England in South Africa: Vacationers droop to 27-run defeat regardless of Jason Roy century

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Jason Roy’s poor form led to him being dropped from England’s squad at last year’s T20 World Cup
First one-day international, Bloemfontein:
South Africa 298-7 (50 overs): Van der Dussen 111, Miller 53; Curran 3-35
England 271 (44.2 overs): Roy 113; Nortje 4-62
South Africa won by 27 runs
Scorecard.

England carelessly fell to a 27-run defeat in the first one-day international against South Africa despite Jason Roy’s belligerent century in Bloemfontein.

On the day Jofra Archer made his comeback from injury, opener Roy crashed a 79-ball century to seemingly put his side on course for a comfortable victory in pursuit of 299.

He powered England to 146-0 inside 20 overs and 196-3 in the 30th over before he was caught on the boundary for 113 from 91 balls.

But the wicket of Moeen Ali four overs later began a collapse of six wickets for 49 runs in the face of fiery fast bowling.

Anrich Nortje took 3-13 in a four-over spell and England were bowled out for 271 in with 5.4 overs to go to complete a…

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