South Africa vs England: Jason Roy century and Jofra Archer return not enough to stop opening defeat

It had been 678 days since England had been able to call upon Jofra Archer and, so it felt, almost as long since they had seen the best of Jason Roy.

Here in Bloemfontein, twin waits came to an end, but a day that began with Archer’s return to action, and encompassed Roy’s emphatic return to form in the shape of an 11th international hundred, ended in defeat as South Africa claimed victory in a lively conclusion to the First One-Day International.