led by their Captain Eoin Morgan’s scintillating century, England posted a massive score of 339/6 against South Africa in the first game of a three match series between the two sides that commenced here on Wednesday.
The Proteas won the toss and elected to field first. They got an early breakthrough when opener Jason Roy was dismissed the second over of the innings.
However, Alex Hales alongwith Joe Root, built a solid partnership to put England in an ascending position.
However, both Hales and Root were out without notching up a big score.
Skipper Eoin Morgan came to the crease and took control of the innings.
Together with Ben Stokes, he formed a 68-run partnership to stabilise the innings.
Stokes, and then Buttler, were dismissed in quick succession but Morgan formed a devastating partnership with Moeen Ali to ensure England had a big total on the board.
Morgan ended up with a score of 107 while Ali scored 77 in quick time.