Harry Brook has promised that the England team will rally around Sonny Baker ahead of the second ODI at Lord's on Thursday, after the fast bowler endured a debut to forget in a brutally one-sided series opener against South Africa at Headingley.

Baker, 22, was taken for 76 runs in seven wicketless overs - the most-expensive figures ever conceded by an England bowler in his first ODI - while his economy rate of 10.85 was the second-worst by any debutant to have bowled a minimum of six overs in the format.

Baker's day arguably peaked before the toss, when, in the presence of his family members, he was presented his England cap by his new team-mate Jos Buttler - a fellow alumnus of King's College, Taunton. Thereafter, with England being bowled out for 131 inside 25 overs, he wa

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