Thus, if the South African team of England team was considered to receive the death blow, the first Test starting at Lord’s created a lot of expectations.
In this first Test, South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first.
England Innings:
While the English team, who came in first, was expected to accumulate runs, the openers Alex Lees 5 (11) and Jack Crowley 9 (23) gave a shock. Root 8 (17), Bairstow 0 (5) and Ben Stokes 20 (30) took successive wickets to give them a dub.
One-down batsman Ollie Pope’s 73 (102) held on until the end as England posted 165/10 in the first innings. Broad 15 (20) and Jack Leach 15 (17) also scored some runs. Rabada took 5/52 and Norkia 3/63.
South African innings:
After the first innings, South African batsmen, captain openers Captain Dean Elgar 47 (81) and Ervey 73 (146) played tremendously. In the end Marco Jansson 48 (79), Sesav Maharaj 41 (49) and Norkia 28 (42) played well as the South African team scored 326/10 in the first innings and took a lead of 161 runs.
England Second Innings:
Maharaj bowled brilliantly against England, who were now playing their second innings with a heavy backlog, sending opener Jack Crowley 13 (22) and one-down batsman Ollie Pope 5 (15) to the pavilion with lbw. Next Nokia bowled well and sent opener Alex Lees 35 (83) and Bairstow 18 (24) for Bevian. England are reeling at 86/5 as Route 6 (10) is bowled by Negidi.
Currently Stokes 1 (6) and Boggs 0 (2) are in the field. On the 3rd day the second session is taking place. With England trailing by 75 runs, South Africa’s chances of victory are bright.