England have bounced back from their Champions Trophy heartbreak by comfortably beating South Africa by nine wickets in Southampton.
The hosts, defeated by Pakistan in the semi-finals of the competition last week, successfully chased down a target of 143 runs in the first of three Twenty20 meetings with the Proteas.
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Despite the best efforts of AB de Villiers and Farhaan Behardien, who put together a 110-run stand, South Africa could only manage 142-3 at the Rose Bowl.
England made light work of their opponents, as Jonny Bairstow (60*) and Alex Hales (47*) guided their side to victory with 33 deliveries to spare.
The second match takes place in Taunton on Friday evening.
