England fall for 89

Alastair Cook - dropped on nine and 12 - top-scored with a scratchy 22, but his side struggled to get the Proteas' second-string attack away and lost their last eight wickets for 40 runs to be all out in 17.3 overs.

England, without their frontline seamers James Anderson (knee), Graham Onions (back) and Stuart Broad (shoulder) as well as regular captain Andrew Strauss, who no longer plays international 20-over cricket, lost the toss and were asked to bat first.

In the fourth over CJ de Villiers put down consecutive difficult chances off Cook and Denly respectively. But luck finally went his way with the penultimate ball that was edged by the Kent opener and excellently snapped up by a diving Heino Kuhn behind the stumps for seven.

Jonathan Trott perished when he smashed a widish De Villiers ball straight to Loots Bosman at point for seven but captain Paul Collingwood arrived in a hurry and smashed his first two balls for four and six as he ruthlessly dispatched a straying De Villiers, who eventually returned two for 19.

At the other end, Cook was handed another life when Rilee Rossouw's one-handed effort at mid-on off the bowling of Juan Theron agonisingly popped out.

Thandi Tshabalala (two for 16) made amends when he cleaned up Collingwood for 18, leaving the tourists at 49 for three in the process.

The fifty came in the ninth over, but progress was still slow for England - the wickets of Eoin Morgan (11) and Cook, whose 30-ball stay ended when he was caught by Rossouw at long-on, did not help.

More drama followed as Matt Prior (nought), Luke Wright (two) and Tim Bresnan (four) were needlessly run-out with the tourists slipping to 82 for eight.

Graeme Swann (one) handed Justin Ontong (two for nine) his second wicket when he was caught in the deep, before Sajid Mahmood (one) was last man out as England were all out with 15 balls to go.