New Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock scored his 15th century in the format as he led South Africa to a seven-wicket win over world champions England in the first One-Day International at Newlands, in Cape Town, on Tuesday.
With Temba Bavuma scoring 98 from the No. 3 position and sharing a second-wicket record partnership against England of 173 with De Kock, it effectively sealed the contest with England scoring 258/8 batting first.
De Kock won the toss and the new-look SA attack did well in restricting the visitors to a modest total.
A seventh-wicket partnership of 91 off 99 balls between Joe Denly and Chris Woakes and then a further 32 off 31 balls between Denly and Tom Curran helped England remain competitive.
Denly finished with a career best 87 (103 balls, four fours and two sixes).
After the early loss of Reeza Hendricks, De Kock (107 off 113 balls, 11 fours and a six) and Bavuma (98 off 103 balls, five fours and two sixes) made light work of the target.
Tabraiz Shamsi (3/38) was the kingpin of the Proteas attack and he and debutant Jon-Jon Smuts had combined spin bowling figures of 4/81 from their 20 overs.
Shamsi tore the heart out of the England middle-order after Rassie van der Dussen had produced a direct hit run out to remove the dangerous Joe Root.
With Lutho Sipamla also making his debut and claiming his first wicket, the Proteas went into the match with six bowlers who had played less than 100 ODIs between them with Andile Phehlukwayo being responsible for more than half of those caps.