England vs South Africa

Over-by-over report: Will England continue their Bazball revival, or can South Africa halt their momentum? Join our writers to find out.

17th over: England 55-4 (Pope 29, Stokes 0) Am I allowed to say the ‘B’ word? 14th over: England 42-3 (Pope 17, Bairstow 0) Ollie Pope is now exclusively scoring his runs in clumps of three with drive that doesn’t reach the boundary. 19th over: England 64-4 (Pope 37, Stokes 1) What a shot that is (by the way). 18th over: England 56-4 (Pope 30, Stokes 0) Pope gets to 30 with a wormed singled wide of mid-on, but not before he’s beaten by a delicious Jansen delivery that comes back in sharply and cuts the batter in half. 23rd over: England 82-4 (Pope 43, Stokes 11) A single apiece for England’s two batters at the crease as they look to crawl to the safety of the lunch break. 20th over: England 68-4 (Pope 38, Stokes 2) Jansen has been very impressive and continues to find a probing area. 24th over: England 85-4 (Pope 45, Stokes 12) Nortje with a change of ends and he’s a lot tidier this time. Stokes is watchful for the rest of the over and doesn’t add to his score. He’s almost quoting a Monty Python sketch where John Cleese is a TV interviewer of ‘Sir Edward’ (Graham Chapman) as a film director and increasingly trying to be informal, as in ‘Eddy-baby’.” He works a single down in the deep but it’s in the air for some time. What a session by the Saffa bowlers who backed up the red meating grunt (go check out my Spin column) with a healthy dollop of guile and skill. In one particular match a player went down needing treatment and my uncle duly skated out onto the ice ready to administer to the fallen only to trip over, break a bone and have to be removed on a stretcher to the derision of the crowd.

Given Stokes' predilection this summer of charging down the pitch at quick bowlers, when he drives at his best his head is perfectly still, there is little ...

We have the warmth and humidity of midsummer but the skies are murky and even when it won't be raining, the satellite tells us that it will be a constant threat throughout the three sessions. Rabada drops short, but not short enough, and Pope swivels quickly into a pull stroke, cuffing it for three in front of square. Rabada gives Root an early alarm call with one that vaults off a pretty decent length and Root has to fend it off his adam's apple with his glove. The previous ball sat up off a similar length and Root pulled it fine for two. Foakes misses out on a cut, the bat turning in his hand as he lost his grip and cuffed it into the pitch, but gorges on a fuller length, flicking four through midwicket with a speedway rider's flick of the wrist. Rabada's meat in that sandwich was a peach outside off that tempted Pope to fiddle after it but with no reward for the bowler's line of beauty. Stokes on drives for four, checking the followthrough then, a couple of balls later, skewers a second through mid-off, between bowler and fielder. Pope takes on a short, wide on from Nortje, using the bowler's blistering pace against him with an uppercut for four. Next ball Pope brings up his fifty with a drive he harpoons through cover for four and then, after taking the applause, nicks a leg bye. Lees owed four of his five runs to a flashy edge over second slip and another waft cost him his wicket. The country has been crying out for rain for weeks and it arrived at the right time to save England from a complete day one mauling. Anrich Nortje’s 90mph pace and bounce as second change pressed the advantage, his three for 43 including the big ones of Jonny Bairstow and Stokes as well as the final wicket of Ben Foakes.

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CRR: 3.04. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Jonny Bairstow*, 0(0), 0, 0, 0. Ollie Pope, 17(32), 0, 0, 53.13. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Marco Jansen*, 1.5, 1, 3, 1.

Maharaj moves to the left and catches this mistimed slog. In the slot from KG to tempt Stokes and the England captain is in the trap. Anderson steps out, Marco Jansen yorks him to hit low of the off stump with an outswinger. And they stretched the lead to 161 this morning. Gets this full outswinger slightly straighter, Anderson plays inside the line and misses 37.4 Marco Jansen to Anderson, out Bowled!! In very battable conditions, with skilled batters in the side, England set out to wipe off 161 first and then set a defendable target. All I want to do is stick to the processes, contribute to the team and let the processes take care of the rest. Great member to have in the team. This is a proper thrashing from the Proteas with an innings to spare. Ngidi got Root cheaply after the break and then England bumped into a fiery Nortje where his teammates had to let his roar finish in the celebrations before hugging him. Player of the Match: It’s always special to contribute to team success.

Playing XI: South Africa: Dean Elgar(c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne(wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje. England: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, ...

Their recent form has been buzzing around the cricket world from east to west, but it is highly unlikely for them to reach one of the top two positions in this cycle. Also, South Africa are the current table topper for the World Test Championship. South Africa are looking to chalk up a fifth successive series without defeat under Elgar. "The opposition seem to be doing a lot of talking at the moment about it. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison. Rain on Tuesday wouldn't have helped either camps in deciding their playing XI. England are a distant seventh on the table. At the end of the day, it's bat against the ball. We don't dive into it too much, but we're happy for Dean [Elgar] and the South African team to keep saying they're not interested but then also keep talking about it," Stokes said. We're not going to go back and forth anymore about that." We've got a style of play, they've got a style of play. So much that Dean Elgar had to interject after a while by saying, "With all due respect I'm not going to entertain that anymore," on Tuesday.

Anrich Nortje to Ben Foakes. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Rabada.

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Elgar has already expressed his disgust for 'Bazball', a term associated with England in line with McCullum's nickname. Dean Elgar’s South Africa, currently ranked third on ICC Men’s Test Rankings, is also in great form. The Ben Stokes-led side is currently on a four-match unbeaten streak.

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Their recent form has been buzzing around the cricket world from east to west, but it is highly unlikely for them to reach one of the top two positions in this cycle. Also, South Africa are the current table topper for the World Test Championship. "The opposition seem to be doing a lot of talking at the moment about it. South Africa are looking to chalk up a fifth successive series without defeat under Elgar. England are a distant seventh on the table. Rain on Tuesday wouldn't have helped either camps in deciding their playing XI. At the end of the day, it's bat against the ball. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison. We don't dive into it too much, but we're happy for Dean [Elgar] and the South African team to keep saying they're not interested but then also keep talking about it," Stokes said. We've got a style of play, they've got a style of play. We're not going to go back and forth anymore about that." So much that Dean Elgar had to interject after a while by saying, "With all due respect I'm not going to entertain that anymore," on Tuesday.

CRR: 1.85. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Ollie Pope*, 1(6), 0, 0, 16.67. Zak Crawley, 1(9), 0, 0, 11.11. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Kagiso Rabada*, 2.2, 0, 5, 1.

31.6 Nortje to Broad, no run, nasty looking bouncer from round the wicket! It's a little more than a drizzle for now, but the forecast is for it to get heavier. Even if the rain totally stops, the groundstaff have a lot of work to make this pitch and outfield playable again. A big puddle seems to have formed on one side of the slope. They've won all four chasing and with the shaky first innings start they've got, this is a good opportunity for the in-form SA to stop this English juggernaut. Ollie Pope was the shining light for England today, and he continues to bat on.

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But Nortje finished a strong morning showing for South Africa by jagging one away to find Stokes' outside edge and end a minor recovery. Root has actually been usurped as England's most in-form Test batter, with Bairstow coming into the series on the back of a stellar run against New Zealand and India. Having declined another lbw shout that ball-tracking showed would have just clipped the top of Pope's leg stump, Nitin Menon raised his finger in the affirmative to the politest of appeals against Root. Joe Root was lbw for 8, a marginal decision backed up by DRS in the impressive Marco Jansen's second over, and Jonny Bairstow lost his middle stump to Nortje as England slumped to 55 for 4. Alex Lees got away with one ambitious swipe that flew over the slip cordon but fell in the same over, wafting away from his body to be caught behind. England's most-productive stand was 45 added for the fifth wicket between Pope and Stokes, the only two batters to get into double-figures.

ENG vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Live: England lost their first wicket in the third over after Alex Lees was caught by Kyle Verreynne on Kagiso Rabada's delivery.

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England spluttered to 116-6 after being inserted by South Africa in helpful bowling conditions on a rain-affected first day of the first LV= Insurance Test at Lord's. Kagiso Rabada (2-36), back fit after an ankle injury, saw off England openers Alex ...

Watch day two of first LV= Insurance Test between England and South Africa, at Lord's, live on Sky Sports Cricket on Thursday. Root can perhaps consider himself rather unlucky to be given out lbw to left-armer Jansen (1-18). England spluttered to 116-6 after being inserted by South Africa in helpful bowling conditions on a rain-affected first day of the first LV= Insurance Test at Lord's.

Kagiso Rabada (2-36), back fit after an ankle injury, saw off England openers Alex Lees (5) and Zak Crawley (9) cheaply, while the raw pace of Anrich Nortje (3- ...

Watch day two of first LV= Insurance Test between England and South Africa, at Lord's, live on Sky Sports Cricket on Thursday. Collingwood on Zak Crawley: "The messaging is very clear with Zak. We don't necessarily look for consistency with him. Our mantra of trying to put the opposition under pressure, he did that brilliantly. He batted exceptionally well and showed a lot of skill. Root can perhaps consider himself rather unlucky to be given out lbw to left-armer Jansen (1-18).