South Africa batter Matthew Breetzke has revealed that he prepared for his record-breaking ODI innings against England at Lord's on Thursday by watching Northamptonshire 's dramatic win over Surrey in the T20 Blast quarter-finals on his iPad, and he hopes to rejoin his county team-mates for Finals Day next Saturday.

On his return from a hamstring niggle, Breetzke top-scored with 85 in South Africa's five-run win, a victory which clinched their first ODI series win in England since May 1998 - six months before he was born. He became the first man to reach 50 in each of his first five ODI innings and averages 92.60 in the format after previous scores of 150, 83, 57 and 88.

"It's a bit worrying: it can only go downhill for me," Breetzke said, laughing, after South Africa's win. "

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