06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland
06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland

England are all out for 458 after a last-wicket frollick of 45 in 4.3 overs. At the start of the day, South Africa may have taken this final score, but after the early breakthroughs would have hoped for a total nearer 400. And it's super recovery from 76 for 4. Anchored around Joe Root's outstanding 190, with help from Stokes, Moeen and then Broad. South Africa will have a short stint at the crease before lunch. I'll be back in a moment.

Doc: "Well now this has shifted the momentum firmly to one side. Rather worried that the two main strike bowlers will now have their tails up without even having bowled yet!"

Richard Brother: "All this talk of trigonometery reminds me of a mnemonic for remembering all the sine cosine tangent formulas that our maths teacher taught us , " SOH CAH TOA " ; he also assured us that it was a Polynesian war cry ......." Or some sort of exotic fish dish?

105.3
W
Morkel to Anderson, OUT, and that's that...finally all over. Anderson drives and edges against a wide delivery, de Kock snaffles it to his left

JM Anderson c †de Kock b Morkel 12 (23m 11b 1x4 1x6) SR: 109.09

105.2
1
Morkel to Broad, 1 run, parried by slip! Amla did very well to even get a hand on that. A thick edge as Broad swung for the hills again, a great leap from Amla but the rebound didn't fall in his favour
105.1
4
Morkel to Broad, FOUR, slammed through the off side, he moves to leg stump and drives with a free swing of the harms through the covers

END OF OVER:
105 | 10 Runs | ENG: 453/9

  • James Anderson12 (10b)
  • Stuart Broad52 (45b)
  • Kagiso Rabada28-4-123-3
  • Morne Morkel25-2-110-3

That was Anderson's third Test six, and his first for more than five years

104.6
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, and another short one which sails harmlessly over his head
104.5
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, another bouncer, this time he ducks
104.4
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, goes full and straight, dug out to mid-on
104.3
6
Rabada to Anderson, SIX, now it's Jimmy's turn...the Burnley Lara! He's come down the pitch - at Kagiso Rabada - and swung him over deep midwicket into the crowd
104.2
4
Rabada to Anderson, FOUR, more frustration for South Africa as Anderson pushes forward to a full delivery and it slides off the outside edge wide of the slips
104.1
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, full outside off, he drives and misses

Kapil: "Ridiculous bowling. I haven't seen more ordinary bowling to No.10 and 11 then this. Morkel is poor to lower order"

END OF OVER:
104 | 16 Runs | ENG: 443/9

  • Stuart Broad52 (45b)
  • James Anderson2 (4b)
  • Morne Morkel25-2-110-3
  • Kagiso Rabada27-4-113-3

This has been a massive bonus for England

103.6
6
Morkel to Broad, SIX, and we'll have a repeat of that! That's his half century. He hooks high and handsome over deep backward square, his first Test fifty since Trent Bridge v Australia in 2013 - 66 innings ago
103.5
6
Morkel to Broad, SIX, that's huge! Into the crowd. He's taking on the short ball, this time the pull takes a healthy chunk of top edge and flies way over deep square leg

This is already Broad's highest score in last 35 Test innings...

103.4
2
Morkel to Broad, 2 runs, goes for the yorker, it's on target, but Broad does well to squeeze it out through the covers and gets two for his efforts

Ali: "@Robin - I studied GCSE Physics and Speed = distance/time BOOOOOM" That's how KP would put it

103.3
0
Morkel to Broad, no run, moves way outside leg stump, Morkel follows him and Broad just about bails out of the shot
103.2
1
Morkel to Anderson, 1 run, full at off stump, worked with a closed face through square leg
103.1
1
Morkel to Broad, 1 run, slices this down to third man where it drops just short of the fielder, was a little cramped for room as be played the upper cut

END OF OVER:
103 | 6 Runs | ENG: 427/9

  • James Anderson1 (3b)
  • Stuart Broad37 (40b)
  • Kagiso Rabada27-4-113-3
  • Morne Morkel24-2-94-3

A Lord's Test brings all sorts of random supporters out of the woodwork. Even Premier League footballers

102.6
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, full, angled into leg stump, clips the pad and de Kock makes a good stop
102.5
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, a bouncer, well over Anderson's head...Reiffel interested in Rabada's followthrough again

SA tour of England 2017 News

Moeen's match

1980

Last time an England player scored 50+ and took 10+ wickets in a Test, before Moeen Ali in this match - Ian Botham v India at Wankhede.

Top-order thrashed

1998

Last time SA's top-4 accounted for less than 25 runs in a Test innings in England, at Headingley. Their top-4 have put only 24 runs in the 2nd inns of this Test.

First session troubles

246/16

Eng's score in the first sessions of this Test - 82/4 on Day 1, 101/5 on Day 2 and 63/7 on Day 4. In the other sessions of the day they have struck 394 runs for just 2 wkts.

Cook v Morkel

9

No. of times Cook has been dismissed by Morkel in Tests, the joint-most by any bowler with Johnson. None of the other SA bowlers have got Cook more than 4 times.

Time to score?

97

Runs scored by Gary Balance in his last 9 innings . He has a top score of 28 in this period.

Moeen's quick double

38

No. of Tests taken by Moeen Ali to complete 2000+ runs and 100+ wickets - the 5th fastest among 28 players to do so. For Eng, Tony Greig (37 Tests) is quickest.

Elgar in good touch

5

No. of 50+ scores for Dean Elgar in 10 Test innings this year. No other SA player has hit more than 3 such scores.

Amla at Lord's

2

No. of 100s for Amla in 2 Tests at Lord's, - 104* in 2008 & 121 in 2012. However, both came in 2nd inns of the Tests. At other Eng venues: 1 century in 5 Tests.

Broad scores

65

No. of consecutive Test innings without a fifty for Stuart Broad, before getting one in this game. His last such score was in Ashes 2013 at Trent Bridge.

Big start

3

No. of batsmen to make a bigger score on captaincy debut, than Root's 190 - Graham Dowling (239), Chanderpaul (203*) and Clem Hill (191).

Ton on captaincy debut

6

England batsmen who have scored a Test century on captaincy debut, including each of the last four: Root, Cook, Pietersen and Strauss.