England v South Africa ODI & T20I Series

England have pulled Ben Duckett from the T20I squad who are set to face South Africa next week. After enjoying a productive Test series against India he has since struggled for form in The Hundred & carried that slump through into the ODI's looking particularly frustrated at Lords.
Duckett is one of the few all format England Internationals & fatigue is bound to play a part in form. The man set to gain is Sam Curran who has yet to play any part in the McCullum era, much like Jordan Cox who was added to the squad to face Ireland, weight of runs has demanded their selection & in the case of Curran wickets.

England v South Africa 3rd ODI - Southampton - 11am Start
Toss - South Africa elected to bowl
England 414-5 (50 overs) Bethell 110 Root 100 Smith 62 Buttler 62 no Duckett 31 Bosch 2-79 Maharaj 2-61
South Africa 72 (20.5 overs) Bosch 20 Maharaj 17 Stubbs 10 Archer 4-18 Rashid 3-13 Carse 2-33
England won by 432 runs

As I expected England show stubbornness by sticking with the same 4 main bowling options. Jamie Overton comes in for Mahmood who bowled well ? which further strengthen England's batting. It remains to be seen whether it improves the bowling. So just one change. With Duckett pulled from the T20I squad & the series lost, I would've opted to also sit him out today & freshen things up by giving Banton a run out.

South Africa with the series won have the luxury to rest the impressive Ngidi, his replacement is Codi Yusuf who has played for Durham this season. Mulder is back in with Muthusamy making way.

Potentially a delayed start with rain arriving soon after the toss.

Jofra Archer has gone berserk

^^ I'm backing us to win this one

That was a record breaking win for England in terms of runs and Archer looked fantastic

Boy that was a close game wasn't it? Edge of the seat stuff .

Surprised Bavuma didn't bat with only 343 left to get

Pity it took the 3rd ODI to get our shit together with the series over. Preparation time leading into the series was minimal & none existent in some cases straight off the back of The Hundred. Only 8 of the 15 man squad took part in training the day before the 1st ODI. The domestic & International schedule is unsustainable.

England v South Africa 1st T20I - Cardiff - 6.30 pm
Toss - England elected to field
South Africa 97-5 (7.5 overs) Markram 28 Ferreira 25 no Brevis 23 Wood 2-22
England 54-5 (5 overs)c Buttler 25 Bosch 2-15 Jansen 2-18
South Africa won by 14 runs
DLS Target 69

If I had to guess, given what rain has already fallen & the chance of more coming through, a total abandonment is the most likely result. If it stopped now getting the outfield to the required level of safety will be a challenge.
Hopefully a decision is made sooner rather than later, the stadium is practically empty anyway. The cut off for a minimum over match of 5 overs each is 9.16pm.