England win by four wickets and claim a bonus point against South Africa in the day/night match at Edgbaston.

The hosts stuttered over the finishing line, losing Michael Vaughan and Rikki Clarke while in sight of victory, but were never in danger of losing.

Vaughan top-scored with 83 while Clarke contributed a crucial 37 runs, following Andrew Flintoff's whirwind, but controlled, 54 off 36 balls.

Earlier in the day, James Anderson grabbed four wickets, including three in nine balls, but England loosened their grip after reducing the visitors to 104-7.

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40th over: England win with a wide off the first ball of Hall's over.

39th over: Clarke drives for four to level the scores. He looks to sweep the winning runs but is out, lbw to Adams, for 37. England 198-6.

38th over: Vaughan is out, for a confidence-boosting 83, lbw to Hall playing no stroke. England 194-5.

37th over: Adams concedes another boundary off his first ball before sending down five dot balls.

36th over: There are less fireworks than in the previous over, and no boundaries, but England are closing in on victory and a bonus point.

35th over: Vaughan takes a step down the wicket to Adams and hoists the ball back over the bowler's head for four.

Clarke follows his captain's lead and hits consecutive fours on either side of the wicket, passing his previous best score of 23 and taking the partnership beyond 50.

34th over: The batsmen keep the scoreboard ticking over with a couple of singles.

33rd over: Clarke is growing in confidence and sweeps Adams for four to make it seven off the over.

32nd over: Vaughan continues his masterclass with another cover drive but misses with an attempted hook.

31st over: Vaughan passes the 63 he made against India in Kuttack 18 months ago with his 12th boundary, another classy cut.

30th over: Just two come off Hall's over, leaving Vaughan one short of his highest one-day score.

29th over: After a two-over break, Nel returns, striking Clarke in the midriff before the new batsman gets off the mark running a wider ball through point.

Clark hooks in similar style to Flintoff but it beats the fielder in the deep and goes over the rope for six. His next shot is far classier, a pull through midwicket to take the total for the over to 14.

28th over: Vaughan ends Hall's second over with a cut that flies to the boundary.

27th over: Flintoff crashes Ntini down the ground to bring up the 100 partnership but is out next ball, top-edging an injudicious hook to Adams at deep backward square leg, his 54 taking just 40 balls. England 130-4.

26th over: Andrew Hall replaces Adams and Vaughan cuts him to the backward point boundary. He drives down the ground for his 10th four to bring up his first one-day ton as England captain from 76 balls.

25th over: Ntini returns after an impressive six overs from Nel, Flintoff punishing the opening bowler with a hammering cover drive. Two more to backward point brings up Flintoff's eighth ODI 50 off 36 balls, with six fours and a six.

England reach the halfway point well placed at 118-3.

24th over: Flintoff takes a single to bring up the England 100 and Vaughan then drives Adams beautifully through the covers. A Flintoff blast off a full toss makes it 12 off the over.

23rd over: Nel spars with Vaughan, the England skipper playing and missing at a probing line.

22nd over: The infamous "frog in a blender" Paul Adams joins the attack to bowl left-arm chinamen. He allows four singles.

21st over: After a concerted glaring match, Flintoff ducks into a shorter ball from nel and is hit on the helmet. Both men grin as Nel helps the batsman to his feet.

20th over: Vaughan gets under a delivery from Kallis, lofting through vacant mid-off for four.

19th over: After a little verbal exchange, Flintoff pulls Nel down the ground for a powerful boundary.

18th over: Substitute fielder Nicky Boje fields a push towards cover and falls painfully, turning his ankle. His team-mate carry him off the field. Flintoff's lofted drive brings up the 50 partnership from 51 balls.

17th over: Bowling at good speed, Nel just beats Vaughan's bat, the England skipper taking a sharp intake of breath. But he recovers thanks to a wider delivery, cutting for four.

16th over: Flintoff fends at Kallis, edging just past slip for four.

15th over: Vaughan edges Nel just wide of second slip to beat a diving third man.

14th over: Flintoff gains the first six of the match, pulling Kallis over midwicket. He pulls again, doesn't quite time it but still gets four over mid-on.

13th over: Andre Nel bowls for the first time in the series, exhibiting pace from a slightly awkward action to start with a maiden.

12th over: Vaughan unfurls another graceful cover drive for four. Another single brings up the England 50.

11th over: Pollock is spot on, allowing a couple.

10th over: Jacques Kallis joins the attack with immediate results, bowling McGrath with his first delivery. England 30-3.

Flintoff gets off the mark first ball with a drive through the covers for four and Vaughan square drives for a classy boundary.

9th over: England regain their breath with three singles off Ntini.

8th over: McGrath gets down on one knee and drives Ntini through the covers. He top-edges a hook but it falls safe and a misfield allows three. And there is another hairy moment as Vaughan slices just wide of a leaping Adams at third man.

7th over: McGrath gets off the mark sixth ball with a push to point.

6th over: Vaughan gets off the mark with a wonderful pulled four off Ntini but plays and misses with an attempted cut.

5th over: Trescothick survives an appeal by Pollock thanks to a slim edge but he cannot last the over, edging the former SA captain to Hall at slip. England 11-2.

4th over: South Africa gain an early wicket, Solanki top-edging a pull off Ntini which balloons high in the air to Nel at midwicket. England 11-1.

3rd over: Pollock tightens up, allowing just a single in his second over, courtesy of a rare Gibbs misfield at backward point.

2nd over: Vikram Solanki also lives dangerously against Makhaya Ntini before getting off the mark with a scampered single.

1st over: Former Warwickshire bowler Shaun Pollock opens the bowling to Marcus Trescothick with two slips and a gully in.

The opener attempts to cut but gets a lucky bottom-edge through fine leg for four before cutting a more orthodox boundary.

Innings break

50th over: Giles bowls the final over and does a fine job to Ntini, conceding just two runs in the over.

49th over: Flintoff begins the penultimate over with a wide down leg-side and bowls another two balls later.

49th over: Flintoff begins the penultimate over with a wide down leg-side and bowls another two balls later.

48th over: Ntini nibbles at Gough's nagging line outside off-stump, edging just wide of Flintoff in slip for a single. Adams then heaves over mid-on for a precious boundary. Gough finishes with figures of 1-29.

47th over: Anderson cannot make the final breakthrough and finishes his 10 overs, returning figures of 4-38.

46th over: Gough comes on for Giles as Vaughan seeks to wrap up the innings. But number 11 Ntini is having none of it, working the paceman through mid-wicket for four.

45th over: Anderson replaces McGrath and strikes instantly as Flintoff takes his third catch in slip to remove Nel. The third umpire is then kept busy as South Africa survive two run-out chances on the same delivery. South Africa: 177-9

44th over: England refuse to go for the jugular, Giles allowing Nel to get off the mark with a push to long-off.

43rd over: McGrath makes the breakthrough, ending a limpet-like partnership by trapping Van Jaarsveld lbw with a straight delivery as he attempts to flick across the line. South Africa 175-8.

42nd over: Van Jaarsveld passes his previous career best 42 and the duo have already shared the highest eighth wicket partnership for South Africa against England.

41st over: McGrath tightens up a little, conceding four singles.

40th over: Giles continues, conceding three runs around the wicket.

39th over: Anthony McGrath joins the attack in the absence of the injured Johnson. Adams gains a single to the off-side boundary to bring up the 50 partnership off 83 balls and Van Jaarsveld beats the fielder with a cut.

38th over: Van Jaarsveld gains a single off Giles to bring up the South Africa 150.

37th over: Adams gains an audacious boundary, cross-batting Flintoff through midwicket. Van Jaarsveld pivots off the back foot for a rare expensive over.

36th over: Giles concedes a single run off his fifth over.

35th over: Van Jaarsveld pulls out late and just avoids an edge off Flintoff. Adams gains his first boundary, lofting Flintoff square.

Richard Johnson is off the field nursing a groin injury, leaving England needing to fill his two remaining overs.

34th over: The duo milk five runs off Giles in a relaxed field.

33rd over: Flintoff replaces Anderson, whose second spell of six overs brought three wickets for eight runs. Van Jaarsveld edges just in front of slip.

32nd over: Giles replaces Gough, leaving the pace man with an over to spare in his quota. The spinners keeps the runs down to a single and a wide.

31st over: There has been some drizzle in the air for a while but it gets heavier, with umbrellas going up around the ground.

Anderson sticks a bouncer in to the stocky Adams, who flails above his head.

30th over: Gough squares Adams up and words are exchanged.

29th over: With the score on 111, umpire Shepherd skips at square leg, to cheers from the Edgbaston faithful. Van Jaarsveld's slightly mis-timed drive gains four and stops the skipping.

28th over: Van Jaarsveld gains a thick edge towards third man, heaving at Gough. Adams gets off the mark with a nudge on the leg side.

27th over: Adams takes a suicidal leg-bye to the keeper but van Jaarsveld makes his ground and keeps strike with a single last ball.

26th over: Gough returns with the scent of an early supper in his nostrils. He bowls a maiden to van Jaarsveld, slightly slower but on the spot every ball.

25th over: Anderson takes his second scalp, Rudolph lobbing to extra cover for 16. South Africa have three tailenders in their line-up. South Africa 104-6.

Shaun Pollock lasts just three deliveries, edging Anderson to second slip, where Flintoff does the job again. South Africa 104-7.

24th over: Rudolph flicks Giles on the off side to bring up the South Africa 100. Giles gets some turn, van Jaarsveld edging past the keeper for four.

23rd over: Anderson breaks a threatening partnership, inducing an edge from Boucher which Trescothick collects at slip. South Africa 99-5.

22nd over: Ashley Giles arrives in a double bowling change, again bowling over the wicket to Rudolph and beginning with a couple of full tosses.

Rudolph drives and Giles deflects onto the stumps at the non-striker's end but TV replays show Boucher regained his ground easily. Three runs off the over.

21st over: Anderson, who conceded 24 in his first two overs, replaces Johnson at the City End, conceding a single to Rudolph.

20th over: Umpire Shepherd is unimpressed by Flintoff's appeal against Rudolph at the end of a quiet over.

19th over: Boucher flays Johnson through the covers to pass 2000 career one-day international runs.

18th over: Rudolph places a push nicely wide of Giles at mid-off to gain four.

17th over: A diving stop by Giles at third man prevents four off Boucher's flick.

16th over: Rudolph edges well wide of slip area for third man to collect. Boucher gets off the mark with three wide of mid-on.

15th over: Johnson takes his second wicket, striking Hall on the knee roll in front of middle and leg and waiting an age for umpire Taufel to approve the lbw. South Africa 74-4.

14th over: Rudolph escapes a delivery which takes a thin inside edge, falling safely in front of the keeper.

13th over: Flintoff accounts for a second wicket in three balls, taking an astounding one-handed catch at wide slip to dismiss Kallis. South Africa 67-3.

Jacques Rudolph gets off the mark with a square-driven four off Johnson, through the clutches of the point fielder.

12th over: Andrew Flintoff replaces Gough after an impressive first five overs from the veteran. Smith greets him with successive fours either side of the wicket.

McGrath gets in the way of a full-blooded pull from Smith, juggling the catch at point but trapping it between his knees as he falls to dismiss the South Africa captain for 45. South Africa 66-2.

Andrew Hall gets off the mark first ball.

11th over: Johnson has Kallis groping with some movement away but the all-rounder clips a coupld on the leg side.

10th over: With a classy back-foot square drive, Kallis gains four off Gough.

9th over: Smith clips Johnson through vacant fine leg for four. Kallis gains his first boundary with a vicious cut over point's head as the Somerset seamer errs wide.

8th over: Smith's lofted drive gains the first runss off Gough, a boundary through midwicket. Wicket-keeper Read appeals for a thin edge off Kallis but the noise comes from bat hitting pad.

7th over: Kallis gets off the mark off Johnson.

6th over: Gibbs fails again, spooning a wider delivery from Gough to Rikki Clark at cover. South Africa 28-1.

Gough gets some movement to strike new batsman Kallis on the pad above leg stump.

5th over: Richard Johnson replaces Anderson, who leaked 24 runs in his first two overs. The Somerset seamer loses control of his final ball, squirting a wide that only just pitches on the cut strip.

4th over: Gough maintains a consistent line to both batsmen, a leg-bye splitting them in a maiden over.

3rd over: Gibbs takes strike for the first time, getting off the mark second ball with a push on the leg side. Smith turns Anderson through midwicket sweetly.

2nd over: Smith is more cautious against Gough. A no-ball ruins what would have been a maiden over from the veteran.

1st over: Anderson opens the bowling to Smith from the City End, having dismissed the South Africa captain twice already this series.

But the left-hander has the upper hand this time, taking four fours off the errant Lancastrian, totalling 19 off the over.

Toss: South Africa captain Graeme Smith calls tails and is successful, choosing to bat in daylight and defend under floodlights.

The tourists bring pace bowler Andre Nel into the side for Charl Langveldt while England replace Steve Harmison with spinner Ashley Giles.

England: Marcus Trescothick, Vikram Solanki, Michael Vaughan (captain), Anthony McGrath, Andrew Flintoff, Rikki Clarke, Chris Read, Ashley Giles, Richard Johnson, Darren Gough, James Anderson