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Stern Bavuma would've liked quicker chase, but hails Miller and Jansen's clinching stand

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In BloemfonteinTemba Bavuma might be more liberated and relaxed when batting nowadays, but that doesn't mean he now lacks a ruthless streak as Proteas white-ball skipper.Despite the fact that the side overhauling the third biggest target - 343 - in their ODI history, the diminutive right-hander believes South Africa could've ended the match much earlier such was their dominance over England's uninspired attack.David Miller's glorious lofted drive for six eventually ensured a five-wicket victory and series win with five deliveries remaining."Ideally, we would've wanted to finish that game with two or three overs to go," said Bavuma.The main reason for that was ICC emerging player of the year Marco Jansen enduring a hit-and-miss stay at the crease.The beanpole 22-year-old, perhaps looking to make amends for a fairly mediocre spell of bowling, was guilty of being overeager to get his team over the line though eventually ending with a valuable 29-ball 32, predominantly due to Miller's expert guidance.South Africa's ice-man, nicknamed 'Killer' after his exploits in last year's Indian Premier League, banked on all his experience and kept his head, conscious that Jansen has an innate ability to find the boundary - even when it seems he can't get the ball off the square.That was evident when, after several dot balls, Jansen cracked Sam Curran off the back foot through the covers for a four that whittled down the equation to 2 from 6 balls.READ | Temba Bavuma's mojo is back and the Proteas need to thank little-known Mbulelo Budaza"Marco obviously wasn't always able to get a few of his shots past the fielders and faced some dot balls, but what we liked out there in the dugout is the intent that he still showed," said Bavuma."We

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