Key events
South Africa win the toss and will bowl
Temba Bavuma wants to put England under early pressure with the ball. It looks hottttt out there.
Hints that Jofra Archer will be rested today… toss and teams coming up shortly.
Preamble
Good morning! The second ODI between South Africa and England rolls onto the conveyor belt at 8am GMT, after England surprised everyone by collapsing into a 27 run defeat at the Mangaung Oval on Friday.
In Bloemfontein came long overdue runs for a clearly angry, and relieved, Jason Roy in an opening stand of 146, a run out at last for Jofra Archer, and ODI duck for Harry Brook, as South Africa’s seamers proved too hot to handle in the last half of the game. England collapsed from 146-0 to impressive player of the match Sisanda Magala and Anrich Nortje .
We’re back in Bloemfontein today, where England would like to put their recent ODI record (played four, lost four) in the dustbin of history. It’ll be a fresh strip today out in the 30 degree heat, with a similarly slow and sticks surface expected. Put the kettle on, by eight the sun will be just peeping over the grey January horizon.
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