Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
105 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 361/10

  • Morne Morkel2 (8b)
  • Moeen Ali20-7-59-4
  • Liam Dawson15-2-67-2

2.24pm Clear concerns about Philander's bowling hand after the blow he took in the course of that innings. He's got 10 minutes for some treatment before he takes his share of the new ball. England secure a first-innings lead of 97. Back in five

That was only the second time since 1999 that six wickets have fallen to spin in a 1st innings for England

104.6
W
Ali to Philander, OUT, down the track, has a wipe, under-edges into his stumps, and Moeen has four! If he hadn't been bowled, he'd have been stumped by the length of the pitch, but no matter, he's done his utmost to keep South Africa afloat.

VD Philander b Ali 52 (114m 86b 7x4 0x6) SR: 60.46

Pradeep: "Lord's has been kind enough for Agarkar, Philander with the bat. But Lara, Sachin, Ponting, Kallis, Aravinda, Inzi form an endless list of legends not getting a 100. How many of these legends have a 50 here? No such curse for bowlers though" I know... capricious, or what!

104.5
0
Ali to Philander, no run, forward and defended
104.4
0
Ali to Philander, no run, flogged with intent into the covers
104.3
0
Ali to Philander, no run, Moeen goes down on one knee, as this one is clipped back to the bowler
104.2
0
Ali to Philander, no run, shuffles forward then back to dig one out on off stump
104.1
0
Ali to Philander, no run, well bowled, a probing length outside off, and turning into the right-hander

END OF OVER:
104 | 6 Runs | SA: 361/9

  • Vernon Philander52 (80b)
  • Morne Morkel2 (8b)
  • Liam Dawson15-2-67-2
  • Mark Wood20-5-65-0

Moeen's back for the underwhelming Wood

103.6
3
Dawson to Philander, 3 runs, squared up on leg stump, and Philander rushes through for his fifty. Excellent battling effort, every run is giving his side an improved chance of parity
103.5
1
Dawson to Morkel, 1 run, dragged over the leg-side, and next to no communication in the running. It's a single in the end

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.