England versus South Africa 2nd Test 1st Day: Bowlers put England in a strong position

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 The England bowlers made a strong comeback as they put up a solid display in helpful bowling conditions on the 1st day of the 2nd Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester on Thursday.

South African captain Dean Elgar won the toss and decided to bat first. Ollie Robinson and James Anderson troubled South African openers Erwee and Elgar with the ball going past the edge many times. The veteran Anderson got the breakthrough dismissing Erwee taking inside edge as Foakes took a lovely catch. Dean Elgar struggled with lovely, disciplined bowling as he got off the mark from the 16th delivery.

Dean Elgar was given a reprieve as he was caught at short leg, but Ollie Robinson overstepped the delivery. Stuart Broad produced stunning delivery to get rid of Elgar with a lovely catch by Bairstow. Elgar and Petersen added 32 runs for the 2nd wicket. Aiden Markram and Petersen steadied the ship for South Africa keeping the scoreboard ticking. Broad produced another superb delivery to dismiss Keegan Petersen with another good catch by Joe Root leaving visitors in trouble. Stokes bought himself on and struck immediately getting the wicket of Aiden Markram with a loose delivery. The captain then got rid of Rassie Van der Dussen. Van der Dussen was given out by the umpire but on review, it was retained as out due to the umpire’s call. At the end of the first session, South Africa looked in deep trouble at 77 for 5.

The second session saw James Anderson broke the backbone of the South African line-up dismissing Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj off successive deliveries to leave them in massive trouble at 92 for 7. Broad struck again to dismiss Kyle Veryenne making matters worst for South Africa. Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje steadied the ship scoring runs with ease. South Africa made 143 for 8 at the end of the tea session.

It was a superb start for England in the third session as Ollie Robinson dismissed Anrich Nortje off the very first delivery. Nortje and Rabada added 35 runs for the 9th wicket. Rabada was caught by Joe Root at slips as England bowled out South Africa to a modest total of 151.

Lungi Ngidi produced a snorter of delivery to dismiss Alex Lees. Ollie Pope looked in decent shape while Zak Crawley struggled. Rabada shattered the stumps of Pope to bring back South Africa into the game. Rabada got the big wicket of Joe Root as Erwee took a rebound catch leaving England in trouble at 43 for 3.

Jonny Bairstow took the advantage of bad bowling by South African bowlers. On other hand, Crawley struggled but remained at the crease. Bairstow kept the scoreboard ticking while Crawley ended the 1st day not out. Bairstow and Crawley added so far 68 runs for the 4th wicket.

England 111 for 3 in 28 overs (Bairstow 38*, Pope 23, Ngidi 1/20, Nortje 1/28) trail South Africa 151 in 53.2 overs ( Rabada 36, Keegan Petersen 21, Broad 3/37, Anderson 3/32) by 40 runs.








England end day 1 of the 2nd Test at 111 for 3 after dismissing South Africa for 151 


 

 

 

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