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In the first of the three-match ODI series featuring South Africa and England, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/9782/jos-buttler/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jos Buttler-led</a> outfit were outplayed by the hosts and lost the game by 27 runs to go 0-1 down.&nbsp;In pursuit of 299 runs, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/33031/jason-roy/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Roy</a> scored a sublime hundred off 79 deliveries to keep England in the run chase. However, the opening batter was dismissed for 113 runs off 91 deliveries in the 30th over that derailed the run chase.&nbsp;Despite the loss, the team management and Roy himself seemed pretty relaxed after ending the century drought. &quot;I&#39;m feeling very good. I actually didn&#39;t sleep that well and had about five hours of sleep. I was a bit overcome with a few emotions and stuff like that. It&#39;s been a turbulent few months, but I woke up really well, though it was the best five hours of sleep I&#39;ve had,&quot; Roy said, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo.&nbsp;&quot;Yeah, it was a little bit of anger around it all, just because I set everything to the back of my mind and locked a few things away in a cupboard and went out and played the way I have played throughout my career and which I haven&#39;t played in the last couple of years. I was frustrated I hadn&#39;t got to that mindset earlier, but it was a very nice feeling,&quot; he further added.&nbsp;The 32-year-old endured a dismal 2022 and missed out on a place in the England squad for the T20 World Cup Down Under. Despite starting the year with a century, he feels there is a lot of work to be done before cementing his place in the ODI World Cup scheduled to be held in India later this year.&nbsp;&quot;I&#39;ve played a lot of games in my career, been around for a while now, and even after a bad year, you can get forgotten quite quickly. It&#39;s a case of keeping pushing, keeping this environment going in this culture we have in the team because it&#39;s a huge year ahead for us in 50-over cricket,&quot; he said.&nbsp;&quot;Hopefully, I will play in the World Cup, but it&#39;s one step at a time. It&#39;s one game into a series, one game into the year in international cricket, so I&#39;ve got to keep scoring runs and just building this team to the place where we were back in 2019.&quot;&quot;It&#39;s been a horrible year - it&#39;s not how you start the year, it&#39;s how you finish it. I think I started last year pretty nicely, and then things went downhill from there. I&#39;ve just got to stay positive and keep pushing,&quot; he concluded.&nbsp;With South Africa leading the series 1-0, the two sides will lock horns for the second game in Bloemfontein on Sunday, January 29.&nbsp;Powered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

The opening batter smashed a scintillating hundred in the first match against South Africa in Bloemfontein 

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South Africa produced a dominant performance in the first game of the three-match series against England at home to record a comprehensive 27-run run win in Bloemfontein.&nbsp;The home team stepped into this series requiring three wins in five matches to secure an automatic qualification in the ICC World Cup scheduled to commence in India later this year.&nbsp;Apart from these three games, they are set to play the Netherlands and ought to win three out of the five games to move to the eighth position in the points table.&nbsp;They started the series with a clinical performance as <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/12518/rassie-van-der-dussen/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rassie van der Dussen</a> smashed a scintillating century to power the Proteas to 298 runs in the first innings.&nbsp;In reply, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/33031/jason-roy/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Roy</a> finally returned to form after a string of low scores and scored 113 runs off 91 deliveries to keep England in the run chase. Despite his valiant effort,<a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/63641/anrich-nortje/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Anrich Nortje</a> rattled the visiting side with four wickets to guide South Africa to a convincing win.&nbsp;With the series at stake for the England side and a step closer to the World Cup qualification for the home team, here are some of the key tips that could help you build for your fantasy team for this high-voltage clash.&nbsp;Ground detailsAlthough only a couple of matches have been played at the Mangaung Oval, the wicket is conducive for strokeplay as the average first-innings total is around the 265-run mark.&nbsp;Like most wickets in South Africa, it will assist the pacer and help them generate bounce, which was evident in Nortje wreaking havoc in the first clash.&nbsp;Suggested team<img src="https://images-cricketcom.imgix.net/1674901636770-articleimg" style="width: 600px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Captaincy suggestionsFor small leagues: Rassie van der Dussen (Captain), Jason Roy (vice-captain)For grand leagues: Anrich Nortje (Captain), Dawid Malan (vice-captain)Stats that matterIn ODIs since 2020, Rassie van der Dussen is the leading run-scorer for South Africa, with 972 runs in 19 innings at an average of 69.43. He has been in sublime form in the fifty-over format and started the series with a hundred.&nbsp;With 725 runs in 24 innings at an average of 31.52, Jason Roy is the second leading run-scorer for the England side in ODIs since 2020. The right-handed batter struggled with form in the last couple of series but has started this away tour with an absolute masterclass.&nbsp;The opening batter and his exuberant style of play will hold the key for the visiting side in their bid to come back into the series.Grand league puntsIn ODIs since 2020, Anrich Nortje has scalped 24 wickets in 13 innings at an average of 27.5 and a strike rate of 27.3, which is the best for a South African bowler with a minimum of 10 innings in this time frame.&nbsp;In ODIs since 2020, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/4792/dawid-malan/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dawid Malan</a> has scored 490 runs in 12 innings at an average of 54.44, which is the best for an England batter with a minimum of 10 innings.&nbsp;Along with the southpaw, <a href="https://www.cricket.com/players/9782/jos-buttler/career-stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jos Buttler</a> has been in fine form in the fifty-over format scoring 468 runs in 16 innings at an average of 33.43 and a strike rate of 109.9.&nbsp;Probable XIsSouth Africa - Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Sisanda Magala&nbsp;England - Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (Captain &amp; wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Olly StonePowered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

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