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England confident of ODI series win

───   10:42 Tue, 09 Feb 2016

England confident of ODI series win | News Article
Reece Topley - Cricinfo / Getty

England have a series win locked in their sights heading into Wednesday's third One-Day International against South Africa.

Following a 39-run win in Bloemfontein and Saturday’s 5 wicket victory in Port Elizabeth, a win today in Pretoria will hand the visitors an unassailable three-nil lead in the five-match series.

England's 22-year-old left arm seamer, Reece Topley, took a career-best four for 50 on Saturday and is of the view that the job is still not done, but doesn’t rule out wrapping it up at Centurion.

“Well they are obviously a good side and we’re well aware of this being probably our biggest challenge as a side.

“Where we are now, two-nil up is brilliant knowing that we are just one game away from a series win.

“I think we’ve backed up the Test boys brilliantly and two series wins out of two going into the T20 series will be an amazing feat for us I think.”

Topley added that he is delighted with his own form, however, says the team cause far outweighs any personal accolades.

"It's gone quite well for me personally, but the bottom line is we're 2-0 up - which is the more satisfying thing.

"It's obviously nice to get personal accolades along the way. But the end result as a team is what we all want to reach.

"We're in such a brilliant place at the minute. We're all just enjoying ourselves, and having a lot of fun doing what we love."

The third ODI at SuperSport Park in Centurion gets underway at 13:30 on Tuesday afternoon.

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