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England Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Bowling all-rounder Marco Jansen picked up two wickets as South Africa defeated hosts England by 14 runs in the rain-truncated first Twenty20 International of a three-match series at Cardiff on Wednesday. Notably, the rain-affected encounter was cut to five overs each.

Initially, 20 overs were reduced to 9 but remained incessant due to which South Africa posted 97 for five in 7.5 overs.

England were set a target of 69 as per the DLS method, but it got difficult to bat on for the English batters, who could only manage 54 for five in their five overs. Senior pro Jos Buttler was the only one who managed to get any momentum scoring 25 from 11 deliveries before he was Jansen's second wicket.

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"You can't read too much into that, the field was very wet in patches and we didn't execute as well as we could have (with the ball)," England captain Harry Brook said.

Asked if he thought the conditions were playable, Brook was non-committal.

"The big dogs above me make the decisions," he said.

Donovan Ferreira, Aiden Markram Put Up Useful Contributions

England had sent the visitors in to bat and Donovan Ferreira finished unbeaten on 25 from 11 balls, with Aiden Markram (28 from 14 balls) and Dewald Brevis (23 from 10 balls) also making handy contributions.

Seamer Luke Wood took 2-22 in his two overs, while Sam Curran, on his return to the side, managed 1-11 in his only over.

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"Happy to have got a pretty good score on the board and naturally the bowlers were always going to be under pressure, so to see them back up some good plans was very pleasing," Markram said.

"Marco has been out of cricket for a while and to run in with that energy and set the tone was very important for us."

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