With only nine months to go until the World Cup, and plenty of issues to resolve, this was billed as a tour about much more than results for England. So far, that looks just as well.
Two games into their time in South Africa, the series is gone, the home side 2-0 up with one to play and their hopes of automatic qualification for the autumn tournament suddenly back on track, while the defending champions have lost five One-Day Internationals in a row.
