England are hoping for a vastly improved performance as they aim to hit back against South Africa in their three-match one-day international (ODI) series.

The hosts were thoroughly beaten in the opening ODI at Headingley as South Africa romped home by seven wickets, England collapsing in a heap with the bat before d ebutant Sonny Baker endured a bruising start to his international career with the ball. Commencing just two days after the end of The Hundred and not long after a gruelling Test series against India, Harry Brook ’s side perhaps looked a little underprepared for the start of a series against a South Africa side most certainly on the up.

For Temba Bavuma ’s men, this game at Lord’s mark a return to the scene of their World Test Championship final triumph from ear

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