In their first ODI since being crowned world champions at Lord's last summer, England came crashing down to earth when comprehensively outpointed by a new-look South African side at Newlands on Tuesday.

England clearly missed the experience of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler in Cape Town but more concerning was the lack of firepower in the bowling department in the absence of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood.

The emergence of Archer and return to fitness of Wood was a crucial factor in England's World Cup triumph and the absence of any real pace on Tuesday allowed Quinton De Kock and Temba Bavuma to make short work of England's below-par total of 258-8.

Having collapsed to 131-6, England were indebted to Joe Denly (87) and Chris Woakes (40) for hauling them to something close to a competitive total on a slow surface but with the bowling lacking penetration, captain Eoin Morgan was forced to continually shuffle his pack with little success.