ENG vs SA 1st Test: In the Test match being played between England and South Africa (ENG vs SA) at Lord’s, the Proteas are dominating the English team. After strong bowling on the first day, South Africa also did well in batting on the second day. By the end of the second day’s play, the African team has taken a 124-run lead on the basis of the first innings. Now he has 3 more wickets left.
The first day of the match was largely washed out by rain. However, in the game of 32 overs on the first day itself, South African bowlers had dropped 6 wickets for 116 runs for England. When the second day started, the aggressive attitude of the African bowlers continued and the English team was all out for 165 runs. Only Olly Pop (73) competed from England’s side. Rabada took 5, Norkia took 3 and Yansin took 2 wickets.
After this the South African batsmen showed their strength. Captain Dean Elgar (47) and Sarel Arvi (73) gave a good start to the Proteas team. The first wicket of the African team fell for 85 runs. After this, wickets kept falling in short intervals. Keegan Pietersen (24), Aidan Markram (16), Rassie von der Dussen (19) could not play big innings. By the time they reached 210, the African team had lost 6 wickets. From here, Keshav Maharaj (41) and Marco Yansin (41 not out) shared a partnership of 72 runs to take the team’s lead beyond 100. Captain Ben Stokes took 3 wickets for the English team. All other bowlers got 1-1 wickets.
🚫 DAY 2 | STUMPS
A 72-run 7th-wicket partnership between Maharaj (41) and Jansen (41*) frustrated the hosts after the foundation was set by Erwee (73) and Elgar (47) to end Day 2 on 289/7 and a 124-run lead
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England Playing XI: Alex Lees, Jack Crowley, Olly Pop, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Bane Fox (wk), Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Matthew Potts, James Anderson.
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (Captain), Sarel Arvi, Keegan Pietersen, Aidan Markram, Rasi van der Dussen, Kyle Warren, Marco Yancin, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Norcia, Lungi Ngidi.
