England versus South Africa 1st Test 2nd Day: South Africa puts England on backfoot

-

 The visiting South African team ended the 2nd day in a decent position against hosts England played at the iconic Lords Cricket Ground, Lords on Thursday.

Starting on the overnight score of 116 for 6, Ollie Pope was given a reprieve as Sarel Erewee dropped a simple chance after rebounding 3 times. Kagiso Rabada provided the breakthrough by getting rid of Pope taking the inside edge onto the stumps. Stuart Broad tried to play aggressive shots but was caught by Dean Elgar. Elgar decided to bring Jansen into the bowling attack and struggled initially against Jack Leach. Jansen got his radar right shattering the stumps of Leach to end frustrating partnership. Kagiso Rabada grabbed his 5th wicket of the innings dismissing veteran James Anderson bowling out England for 165.

In reply, it was a steady start for South Africa as Elgar and Erewee looked confident. Dean Elgar was given out by the umpire but on review, it was overturned to not out as it hit the pad. The South African openers ended the 1st session at 27 for 0. Zak Crawley dropped a tough chance to get rid of Elgar.

Elgar and Erewee continued their positive intent putting pressure on England's bowling. Both batters kept the scoreboard ticking hitting lovely shots against Potts. Things looked bright for South Africa before Anderson got the breakthrough dismissing Elgar hitting his elbow onto the stumps. Elgar and Erwee added 85 runs for the opening wicket.

Keegan Petersen joined in with Erewee and kept the momentum going for South Africa. Erwee looked solid completing fifty off 89 balls. Potts got a breakthrough by dismissing Petersen with an easy catch to Bairstow. Petersen and Erewee added 53 runs for the 2nd wicket. Aiden Markram showed intent along with Erwee maintaining pressure on England bowlers. At the end of 2nd session, South Africa made 158 for 2.

The third session began brilliantly for England as Jack Leach got rid of Markram with a decent catch by Foakes. Ben Stokes looked sharp with disciplined bowling not allowing South African batters to score runs easily. Stokes produced a lovely bouncer to dismiss Erwee. Stokes then struck once more time dismissing Rassie Van der Dussen to bring back England into the match.

Kyle Verryne looked in decent shape before Broad produced a lovely delivery. Marco Jansen looked solid with his defense while Keshav Maharaj took the advantage of aggressive field set-up by Stokes. Jansen and Maharaj kept the scoreboard ticking with lovely boundaries. Stokes eventually struck dismissing Maharaj with a good catch by Potts. Maharaj and Jansen added 72 runs for the 8th wicket.

Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada ensured that South Africa end the 2nd day at 289 for 7 with a lead of 124 runs.

South Africa 289 for 7 in 77 overs ( Sarel Erewee 73, Elgar 47, Jansen 41*, Stokes 3/53) lead England 165 in 45 overs ( Pope 73, Stokes 20, Rabada 5/52, Nortje 3/63) by 124 runs.



 






South Africa end day 2 of the 1st Test match with a lead of 124 runs 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more

Asia Champions Trophy 2024: India Enters Finals With Commanding Win

-
Image
  The defending Champions India registered a commanding win in the 2 nd semi-finals against South Korea of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 played in Hulunbir, Inner Mongolia on 16 th September. Indian team began the first quarter on a good note with Abhishek's reverse flick shot saved by Korean goalkeeper Kim Jahean. After the initial domination, a superb pass by Arijit with a goal by Uttam Singh in the 13 th minute to give India a 1-0 lead. Soon after, Korea’s two penalty corners before the third penalty corner as the shot hits Sumit’s body.   At the end of the first quarter, India led 1-0. The second quarter began off superbly for the Indian team as they put pressure on the Korean defense. Harmanpreet Singh converted the second penalty corner in the 19 th minute to double the lead. Both teams tried to put pressure on each other’s defense, but did not yield any results. At the end of the first half, India led 2-0. India dominated the first half with 61% as compared to...
Read more

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8: England Qualify For Semi-Finals With Thrashing Of USA

-
Image
  The defending Champions England qualified for the semi-finals with a thrashing of the USA in a must-win game played at Kensington Oval, Barbados on 23 rd June 2024. England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to field first. Reece Topley struck in the first over dismissing Andries Gous with a simple catch to Salt. Nitish Kumar and Steve Taylor steadied the ship for the USA. Sam Curran dismissed Steve Taylor caught by Moeen Ali. Taylor and Nitish Kumar added 34 runs for the 2 nd wicket. It was a disciplined bowling effort by the England bowlers as they kept picking wickets at regular intervals. Sam Curran struck to dismiss Harmeet Singh. Chris Jordan became the first England bowler to grab a hat trick in the T20I format. Jordan dismissed Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, and Kenjige. He then got rid of Saurabh Netravalkar to bowl out USA for 115 in 18.5 overs. It was a superb bowling performance by England bowlers. Chris Jordan picked 4 for 10, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran to...
Read more