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Cardiff: England's Ian Bell shone before rain washed out the first one-day international, where only 5.3 overs were bowled, against South Africa at Cardiff on Friday.
England were 37 for no wicket when fresh rain finished off the match with opener Bell 26 not out off 18 balls, including two sixes and two fours.
Alastair Cook, England's one-day captain, was 10 not out.
Fast bowler Morne Morkel's three overs cost 19 runs and left-arm paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe conceded 18 in 2.3.
No sooner had Morkel opened proceedings with a legside wide, then the umpires -- in a match already reduced to 23 overs per side -- took the players off to a chorus of boos from a frustrated crowd before re-emerging minutes later.
When play resumed, left-hander Cook -- who had led England to wins in their last 10 completed one-dayers -- struck Tsotsobe through the covers for four.
Bell, not included in England's squad for the defence of their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka next month, then produced a couple of extraordinary shots.
South Africa batsman Dean Elgar was making his debut, abandoned.
The series continues at Southampton on Tuesday.
Brief scores
England 37 for 0
