England swept aside by South Africa in first ODI
South Africa have a habit of forcing introspection in English cricket.
Previous defeats inflicted by the Proteas' Test team resulted in the resignations of three England captains in succession: Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss.
Two years ago, they handed out a thumping in Mumbai in a World Cup defeat which sent England's 50-over team into a spiral from which they are yet to recover, and another at this year's Champions Trophy was the last in Jos Buttler's reign as white-ball captain.
This latest one-day international thrashing at Headingley, the third in a row in the format after those two in India and Pakistan, will not cause such searching of the soul.
