes to 100 as a result of the no ball too.

46th over: South Africa 139-6 (Verreynne 2, Jansen 4) Ollie Robinson sends down his fifth maiden.

The last Englishman to reach 50 Test wickets in fewer appearances than Ollie Robinson (11) was Ian Botham (10) #SAvENG — Ben Gardner (@Ben_Wisden) September 11, 2022

Decent numbers. Beefy numbers.

There’s no doubt England’s batting is their weaker suit, Guy Hornsby. Their bowling, in English conditions, is exceptional. Strengthened further by a leaner, fitter, hungrier Ollie Robinson. That said, this game has a feel of the early summer about it, England will surely hunt down whatever South Africa set them, whether that be 100 or 250.

I know this is all priced into the new era @Jimbo_Cricket but isn't this just another case of the bowlers bailing out the batters' profligacy? Or is the difference between the Silverwood and McCullum era that now loose shots are intentional not accidental? — Guy Hornsby (@GuyHornsby) September 11, 2022

45th over: South Africa 139-6 (Verreynne 2, Jansen 4) Stokes scuds one onto Verreynne that hits him in the nether nether. Breathe in, breathe out, Kyle. He wisely gets a single to get off strike. Scratch what I said about the impending break, tea isn’t for another 15 minutes. Stokes is limping so that could be the end of his spell, he’s done seven overs on the bounce and is hobbling like latter days John Wayne.

44th over: South Africa 138-6 (Verreynne 1, Jansen 4) Marco Jansen is the new man. Robinson greets him with a short ball that he does well to negotiate. Robinson is ticking. Jansen can bat, he’s shown that in this series. A full ball is leant on with his long levers and whistles away for four to get him off the mark. One more over before tea I reckon, Stokes to bowl it.

WICKET! Zondo lbw b Robinson 16 (South Africa 133-6)

Big booming in-swinger from Robinson that clatters into Zondo’s back leg as he is late on a misjudged cut shot. Given out on the field… reviewed and stays out with the umpire’s call! Zondo has to go, Robinson is amped up here. The lead is 93.

43rd over: South Africa 128-5 (Zondo 16, Verreynne 0) The game is alive all of a sudden after a soporific session. Both sides grappling, Zondo cuts Stokes away uppishly to pick up four. Stokes responds with a frankly ridiculous ball that ducks in and seams away. Play that! He then goes for the full ball but over pitches and Zondo drives handsomely through mid-off for four more.

WICKET! Mulder b Robinson 14 (South Africa 120-5)

Ollie Robinson is wild eyed and jubilant after he gets one to lift on Mulder that the batter tries to chop away but serves only to hack down onto his stumps!

England have the breakthrough in the minutes before the tea break. We could still see a two day Test here in South London. The lead is 80.

42nd over: South Africa 120-5 (Zondo 8, Verreynne 0)

41st over: South Africa 118-4 (Zondo 8, Mulder 12) England, particularly Joe Root are adamant that Zondo has got a feather on a Stokes short ball. Hmmm, Stokes isn’t convinced but is talked into it by his pal. Ultra edge shows… NADA. NOWT. Flatline as the ball passes bat and England have burned their last review. Will that be costly? South Africa lead by 78. Root is flummoxed.

40th over: South Africa 111-4 (Zondo 7, Mulder 7) Robinson. Maiden. Like you needed to ask.

39th over: South Africa 111-4 (Zondo 7, Mulder 7) Mulder gets in on the act too! Stokes is livid with himself as he serves up a rank half tracker and is duly dispatched to the fence. The England skipper is pawing at his knee a bit, slightly concerning. Nelson up. 111. Thoughts turn to David Shepherd.

38th over: South Africa 106-4 (Zondo 7, Mulder 3) Hold on to your stovepipe! A boundary! A lesser spotted boundary! That’s the first four since the 25th over by my reckoning. Zondo climbs into a short and wide ball by Robinson and clatters it through cover for four. Normal service is resumed afterwards though, five deafening dots.

37th over: South Africa 102-4 (Zondo 3, Mulder 3) Stokes again. Maiden again . Shaun Pollock describes his countrymen as being in a “trough”. England are piling the pressure on Mulder and Zondo, something has to give soon, and it could be my state of consciousness…

36th over: South Africa 102-4 (Zondo 3, Mulder 3) Ollie Robinson peels off another maiden. South Africa on the road to nowhere. England have the ball on a string and are beating the edge at will.

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Matt O'Neill, executive director for growth and sustainability, said: "Our intention in proposing this investment is to attract visitors to Barnsley and showcase our borough to a wide audience, as the event is televised internationally.

"The Barnsley Town Board includes representatives of businesses and other organisations across Barnsley, and they will discuss in detail all the benefits and potential impacts of the race before coming to a decision."

Mr O'Neill said the borough's "wonderful" landscape and key tourist attractions would be highlighted as part of the route and would, according to a council report, lead to "improved perception and reputation" of the area.

Last year, East Yorkshire played host to an entire stage of the Tour of Britain for the first time.

An earlier version of this article stated the Tour of Britain would pass through South Yorkshire, but Barnsley Council has since clarified this information had not been confirmed and was published in error.

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Right then, shame that we could not get a result today, with rain having the last laugh. The series, though was quite enjoyable and the T20Is, that start on Wednesday, promise to be a delight as well. Do join for that, but for now, on behalf of Andrew and Ranjith, this is Ashish, signing off. Good night!

And finally, here's Jos Buttler , the England captain: Yes, good wicket, it's a tough ground to defend, especially when the ball runs into pockets and some smaller boundaries. The game was quite evenly poised so, would have been great to have a full game. [On possible replacements for Stokes?] It is something that we can sit on now and look ahead to what does that look like when Ben is missing from this team and to make sure that we have the World Cup in mind. Those conditions that we might face in India, what will we need out there and when you have a genuine allrounder like Ben, you are always going to feel short, in either the batting or the bowling. Just for us to have the time to workout which way we want to go and give guys opportunities to stake a claim for that place. [on Reece Topley and the other newer guys] Reece has been the obvious one who has been outstanding, and it is great to see him take those wickets. He has got all the attributes, and it is fantastic to see him fit and playing so well. And that is something in the teams over the years in white-ball cricket in England, there has been a lot of depth and that has pushed the standard higher and higher, whether you are in the team or just outside the team at the moment trying to get in. It has pushed standards high and that is something we hope we can continue to develop. There are some guys with injuries at the moment waiting to get back in and hopefully, that will again push standards high. [On the seniors stepping up ] Very confident that they will. We have lost two very experienced guys as you have mentioned but we have got a lot of very experienced players, who are natural leaders in the team anyways. Anytime you lose players and you go through a bit of a cycle, it gives opportunities for other players to step up. And we have to be realistic about where were are as a team at the minute. In the ODI format, it is about building towards that World Cup. In India we have had a bit of change in the recent past and it is about drawing a line in the sand being where your feet are and looking forward and building a team to compete and trying to win that World Cup. [On the T20Is against SA] There are hopefully going to be some great matches. Looking at some of the grounds that we are playing at, there should be some really high-scoring games, I think, as well which will be exciting. Some of the batters are hoping for some really good wickets. We have had some challenging white-ball conditions actually when in England over the recent years has been very favourable for batting. So, that's been a really good learning curve as well.

South Africa captain, Keshav Maharaj : [On batting first] We didn't want to focus too much on the weather, we saw what it did to us the other day. I think we just saw the conditions and sort of assessed that we would like to have a bat first. [On de Kock's knock] He looked in really good touch, it's a pity he couldn't get the magical mark. But there is a lot of cricket left, and hopefully he can replicate much of this performance going forward. [Make-up of the team going forward to the 2023 WC] We have found a really good combination. Obviously, a few players have been rested, so naturally, they will slot in. We just need to be more consistent and when we have the opportunities to get series under our belt, we just need to be a little bit more focused and take the opportunity with both hands. [On the T20 series] Definitely looking forward to the T20 series. It is going to be the same personnel that's involved in the squad. I am sure you will see much of the same faces as you have here.

Rassie van der Dussen is the Player of the Series [On the match] It's a pity today. We were in a pretty good position. The pitch played a bit tricky upfront but we knew we had to take care of the power play and Quinny batted superbly to transfer the pressure back on them. We were in a good position and we were looking to get 300+ again, but pity about the rain. [On the team's best batting make-up] We are pretty close. First game, we wanted to hit the ground running from the first game and that was massive for us for scoring a good 300 there and begin on our way today. We have our blueprints, we had a bit of a hiccup a few days ago but that happens in batting. England were brilliant two days ago and we had to set that right today and we were well on our way. [On his role] I want to be adaptable. I have batted at various positions throughout the batting line-up. Taking care of the powerplay, getting hitting space, playing clever cricket, smart cricket in the middle and if we are batting first, getting a 300+ score and backing our bowlers. [On his innings in the first ODI] It was pretty hot. You don't come to England expecting that heat but for us it wasn't too foreign. A special innings obviously. In a big match, we wanted to make a statement and we could do that, and it came against the World Champions, so was great. A 1-1 result, is probably a fair result. England were good in stages, we were good in stages.

Time for presentation.

4.04pm Right, we have an update. The match is officially called off. So, rain has the final say. Was turning out to be an excellent game, but it was not be with only 27.4 overs possible and rain playing hide and seek all the way. Quinton de Kock looked fluent in his 92* off 76 balls and was set for his 18th ODI century while Aiden Markram too got into his stride well. The cut-off time is still a bit away but with no signs of rain relenting, the umpires decided to call off the game, than hanging around. The series ends tied at 1-1 . A fitting result, some might say.

4.00pm As we wait for further update, there is cricket that you can follow. West Indies have started well in the 2nd ODI against India, with Shai Hope closing in on another ODI half-century.

Hiruja Dinsara: "Will Stokesy play the T20I series starting on Wednesday?" Nope, he's not there in the squad . Having said that, this was before he announced his retirement from ODIs, so who knows if there could be a last minute change.

3.45pm Sadly, not much to add. It's still raining and the covers are still pretty much in place. The cut-off time, that is 6.04 pm , is still two hours and bit away, but the groundstaff will need at least 45 minutes to an hour to clear things up once rain relents. The radar isn't great, as things stand.

Edmund : "Reduced target can only help England. But playing these T20 games is not going to do anything to raise their game in the 50 over format." Something is better than nothing, isn't it?

Dipanjan: "What's the state of the rain? Is there no hope for even Quinny's 100?" Sadly, not looking great as things stand.

3.18pm Something to cheer up the public that has braved the rain. There is a 50 percent refund in place, unless the teams manage to get another 14 balls in (30 overs).

Rick Rocket : "Interesting listening to Eoin Morgan during the rain delay, discussing making Test Cricket more attractive to the paying public, value for money etc. Two words on that topic. Over rate!!!" Well, well, let's not get there now, do we!

2.51pm Not much to report. It's still raining in Headingley. The cut-off time for a T20 game is 6.04pm. According to Innocent Bystander (yep, the same one Andrew had mentioned before), if we have a minimum chase, the target has increased from 170 to 175 in 20 overs now.

2.34pm And the rain is back again! Looks like a thick cloud has gathered over and there will be another delay. And, more overs will be lost now. Nice little time for the South Africans after the break. They added 40 runs in 6.5 overs, with de Kock doing entering the 90s. He really has looked fluent so far and deserves a century. It was all spin for England in that short burst.

a bit flatter on middle and leg. Was a bit short as well as de Kock goes back and flicks to midwicket.

flatter on off, defends it to extra cover

And again, gives it a bit of air on middle stump. This time Markram pushes it to long on. And with that he completes 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

flighted on middle and leg, turned towards midwicket

flatter outside off, de Kock once again times his drive to perfection. Bairstow at deep cover, though, does very well to his left. Earns the appreciation of the local crowd

IMPERIOUS! Just a bit more air given this time. De Kock strides forward and drives through the covers, wide of Bairstow at deep cover

fuller on the pads, Markram flicks it towards wide long on

Flat, good length ball on middle stump., pushed back to the bowler

Offspin now to de Kock. Slightly short outside off, he cuts it to deep cover

Around the wicket

Ye, legspin it is. Flatter, length on middle stump. Markram opens up and drives firmly to deep cover. The 50 partnership comes up for the duo.

Liam Livingstone comes on to bowl his off/leg spin. Presumably legspin to Markram and his offies to de Kock

fuller outside off, pushed to long on

Out comes the reverse sweep, it's Markram now. Length on off, he gets a good chunk of it and places it over backward point

tossed up on middle and leg, Markram gets the wrists out perfectly to flick to the right of deep midwicket

flatter, drifting into de Kock, who pushes to deep cover off the backfoot

flighted outside off, defended solidly

A bit short outside of, de Kock punches this through covers for two

some turn there, but that drifting down leg as he tucks it to square leg off the backfoot

Fuller on middle and leg, he steps down the track a bit and pushes it to long on

slightly short on middle and leg, he goes back and slaps it to long on

flighted now, on middle and leg, he stays in his crease and works it to deep midwicket

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West Indies to host South Africa, England and Bangladesh in 2024

W est Indies men will host South Africa, England and Bangladesh between May to December 2024. The home games begin with a visit from South Africa for three T20Is starting May 23 at Sabina Park in Jamaica before the T20 World Cup in June where West Indies and USA are the hosts.

The three T20Is clash with the IPL playoffs week, which is likely to feature a few West Indies players including T20I captain Rovman Powell and Shimron Hetmyer. They are part of Rajasthan Royals, who are currently second on the points table. Cricket West Indies has allowed their players to be part of the IPL until their teams exit. There is no confirmation yet on whether the players whose teams don't make the playoffs will be named in the West Indies squad for the South Africa series.

West Indies then embark on a Test series to England in July following which South Africa return to the Caribbean for two Tests in Trinidad and Guyana from August 7. This will be followed by another three-match T20I series at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad from August 23 ahead of the CPL. The two teams will also play a four-day warm-up game ahead of the Test series in Tarouba.

After a white-ball tour in Sri Lanka in October, West Indies will host England from October 31 for three ODIs and five T20Is which will be played across Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia.

Bangladesh will then visit the Caribbean shores between November 22 and December 19 for an all-format tour which starts with two Test Matches to be played in Antigua and Jamaica, three ODIs in St. Kitts & Nevis, and three T20Is in St Vincent. West Indies will be returning to the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent for the first time since 2014. Bangladesh will also play a warm-up game before the Tests in Antigua.

CWI CEO Johnny Grave said Grenada and Dominica missed out on hosting games this year because "significant improvements" were made to the stadiums, adding that West Indies will return to both venues in 2025.

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The latest on the massive solar storm

By Angela Fritz, Elise Hammond and Chris Lau, CNN

Incredible lighthouse picture from Maine

From CNN's Chris Lau

Among a flurry of surreal images capturing the dazzling auroras is one taken by Benjamin Williamson of a lighthouse in Portland, Maine.

"It's one of the most incredible things I've ever seen, the awe and wonder," Williamson told CNN.

He said he used a long-exposure technique to snap the shot, but did not edit it.

Watch the full interview with Williamson here .

Things could be about to ramp up

If you still haven't seen the aurora, hold on for another 30 minutes to an hour, according to CNN meteorologist Chad Myers.

The next wave of coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, which cause the aurora, is about to arrive, he said.

"Just wait a minute because things are going to start to ramp up here," he said, adding that the increase could arrive "anytime now." "When it comes, get outside, get ready, put your coat on."

For those who are too busy to witness the phenomenon tonight, Myers said the aurora is expected to last three nights.

Why does the aurora last for a weekend?

By CNN's Chris Lau

Generally, it takes just eight minutes for light to travel 93 million miles to the Earth from the sun, but astrophysicist Janna Levin said the energized particles causing the current wave of aurora travel a lot slower, causing the phenomenon to last for the weekend.

"Some of these mass ejections are trillions of kilograms," she said. "They're slower. So they're taking longer, but still hours, maybe tens of hours."

Here's how the solar storm looks in the South and on the East Coast

The aurora was visible across the East Coast and in the South Friday.

Here's how it looked in Chester, South Carolina.

Down in Florida, waves of color swam through the sky.

Up north in New Jersey, a purple-ish haze could be seen in the sky.

Will solar storms get more intense and risky in the future?

The answer is probably not in the short term, according to astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi.

He said scientists study what is constantly happening on the surface of the sun and have found a pattern.

“Geological data shows us that in the past the sun was way more active than it is today. It has cycles where it goes very quiet ... and you have events that show that the solar activity was much, much greater,” he told CNN. “So there's no evidence that we're going to see those big maxima this cycle." 

But the astrophysicist also spoke of a caveat - the limitations of modern science.

“Even though it's predictable in the short term, we still don't quite understand what creates the magnetic fields in the sun,” he said, adding: “That's why NASA has so many satellites looking at the sun.”

In Pictures: Auroras light the sky during rare solar storm

From CNN Digital's Photo Team

A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun are creating dazzling auroras across the globe .

The rare solar storm may also disrupt communications. The last time a solar storm of this magnitude reached Earth was in October 2003, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center.

See more photos of the aurora from tonight.

Behind dazzling aurora could lie “real danger,” Bill Nye the Science Guy says

The massive solar storm could present “a real danger,” especially with the modern world relying so much on electricity, according to Bill Nye the Science Guy , a science educator and engineer.

Scientists are warning an increase in solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun have the potential to disrupt communication on Earth into the weekend. Solar flares can affect communications and GPS almost immediately because they disrupt Earth’s ionosphere, or part of the upper atmosphere. Energetic particles released by the sun can also disrupt electronics on spacecraft and affect astronauts without proper protection within 20 minutes to several hours.

In comparison to tonight's event, Nye drew comparisons with another incident in 1859, known as the Carrington Event, when telegraph communications were severely affected.

“The other thing, everybody, that is a real danger to our technological society, different from 1859, is how much we depend on electricity and our electronics and so on,” Nye said. "None of us really in the developed world could go very long without electricity."

He noted that there are systems in place to minimize the impact, but “stuff might go wrong,” stressing that not all transformers are equipped to withstand such a solar event.

“It depends on the strength of the event and it depends on how much of our infrastructures are prepared for this the sort of thing,” he said.

Bill Nye breaks down significance of the solar storm | CNN

This post has been updated with more details on solar flares' impact on electronics.

Here's where clouds will block the view of the northern lights in the US

From CNN's Angela Fritz

After an incredibly stormy week, most of the Lower 48 has clear skies to see the northern lights. But there are some areas where clouds and rainy weather are spoiling the view.

A deck of clouds is blocking the sky in the Northeast, from parts of Virginia into Maine, as an area of low pressure spins off the East Coast.

In the Midwest, the aurora will be hard to see through thick clouds in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan — including the Upper Peninsula — and Illinois.

A stripe of clouds is tracking across Texas, including Dallas-Forth Worth, and into Louisiana.

And in the Southwest, patchy clouds across the the Four Corners region could make the northern lights difficult to spot.

Aurora seen at least as far south as Georgia

Barely visible to the naked eye, the aurora can be seen in Atlanta in the 10 p.m. ET hour. 

It is easier to see through photographs using a long exposure. The photos below, taken by CNN's Eric Zerkel and Emily Smith, used 3- and 10-second exposures.

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