Eoin Morgan's side, for the first time really in the tournament, were under pressure in the field ©AFP
Jos Buttler's stare lingered in the direction of Dawid Malan. He had failed to back up a throw from the deep, allowing South Africa to scamper an extra run, and Buttler was clearly not impressed. Two balls later, Buttler himself conceded an extra single when he had an unnecessary shy at the stumps. England, for the first time really in the tournament, were under pressure in the field.
It was always going to happen at some stage. England had dominated West Indies, Bangladesh and Australia with the ball and then professionally seen off Sri Lanka's case in their fourth group game. They took at least three wickets in the Powerplay in all of those matches and then continued to take wickets through the middle overs, bowling West Indies, Australia and Sri Lanka out inside the 20 overs. The only time England didn't take all ten wickets was against Bangladesh when they took nine.
In some ways, then,
