South Africa beat England by 7 wickets in the first ODI match at Newlands in Cape Town and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
Earlier South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow gave a good start of 51 runs. JJ Smuts removed Roy and broke this stand and in the next over of Phehlukwayo Bairstow also got out and in the middle overs, Tabraiz Shamsi's 3 wickets haul broke England's backbone and reduced them to 131/6. Joe Denly and Chris Woakes's 91 runs stand took them to a respectable total of 258/8 in 50 overs. Joe Denly played 87 runs knock.
In reply, South Africa also lost a quick wicket of Reeza Hendricks but after that Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma gave no chance to England bowlers and their 173 runs partnership made it easy for South Africa and eventually South Africa chased it down in 48th over. Quinton de Kock played 107 runs knock and Bavuma scored 98 runs.
All the major stats and facts from the first ODI between South Africa and England in Cape Town
6 - South Africa has won each of the six ODIs they played against England at Newlands in Cape Town.
15 - Quinton de Kock took 116 innings to score 15 ODI hundreds - the sixth-fewest to reach this milestone.
Fewest innings to reach 15 ODI hundreds -
86 - Hashim Amla
106 - Virat Kohli
108 - Shikhar Dhawan / David Warner
112 - Aaron Finch
116 - Quinton de Kock
100 - It was Chris Woakes' 100th ODI match. He has taken 143 wickets and scored 1226 runs in 100 ODI matches.
116 - Number of innings taken by Quinton de Kock to score 5000 ODI runs - the joint fourth fastest to reach this milestone in terms of innings.
Fastest to reach 5000 ODI runs (By innings) -
101 - Hashim Amla
114 - Viv Richards / Virat Kohli
115 - David Warner
116 - Joe Root / Quinton de Kock
118 - Brian Lara / Shikhar Dhawan
173 - Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma's 173 runs partnership is the second biggest partnership for South Africa against England in ODI cricket.
Highest ODI partnerships for SA vs ENG -
239 - Quinton de Kock / Hashim Amla (1st wkt) at Centurion, 2016
173 - Quinton de Kock / Temba Bavuma (2nd wkt) at Cape Town, 2020
172* - AB de Villiers / Hashim Amla (4th wkt) at Nottingham, 2012
