England v South Africa: first men’s T20 international – live

Over-by-over coverage of the first T20 (6.30pm BST start)

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Evening everyone and welcome to yet another international cricket series. Yes, just three days after England’s biggest win ever in one format, they’re switching to a different one – 20 overs a side rather than 50. The ball will still be white, but we can say with some certainty that England will not beat South Africa by 342 runs again. In fact, they’d probably settle for a win by the barest of margins.

Are England favourites? The ICC’s T20 team rankings would say so: they have England third in the world (behind only India and Australia), with South Africa fifth (behind New Zealand). But South Africa are on the up and have just seen off England in an ODI series. That 342-run thrashing wasn’t just the biggest victory ever, it was a Pyrrhic one too. And South Africa’s firepower, already formidable, may well be boosted tonight by the return of David Miller.