South Africa Men's Blind team 176-5 beat England Men's Blind team 175-6 by 5 wickets
Lwande Bidla scored his third consecutive half-century to guide South Africa to victory with five balls to spare and take a 2-1 lead in the third match of this seven-match series.
Bidla backed up his 51 (33) in the opening fixture and 93 (63) in matchday two, with an unbeaten 53* (32) which helped South Africa secure victory after a tidy bowling performance that restricted England to 175/6 from their 20-overs.
Howells’ side won the toss and elected to bat, and featured two debutants in Mike Shea and Olly Josephs.
Matt Page, playing his first match in the series, led the charge with the bat scoring 69 (52) including five boundaries.
In the chase, England restricted South Africa to 68/3 from 8.4 overs which brought together the Bidla brothers.
Following up from their 195-run partnership in the second fixture, they looked on course to finish the match off, before Chris Styles managed to sneak one through Buhle Bidla and bowl him out for his first international wicket, leaving the score at 121/4 off 13.2 overs.
The Bidla brothers though had already done the damage, and Lwande led his side to victory off the first ball of the final over, and to a 2-1 lead in this seven-match Blind series.
The fourth game of the seven-match series takes place at the same venue on Saturday, 8.30am GMT, with a live-stream available via Cricket South Africa's YouTube channel.
10th November: England Men's Blind team 186-4 beat South Africa Men's Blind team 185-7 by six wickets
11th November: South Africa Men's Blind team 216-2 beat England Men's Blind team 196-5 by 20 runs
13th November: South Africa Men's Blind team 176-5 beat England Men's Blind team 175-6 by 5 wickets
14th November: Match 4 at Tshwane University of Technology (8.30am GMT)
16th November: Match 5 at Christian Brothers College, Old Boys Memorial Club (8.30am GMT)
17th November: Match 6 at Tshwane University of Technology (8.30am GMT)
19th November: Match 7 at Christian Brothers College, Old Boys Memorial Club (8.30am GMT)