He strode back into the fray in the 14th, with South Africa reduced to 86/5 and needing another 78 off 40 balls to win. It took him eight balls to find the boundary for the first time with a back-foot punch through the covers off Jack Brassell. Jansen scored seven runs, in ones and twos, off the next six balls he faced before he launched JJ Smit over long-on for six. But before that stroke sailed into the lively crowd, South Africa required 26 off five, an ask even taller than the Jansen twins stood on top of each other.
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