England struggle against South Africa

With confidence high following their 48-run victory over Pakistan on Sunday, England were dismissed for a lowly 111 with one ball to spare despite winning the toss and deciding to bat first at Trent Bridge.

It was their lowest total in 18 Twenty20 internationals, eclipsing the 121 they recorded against West Indies in Trinidad earlier this year, and firmly dispelled growing expectations they could end their long wait to lift their first major one-day trophy.

Their innings suffered a dismal start with in-form opener Ravi Bopara playing the sixth ball of the match - a slower delivery from opener Dale Steyn - on to his stumps. It was his second successive failure of the tournament.

Luke Wright gave England early impetus against Pakistan - but today they lost a second wicket in the next over when the Sussex all-rounder edged Wayne Parnell behind.

Kevin Pietersen at least provided some aggression in hitting 19 off 17 balls but when he fell, brilliantly caught by Roelof van der Merwe at mid-on, England's innings all but fell apart.

His dismissal ensured England were restricted to a lowly score of 25 for three at the end of the fielding restrictions - the lowest six-over score in the tournament - after they batted out the only maiden over of the event to Albie Morkel.

Owais Shah took 21 balls to register his first boundary, when he pulled a full-toss from off-spinner Johan Botha for six and eventually top-scored with 38 off 33 balls.

But there was little evidence of any powerful hitting from the rest of England's batting order with their last seven wickets falling for 33 runs in only 7.2 overs.