England 186 (Dean 47*, Knight 40, Dercksen 3-16, Kapp 3-24) vs South Africa

Kapp, and Jafta, did not have to wait for long for success though; Dunkley tickled one to Jafta on the final ball of the first over, a couple of deliveries after hitting a well-timed extra-cover drive. Kapp continued to probe with the new ball and, along with Ayabonga Khaka, managed to string together a row of 11 dots before Beaumont decided to change gears.

Knight looked to get the measure of the surface, which was not conducive to stroke-play. She hit five fours in her innings, often using her feet even against the seamers. But her attempted paddle against Mlaba proved to be her downfall. To begin, South Africa did not really look convinced and only opted to review for the lbw belatedly, and Hawk-Eye returned three reds.

At that stage, England looked to be folding cheaply, but then Dean and Ecclestone came together. The charge was led primarily by Dean, while the latter returned the strike to her. It was England's third-best partnership for the eighth wicket in women's ODIs. It came to a close when Ecclestone mistimed a cut off a slow short ball from Dercksen, and de Klerk pulled off a fine leaping catch at backward point. It only took 17 more deliveries for South Africa to bundle the tourists out.