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England Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: South Africa's Keshav Maharaj was at his best against England as he picked up 4-22 to empower South Africa to win the first ODI by 7 wickets and 175 balls to remain at Headingley on Tuesday. South African bowlers engineered a stellar collapse of the hosts as they lost their last eight wickets for just 49 runs after being 82 for 2 in the 14th over.

The only silver lining in England's batting was Jamie Smith, who scored 54 from 48 balls, being the highest scorer for England in that innings, which was skittled inside 24.3 overs to 131. In reply, Aiden Markram smashed 86 in 55 balls along Ryan Rickleton (31 not out from 59 balls) to make light work of the chase.

"It was not a great start to the series, just one of those bad days, and we will move on as soon as possible," England captain Harry Brook said.

"Everyone will hold their hand up and say we had a bad day. We could not get a partnership together. The ball held in the pitch a little, but they bowled really nicely.

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"We need to put that performance behind us now and get down to London."

England started brightly with successive fours in the opening over from Smith, and despite Ben Duckett's early dismissal, they appeared to be heading towards setting an imposing target.

Markram was particularly brutal on him before he was the first of three wickets late in the chase for spinner Adil Rashid, who took 3-26.

"It was important to start well," South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said. "We were clinical with the ball, we were under pressure in the powerplay but still managed to get wickets.

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"With the bat, we could have been more clinical at the end but it should not take anything away from the chase, led brilliantly by Aiden."

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