England v South Africa: hosts win first T20 to wrap up multi-format series

First international Royal London Twenty20, Chelmsford South Africa 111-9 (20 overs): Wolvaardt 55 (49); Brunt 4-15, Ecclestone 2-27 England 114-4 (15 overs): Dunkley 59 (39); Khaka 3-13England won by six wickets; England lead the multi-format series 10-2 limited South Africa to 111-9 from their 20 overs, with Brunt winning a career-best 4-15.

Those wickets took the 37-year-old beyond the 100 international T20 wickets and brought her level with Anya Shrubsole on 102 - the most by an England player.

Laura Wolvaardt had the highest score with 55, but, as has been the case throughout the white ball inning of the tour, it was another below-average batting display for the tourists, who were without all-around star Marizanne Kapp because she returned home for personal reasons.

England captain Heather Knight had talked about being more aggressive on the power play and it saw them lose Danni Wyatt and Bryony Smith but 50-2 was a positive step forward.

Nat Sciver fell for 13 but Dunkley, opening for the first time in international cricket, broke a 39- ball 59 to break the back of the pursuit.

Knight then brought England home with an unbroken 29-year partnership with Amy Jones, as the hosts won with 30 balls left.

Ayabonga Khaka was the choice of South African bowlers, taking 3-13.

The win gives England an unassailable 10-2 lead in the multi-format series with T20 coming to Worcester on Saturday and Derby on Monday.

Brunt leads a disciplined display of career bowling, with a particular focus on the Commonwealth Games this summer and the T20 World Cup in February.

Based on this evidence, she is as good as ever and England are lucky to have it.

Brunt was deadly precise throughout, targeting the stumps, while ' she launched flyhalf Lara Goodball and captain Sune Luus in her first and second respectively to become the seventh woman to win 100 international T20 wickets.