South Africa vs England

SA vs ENG, 1st ODI Live Updates: South Africa face England in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein.

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Follow all of the action as Jos Buttlers team begin their three-match one-day series in South Africa; Jofra Archer makes his long-awaited return for England ...

CRR: 6.86. RR : 4.96. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Jos Buttler*, 7(13), 0, 0, 53.85. Jason Roy, 112(86), 11, 4, 130.23. Bowling, O, M, R, W.

Thick leading-edge as Olly Stone flicks and Shamsi fumbles to his right the first time but hangs on the 2nd time and he runs away before Bavuma comes to mob him. The game was going in just one direction, so to pull it back and win the game is really special. They have come back from the dead to win this. The bouncer was two-paced, some stood up, some didn't, so it was a good ball to have. We need the win, we need the points, but it's also about how to go about our business. The way SA started, to keep them to 298, we were really happy. Credit to South Africa, they did well but we could have put them under a bit more pressure. To be in a position like we were after that opening stand, it's disappointing not to finish it off. We're trying to shift our mindset from the result and more about how we want to play our game. England will be raring to bounce back harder in the other two games. An action-packed start to the series and if this is a sample of things to come, we should be in for a thrilling series. Their start was similar to ours, ball came on nicely in the start but they had one guy batting long, which we didn't.

England fluffed their lines and were skittled 28 runs short of victory as South Africa took a 1-0 lead in a series that is vital for their hopes of qualifying automatically for this year's World Cup. Even before he had become Nortje's fourth and final ...

England opener Jason Roy smashed his way back into form but the tourists lost to South Africa in the first ODI in Bloemfontein.

South Africa's innings was anchored by the 111 off 117 balls from middle-order batsman Van der Dussen, who completed a fourth ODI century. "To have that conviction and commitment to keep taking it on has served us well for a long time. Seamer Sam Curran was the pick of England's bowlers with 3-35 from his nine overs, but it was a day to forget for fast bowler Jofra Archer, with 1-81 in his 10 overs.

It had been 678 days since England had been able to call upon Jofra Archer and, so it felt, almost as long since they had seen the best of Jason Roy.

Aiden Markram tried to sneak an over of part-time off-spin at the end of the powerplay and was belted for six. Dropped from England’s T20 side ahead of last year’s World Cup triumph amid a prolonged lean spell, it was true that the 32-year-old’s ODI returns - including a century in the Netherlands in July - had offered slightly less cause for alarm. It is a measure of Curran’s standing now that, later, his dismissal felt like the moment English hopes disappeared. For Roy, the sense of immediate jeopardy was far greater. Roy’s 113 off 91 balls came in reply to another century from Rassie van der Dussen, but in being restricted to 298-for-seven, the Proteas appeared to have failed to take full advantage of a flat surface at Mangaung Oval. At 146 without loss and again at 196-for-three, the tourists looked well on top in the chase but a brilliantly hostile spell from Anrich Nortje turned the tide.

The visitors have lost their last four ODIs, and may need to tailor their approach to suit a tricky Bloemfontein surface.

The resolve the guys showed today - there's been a lot happening over the last two weeks with the SA20 - the way the guys came out and refocused on what we want to achieve this week is unbelievable." Any changes to England's line-up will depend on the health of Phil Salt, who sat out the series-opener with the illness that has also kept him out of the SA20. They have played each other five times at the venue, England have won three, South Africa one, and one match has been tied. While South Africa are not short of options in the seam-bowling department, he adds to the variety of the attack and could use the rest of the series to push for a more permanent white-ball place. Although their bowlers won them the first ODI, South Africa may consider some changes in the attack. Sisanda Magala put in his best performance in national colours on Friday, when he broke the opening stand that threatened to turn the match into a one-sided contest in England's favour and then took two more wickets to give South Africa an advantage. With both teams figuring out their batting and boasting strong attacks, the Bloemfontein crowd are in for a treat and word is that many more of them are expected for Sunday's match. Like Magala, Curran's use of the short and slower ball was a surprise factor for the batters and he dismissed all three of South Africa's main threats: Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and David Miller. Temba Bavuma's move to the opening berth will likely keep Janneman Malan and Reeza Hendricks on the bench for now. Even when they looked 50 runs short with the bat after England stormed to 146 without loss inside 20 overs in a chase of 299, South Africa's bowlers won them the game. The result asked familiar questions of South Africa: how wide is the gulf between their batters and bowlers? Though they will have to beat Netherlands 2-0 and hope other results go their way, Friday's win has allowed them to keep their fate in their own hands.

England batter Jason Roy said he was overcome a bit by emotions after breaking his lean run in international career with a hundred against South Africa on ...

England batter Jason Roy said he was overcome a bit by emotions after breaking his lean run in international career with a hundred against South Africa on Friday in the first ODI. “It’s been a horrible year. The valiant effort went in vain as England capitulated and ended up losing the match by 27 runs as they went from 146 for no loss to 271 all out.