2017 South Africa Tour of England First ODI @Headingley,Leeds Wednesday May 24,2017

England v South Africa - ODI Records (since 1992)

Total Match - 56

England Won - 24

South Africa - 28

Tied - 1

No Result - 3

First Match: Benson & Hedges World Cup - 28th match - England won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) (revised target) at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Mar 12, 1992

Last Match: 5th ODI South Africa won by 5-wicket at Newlands,Cape Town on Feb 14, 2016.

AB de Villiers and Eoin Morgan pose with the series trophy ahead of the first ODI at Headingley 

• This will be the first international match at Headingley since the ground's future was secured by an agreement with Leeds City Council to fund a new Football Stand.
• South Africa have lost all three of their one-day internationals in Leeds, including a Super Six defeat to Australia that contributed to knocking them out of the 1999 World Cup.
• Morgan needs 18 runs to overtake Alec Stewart and become England's third-highest run-scorer in ODIs.
• Amla is 120 runs shy of 7000 in ODIs. He has 13 innings in which to get there ahead of Virat Kohli and continue his record of being fastest to 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and 6000.

England beat South Africa by 72 Runs

England captain Eoin Morgan's century led his team to an impressive series opening 72-run victory against top-ranked South Africa in their opening ODI at Headingley on Wednesday.

England made 339/6 in their 50 overs and then bowled out the tourists for 267/10 with 5 overs to spare.

Scorecard

England scored 339/6 in 50 Overs

Alex Hales                          61(60 Balls 4x8 and 6x1)

Eoin Morgan                     107(93 Balls 4x7 and 6x5)

Joe Root                             37(51 Balls 4x2)

Ben Stokes                         25(30 Balls 6x1)

Moeen Ali                           77*(51 Balls 4x5 and 6x5)

Wicket Takers(South Africa)

Chris Morris                        2/61(10 Overs)

Wayne Parnell                    1/47(7 Overs)

Kagiso Rabada                    1/63(9 Overs)

South Africa scored 267/10 in 45 Overs

Hasim Amla                        73(76 Balls 4x8)

Faf du Plesis                       67(61 Balls 4x8)

AB de Villiers                       45(38 Balls 4x7)

Wicket Takers(England)

Chris Woakes                      4/38(8 Overs)

Adil Rashid                           2/69(10 Overs)

Moeen Ali                             2/50(9 Overs)

Liam Plunkett                       1/42(9 Overs)

Mark Wood                           1/49(6 Overs)

Match Result - England won by 72 Runs

MOM - Moeen Ali (England)

Series Result - England lead the 3-Match ODI Series 1-0