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England's three-match ODI series with South Africa will go ahead as the hosts confirmed their entire team has returned negative coronavirus tests - and talkSPORT will bring you all the action starting on Sunday.

The first ODI was postponed barely an hour before play was due to start at Newlands on Friday following a positive test in the Proteas camp and any further cases would have likely led to the tour's abrupt end.

 Eoin Morgan led England to a Twenty20 clean sweep and will now look to do the same in the ODI series
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Eoin Morgan led England to a Twenty20 clean sweep and will now look to do the same in the ODI seriesCredit: GETTY

But Cricket South Africa announced on Saturday morning that the emergency screening which took place at the shared team hotel in Cape Town had shown no spread of the virus in their camp.

So now we can focus on the cricket, and having stormed to a 3-0 win in the Twenty20 series, the tourists will look for more of the same in the 50-over format.

Having gone with the same XI for all three Twenty20 wins, captain Eoin Morgan will lead a different looking side at Newlands.

Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Dawid Malan and Chris Jordan have all departed, meaning opportunities for others to raise their hands.

Joe Root will resume his role as the anchor of the batting order, while Moeen Ali, Mark Wood and Sam Billings are equally hopeful of making the cut after extended spells carrying the drinks.

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Morgan has confirmed he will continue to receive coded messages on the field during the one-day series,stressing there is "nothing untoward" with using data as fuel for innovation.

Team analyst Nathan Leamon was spotted by television cameras showing letter and number combinations such as '2C' and '4E' during the recent Twenty20 series between the sides, in a bid to provide Morgan with real-time information to feed into his decisions.

The innovation had been cleared with match referee Andy Pycroft but some have been critical of the backroom intervention. Most notably Michael Vaughan, one of Morgan's predecessors, labelled the move "nonsense" and "a step too far".

South Africa vs England ODI series dates

Sunday, December 6: 1st ODI – Newlands, Cape Town

Monday, December 7: 2nd ODI – Boland Park, Paarl

Wednesday, December 9: 3rd ODI – Newlands, Cape Town

Morgan, though, is more than happy to further trial the idea in the first of three ODIs against the Proteas on Sunday.

"There's nothing untoward about it, 100% per cent it is in the spirit of the game," he said.

"It's about maximising information that we're taking in and measuring it against things - coaches' recommendations, the data, things going on. We'll definitely continue with it and give it enough of a sample size to see if it improves our decision making on the field or improves our performance."

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