England will hope for a vastly improved performance as they aim to hit back against South Africa in their three-match one-day international (ODI) series.
The hosts were at Headingley as South Africa romped home by seven wickets, England collapsing in a heap with the bat before d to his international career with the ball. Commencing just two days and not long after a gruelling Test series against India, Harry Brook’s side perhaps looked a little underprepared for the start of a series against a South Africa side most certainly on the up.
For Temba Bavuma’s men, this game at Lord’s mark a return to the scene of their World Test Championship final triumph from earlier in the summer. Aiden Markram, who anchored that success with a magnificent fourth-innings hundred, was in a rather more brutal mood at Leeds while Keshav Maharaj tied England in knots, setting up a shot at sealing the series with a game to spare. Could rain threaten to spoil the day, though?
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Recap – South Africa hammer England in first ODI
11:44 , Lawrence OstlereSent in to bat, England started on a positive note as Smith laced the fifth ball of the day for the first of his 10 boundaries.
Things soon took a turn for the worse, though, and rarely looked like recovering.
Ben Duckett fell in the third over, nicking a defensive push behind, before Joe Root edged Lungi Ngidi through to Ryan Rickelton, who held on one-handed at the second attempt.
Smith was scoring busily enough to take the total to a respectable 82 for two in the 14th over, but he could not do it alone.
Brook slapped his first ball to the ropes but was run out for 12 chasing a non-existent second run and, when Smith was well caught by Corbin Bosch after flicking Wiaan Mulder to fine-leg, the collapse accelerated.
They lost seven wickets for 29, with Keshav Maharaj helping himself to four for 22. There was no lavish spin on offer for the left-armer, but he still coaxed errors from Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Rashid and Baker.
Recap – South Africa hammer England in first ODI
11:33 , Lawrence OstlereThere are obvious mitigating factors, most pertinently a chaotic preparation period caused by the tight turnaround between the end of The Hundred and the start of the series.
The squad only came together in full on Monday evening, with their solitary pre-match training session severely depleted as those involved in Sunday’s Lord’s final travelled north while their team-mates netted.
But even against that backdrop this was an incoherent display from a side who have earned their modest world ranking of eight in recent times.
Recap – South Africa hammer England in first ODI
11:25 , Lawrence OstlereThe 22-year-old Baker had already been dismissed for a golden duck at number 11, wrapping up England’s limp batting effort, when he was handed the new ball and asked to make an impression on a game that had already gone.
Instead he was mauled by Aiden Markram and served up seven wicketless overs for 76 – the most expensive ODI analysis by an England debutant.
Baker has earned his spot with some bright performances in both the Rothesay County Championship and The Hundred but will need plenty of character to bounce back from a start like this.
He was not alone in struggling, though. Smith and Adil Rashid were the only players to earn a passing grade, the latter taking all three of England’s wickets in a lost cause.
Recap – South Africa hammer England in first ODI
11:11 , Lawrence OstlereHarry Brook’s winning streak as England’s white-ball captain came to a shuddering halt against South Africa, with Sonny Baker’s painful debut summing up a torrid display in the first one-day international on Tuesday.
Brook kicked off his limited-overs reign with six consecutive wins over the West Indies earlier this summer, but the honeymoon ended decisively after his side were thoroughly outclassed in a seven-wicket thrashing at his home ground of Headingley.
The hosts were bowled out for 131 in a mere 24.3 overs – just under half their allocation – with Jamie Smith’s 54 sticking out like a sore thumb amid a host of failures.
That was never likely to be enough to contain the Proteas, who raced home with 175 balls to spare in an assault that took Baker as collateral damage.
England v South Africa – second ODI at Lord’s
11:06 , Lawrence OstlereHello and welcome along to live coverage of England v South Africa from Lord’s, as the teams meet for the second of three one-day internationals. England were absolutely walloped at Headingley on Tuesdsay – so will they bounce back?