Smith pull-hooks Bosch over the man at long leg for six. He usually backs himself to clear the fielder and he did so comfortably this time. The next ball is dismissed through midwicket for four more.
Since being dropped Smith has scored 20 from 13 balls. Shame you can’t press the red button to gain access to Matthew Breetzke’s internal monologue right now.
Too straight again for Mulder, and this time it’s Smith who puts him away to fine leg. England continue to tick along are more than six an over.
See you in Perth Ben. That is it for Duckett for this summer. He was rightly rested for the T20 series next week against South Africa as well as the Ireland tour. A good Test summer - averaged 60 against India, made 140 against Zimbabwe - but in ODIs averaged 28 from six games with one fifty, which is disappointing although the partnership with Jamie Smith has promise. They averaged a touch under 40 for the first wicket, Smith doing more of the heavy lifting.
Jamie Smith’s 20th delivery should have been his last. He got a big leading edge off Bosch that looped towards mid-off, where the backpedalling Matthew Breetzke dropped a sitter. He’s normally a brilliant fielder but he was skittering all over the place as the ball came to him. Very odd.
