England win ODI series in South Africa after Tammy Beaumont steadies ship

3rd ODI: England, 153-4, bt S Africa, 233-8, by six wkts (DLS)
Opener hits unbeaten 65 to guide England to 2-1 series win

England scrapped their way to a six-wicket win in the third ODI against South Africa on Wednesday to win the series 2-1, relying on the steadying hand of Tammy Beaumont after Marizanne Kapp had left them wobbling perilously at 25 for three.

After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay, England were given a DLS-revised target of 152 in 23 overs, but in a near-repeat of their disastrous performance in the first ODI, Kapp’s ferocious new-ball spell proved costly. Nat Sciver-Brunt cut to backward point to rack up her second duck in three matches, while the captain, Heather Knight, was visibly frustrated when Kapp’s nip-backer took out her off stump, gesturing towards some apparent movement behind the bowler’s arm as she walked off.

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