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Jos Buttler cracked his fourth one-day international hundred, off just 73 balls, as England blasted 399-9 and beat South Africa by 39 runs on Duckworth-Lewis in a rain-hit first ODI. Buttler (105 off 76 balls) smashed 11 fours and five sixes to help England to the imposing total, but a sensational century by South Africas Quinton de Kock (138no off 96) saw the hosts threaten to pull off a spectacular win before the weather intervened. Watch Jos Buttler blast another ODI century for England South Africa were 250-5 after 33.3 overs of their run chase, needing a further 150 from the remaining 99 balls, but were well below the D/L par score, handing England an opening win in the five-match series.Ben Stokes took a terrific one-handed catch to remove danger-man AB de Villiers for eight earlier in the innings, almost nonchalantly plucking the ball out of the air when running round on the long-on boundary.Openers Jason Roy (48 off 30) and Alex Hales (57 off 47) got England off to a flier after Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to bat first on a belting Bloemfontein wicket. Alex Hales praised Englands batting performance after they beat South Africa by 39 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method. Roy - in the side despite having struggled with back spasms during the week - signalled his intent, striking the wayward South African seamers for seven fours and a six inside the first six overs.England had already scored 68 when in the eighth over he picked out the man at cover, driving uppishly at Morne Morkel (1-70).Hales picked up the mantle, putting aside his Test-series struggles to smash six fours and two sixes on his way to fifty, though he too gave his wicket away when well set, top-edging an attempted leg-side hoick off Marchant de Lange (2-87). Rob Key and Mark Ramprakash breakdown Jos Buttlers century Buttler was promoted up to fourth in the order, the same spot he batted when smashing Englands fastest-ever ODI hundred in their last outing against Pakistan in the UAE, and he and Root (57 off 55) set about adding 97 for the third wicket.Root was eventually bowled, beaten by a beautiful in-swinging yorker from Chris Morris (3-74) in the 30th over, while captain Morgan (23 off 21) struck three fours and a six in a short stay at the crease.A further enterprising fifty from Stokes (57 off 38) looked set to see England post a score of 400 for only the second time in ODIs, but a flurry of late wickets saw the side finish one short.Buttler brought up his fourth ODI century in the 41st over - but fell three balls later - and although Stokes had some fun, striking four fours and three sixes, he was one of four wickets to fall in the final four overs. Ben Stokes is at it again! Watch his catch during South Africas innings England had an ideal start with the ball, with David Willey (1-30) picking up the key wicket of Hashim Amla - chopping onto his stumps - in the third over.It belied the struggles to come, as De Kock and Faf du Plessis (55 off 44) pummelled Englands attack for a 110-run partnership for the second wicket off only 83 balls.But the golden arm of Moeen Ali (3-43) saw the back of Du Plessis - as he picked out Hales at deep midwicket - and brought about the demise of De Villiers, although Stokes can claim most of the credit after his stunning catch. Quinton De Kock celebrates a ninth ODI hundred for South Africa It bothered De Kock little as he motored on to his ninth ODI hundred off only 67 balls, but a steady stream of wickets at the other end threatened to undo his fine work, with JP Duminy (13) the next to perish, to Reece Topley (1-43), caught and bowled. With stormy clouds circulating, De Kock and Rilee Rossouw (19) added 48 for the fifth wicket, but the latter became Moeens third victim when looking - but failing - to launch the off-spinner over long-off, and within three balls of the wicket the teams were off for the rain.No further play was possible, with De Kock sadly stranded unbeaten on 138, and England taking a 1-0 series lead with them into the second ODI at Port Elizabeth.Watch highlights of Englands victory over South Africa at 10pm on Sky Sports 2, then join us for the second ODI from 7.30am on Sky Sports 2 on Saturday. Kevin Durant Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Andre Iguodala Jersey . 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(STATS) -- The top candidates for national offensive and defensive player of the year headline the 2016 STATS FCS All-America Team, announced Tuesday.Quarterbacks Jeremiah Briscoe of Sam Houston State and Gage Gubrud of Eastern Washington and Eagles wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who have been invited to the announcement of the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award, along with Missouri State linebacker Dylan Cole and defensive ends P.J. Hall of Sam Houston State and Karter Schult of Northern Iowa, the three at the announcement of the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award, are part of the All-America team that features 100 players from 60 schools across all 13 FCS conferences.CAA Football has the most All-Americans with 16, one more than the Missouri Valley Football Conference, which had the most first-team selections with seven, and the Southern (12) and the Big Sky (11) conferences also reached double figures. Charleston Southern, James Madison and North Dakota State had the high among schools with four selections each.The first-team quarterback honors between Briscoe and Gubrud will be determined by the Payton Award voting, whose top three will be revealed January 6 at the STATS FCS Awards Banquet in Frisco, Texas.Briscoe, a redshirt junior, set the FCS single-season record with 57 touchdown passes and threw for 4,602 yards for Sam Houston, which was the only unbeaten FCS team in the regular season. Gubrud, a redshirt sophomore, set the FCS record with 5,160 passing yards and threw 48 touchdowns. He led the nation with 5,766 total yards, just 33 shy of Steve McNairs FCS record at Alcorn State in 1994.Nobody knows the All-America first team quite like Kupp, who made it for the fourth time. The fifth-year senior caught 117 passes for 1,700 yards and 17 touchdowns, scored two other TDs and threw for two more in another dominant season for Eastern Washington.His biggest attribute is his consistency, and that he continues to find ways to produce when everybodys eyes are on him, Eagles coach Beau Baldwin said.Plus, he has the guts and the toughness not to be worried about any moment -- he just goes out and gets it done.Cole will head to the announcement of the Buck Buchanan Award, also January 6 at the national banquet, with an FCS-high 142 tackles. Schult had 17 sacks -- the Division I high -- and 24 tackles for loss, while Hall had 24 1/2 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.The rest of the first-team offense was running backs Tarik Cohen of North Carolina A&T and Chase Edmonds of Fordham, fullback Joe Protheroe of Cal Poly, wide receiver Karel Hamilton of Samford, tight end Dallas Goedert of South Dakota State, and offensive linemen Julien Davenport of Bucknell, Casey Dunn of Jacksonville State, Zack Johnson of North Dakota State, Mitch Kirsch of James Madison and Brandon Parker of North Carolina A&T.On defense, the other first-team selections were defensive linemen Keionta Davis of Chattanooga and Tanoh Kpassagnon of Villanova, linebackers Folarin Orimolade of Dartmouth, Christian Kuntz of Duquesne and Brett Taylor of Western Illinois, and defensive backs Dee Delaney of The Citadel, Lorenzo Jerome of Saint Francis, Donald Payne of Stetson and Cole Reyes of North Dakota.The first-team special teams selections were kicker David Marvin of Wofford, punter Miles Bergner of South Dakota, long snapper Joshua Appel of Indiana State, kick returner Darius Hammond of Charleston Southern, punt returner Rashad Davis of James Madison and all-purpose selection John Lovett of Princeton.The offensive players of the year in eight conferences and defensive players of the year in 12 conferences made the All-America team.---=2016 STATS FCS ALL-AMERICA TEAM=FIRST TEAMOFFENSE*-To be determined by STATS FCS Walter Payton Award results*QB -- Jeremiah Briscoe, junior, 6-3, 220, Sam Houston State, or Gage Gubrud, sophomore, 6-2, 195, Eastern WashingtonRB -- Tarik Cohen, senior, 5-6, 173, North Carolina A&TRB -- Chase Edmonds, junior, 5-9, 196, FordhamFB -- Joe Protheroe, junior, 6-0, 225, Cal PolyWR -- Karel Hamilton, senior, 6-1, 202, SamfordWR -- Cooper Kupp, senior, 6-2, 215, Eastern WashingtonTE -- Dallas Goedert, junior, 6-5, 250, South Dakota StateOL -- Julien Davenport, senior, 6-7, 315, BucknellOL -- Casey Dunn, senior, 6-3, 290, Jacksonville StateOL -- Zack Johnson, senior, 6-4, 329, North Dakota StateOL -- Mitch Kirsch, senior, 6-6, 290, James MadisonOL -- Brandon Parker, junior, 6-7, 299, North Carolina A&TDEFENSEDL -- Keionta Davis, senior, 6-4, 270, ChattanoogaDL -- P.J. Hall, junior, 6-1, 280, Sam Houston StateDL -- Tanoh Kpassagnon, senior, 6-7, 275, VillanovaDL -- Karter Schult, senior, 6-2, 2265, Northern IowaLB -- Dylan Cole, senior, 6-1, 240, Missouri StateLB -- Folarin Orimolade, senior, 5-11, 240, DartmouthLB -- Christian Kuntz, senior, 6-1, 220, DuquesneLB -- Brett Taylor, junior, 6-2, 230, Western IllinoisDB -- Dee Delaney, junior, 6-1, 193, The CitadelDB -- Lorenzo Jerome, senior, 6-0, 195, Saint FrancisDB -- Donald Payne, senior, 6-1, 219, StetsonDB -- Cole Reyes, junior, 6-2, 215, North DakotaSPECIAL TEAMSPK -- David Marvin, junior, 6-2, 210, WoffordP -- Miles Bergner, senior, 6-0, 225, South DakotaLS -- Joshua Appel, senior, 6-2, 250, Indiana StateKR -- Darius Hammond, senior, 5-10, 192, Charleston SouthernPR -- Rashard Davis, senior, 5-9, 175, James MadisonAP -- John Lovett, junior, 6-3, 225, Princeton---=SECOND TEAMOFFENSE*QB -- Jeremiah Briscoe, junior, 6-3, 220, Sam Houston State, or Gage Gubrud, sophomore, 6-2, 195, Eastern WashingtonRB -- Khalid Abdullah, senior, 5-10, 220 James MadisonRB -- DeAngelo Henderson, senior, 5-8, 205, Coastal CarolinaFB -- Lorenzo Long, senior, 5-9, 205, WoffordWR -- Brian Brown, senior, 6-2, 205, RichmondWR -- Justin Watson, junior, 6-3, 210, PennWR -- Jake Wieneke, junior, 6-4, 215, South Dakota StateTE -- Eric Saubert, senior, 6-5, 251, DrakeOL -- Erik Austell, senior, 6-4, 285, Charleston SouthernOL -- Jessamen Dunker, senior, 6-5, 290, Tennessee StateOL -- J.ddddddddddddP. Flynn, senior, 6-5, 320, Montana StateOL -- Corey Levin, senior, 6-5, 305, ChattanoogaOL -- Timon Parris, junior, 6-5, 310, Stony BrookOL -- Isaiah Pinson, junior, 6-3, 267, The CitadelDEFENSEDL -- Pat Afriyie, junior, 6-2, 235, ColgateDL -- Winston Craig, senior, 6-4, 290, RichmondDL -- Anthony Ellis, junior, 6-1, 245, Charleston SouthernDL -- Darius Jackson, junior, 6-3, 237, Jacksonville StateDL -- Derek Rivers, senior, 6-5, 250, Youngstown StateLB -- Austin Calitro, senior, 6-0, 245, VillanovaLB -- Chad Geter, senior, 6-2, 253, Gardner-WebbLB -- Darius Leonard, junior, 6-3, 220, South Carolina StateLB -- Alex Searce, senior, 6-3, 220, Coastal CarolinaDB -- Mike Basile, junior, 6-1, 200, MonmouthDB -- Casey DeAndrade, senior, 5-11, 212, New HampshireDB -- Tre Dempsey, junior, 5-10, 179, North Dakota StateDB -- Brendan Langley, senior, 6-2, 193, LamarDB -- Ezra Robinson, senior, 6-1, 180, Tennessee StateSPECIAL TEAMSPK -- Griffin Trau, sophomore, 5-8, 180, RichmondP -- Tate Lewis, senior, 6-6, 230, Southern UtahLS -- James Fisher, junior, 6-2, 216, North Dakota StateKR -- John Santiago, sophomore, 5-9, 180, North DakotaPR -- Khalid Thomas, senior, 5-10, 175, Alabama StateAP -- Detrez Newsome, junior, 5-10, 210, Western Carolina---=THIRD TEAMOFFENSEQB -- Taryn Christion, sophomore, 6-2, 215, South Dakota StateQB -- Devlin Hodges, sophomore, 6-1, 213, SamfordRB -- Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks, sophomore, 5-9, 199, AlbanyRB -- Lenard Tillery, senior, 5-10, 200, SouthernFB -- Chase Morlock, senior, 6-0, 233, North Dakota StateFB -- Tyler Renew, senior, 5-11, 217, The CitadelWR -- Lance Lenoir, senior, 6-0, 210, Western IllinoisWR -- Kamron Lewis, sophomore, 6-4, 195, Saint FrancisWR -- Troy Pelletier, junior, 6-3, 205, LehighTE -- Andrew Vollert, junior, 6-5, 245, Weber StateOL -- Bridge Blount, senior, 5-10, 295, Sam Houston StateOL -- Matt Fisher, senior, 6-5, 280, Cal PolyOL -- Ben Huss, junior, 6-2, 307 DuquesneOL -- Voghens Larrieux, senior, 6-5, 290, Coastal CarolinaOL -- Jerry Ugokwe, senior, 6-8, 305, William & MaryOL -- Anton Wahrby, senior, 6-5, 300, WoffordDEFENSEDL -- Siupeli Anau, senior, 6-3, 250, Northern ArizonaDL -- Samson Ebukam, senior, 6-3, 240, Eastern WashingtonDL -- Kurt Holuba, junior, 6-4, 270, PrincetonDL -- Javancy Jones, senior, 6-2, 245, Jackson StateDL -- Patrick Ricard, senior, 6-3, 285, MaineLB -- Darien Anderson, senior, 6-1, 240, Alcorn StateLB -- Solomon Brown, sophomore, 6-1, 220, Charleston SouthernLB -- Garrett Dolan, junior, 6-2, 240, Houston BaptistLB -- Nakevion Leslie, senior, 5-11, 225, ChattanoogaDB -- LeRoy Alexander, senior, 6-0, 195, Youngstown StateDB -- Marlon Bridges, freshman, 6-1, 210, Jacksonville StateDB -- Taylor Reynolds, senior, 6-0, 195, James MadisonDB -- Tyler Williams, senior, 6-1, 194, Central ArkansasSPECIAL TEAMSPK -- Lane Clark, junior, 5-11, 170, Tennessee StatePK -- Eric Medina, junior, 5-11, 195, Texas SouthernP -- Jake Ryder, senior, 6-0, 180, TowsonLS -- Hunter Winstead, junior, 6-0, 240, LibertyKR -- Shane Simpson, freshman, 5-9, 185, TowsonPR -- Jake Wieczorek, senior, 6-0, 195, Holy CrossAP -- Jonah Hodges, senior, 5-10, 194, San Diego ' ' '