Nothing to be gained by playing shortened match, admits Brook

HARRY Brook called the rain-affected circumstances of England's T20 defeat to South Africa a "shambles" after a truncated nine overs per side contest was reduced even further.

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England lost by 14 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method at soggy Sophia Gardens in Cardiff after a run chase of only five overs.

Rain in the Welsh capital had cut the contest by more than half with the match delayed until 8.50pm - two hours and 20 minutes after the scheduled start.

The Proteas had reached 97 for five from 7.5 overs before a short shower ended their innings prematurely, leaving England a tough revised victory of 69 from 30 balls under DLS calculations.

England captain Brook said: "It was a bit of a shambles really, wasn’t it? You can’t take much from that.

"There was so much going on. They got nine overs, we got five overs.