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England were condemned to a seventh defeat in eight one-day internationals as South Africa claimed series victory with a record chase at Manguang Oval.
The South Africans put the previous successful ODI pursuit of 272 in Bloemfontein in the shade to ease to their 343-run target with five wickets intact and five deliveries to spare.
Defeat in the high-scoring thriller will not derail England’s development plans, as they bed personnel into the squad for this autumn’s World Cup, although they will be wary of ending an increasingly disturbing run of results.
David Miller got South Africa over the line with five balls and five wickets to spare
The double world champions have now gone through four winless series under the captain-coach axis of Jos Buttler and Matthew
