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

South Africa will need 331 to win this Test. They have a history or pulling matches out of the fire, but this pitch is doing a far bit, both in terms of bounce and turn. Bairstow took advantage of his early life when dropped by Philander. South Africa's target could have been around 270, but at the start of the day the talk was of England setting 400+. So it's been an interesting day. I'll be back in a few minutes for the chase

87.1
W
Maharaj to Bairstow, OUT, there's an appeal for a stumping...Bairstow misses his slog sweep, and it appears the back foot has dragged out. Yes, he's out. Bairstow has got his foot back and de Kock even had time to have two goes at the stumps

JM Bairstow st †de Kock b Maharaj 51 (113m 76b 6x4 0x6) SR: 67.10

END OF OVER:
87 | 3 Runs | ENG: 233/9

  • James Anderson0 (5b)
  • Jonny Bairstow51 (75b)
  • Kagiso Rabada20-5-50-3
  • Keshav Maharaj32-8-85-3
86.6
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, a full toss from round the wicket slips down the leg side and de Kock does well to cut it off

Smile back on Joe Root's face

86.5
1
Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, angles a wider ball outside off down to third man
86.4
2
Rabada to Bairstow, 2 runs, a short delivery, plays a short-arm jabby pull in front of square which takes him to an excellent half century...he's held the lower order together
86.3
0
Rabada to Bairstow, no run, 85mph, pushed square to the off side
86.2
0
Rabada to Bairstow, no run, defends a length ball into point
86.1
0
Rabada to Bairstow, no run, worked off the pads to deep square and the single is turned down

END OF OVER:
86 | 3 Runs | ENG: 230/9

  • Jonny Bairstow48 (70b)
  • James Anderson0 (4b)
  • Keshav Maharaj32-8-85-3
  • Kagiso Rabada19-5-47-3
85.6
3
Maharaj to Bairstow, 3 runs, goes for the deft option instead, sweeps it very fine and a lumbering Morkel can't stop a three...that's the perfect outcome for England off that ball

The field comes up...will JB have a punt?

85.5
0
Maharaj to Bairstow, no run, full and straight, pushed to the bowler
85.4
0
Maharaj to Bairstow, no run, misses his slog sweep, and the spin actually saves him from being bowled as this rags past off stump
85.3
0
Maharaj to Bairstow, no run, shorter, he goes back to cut, some extra bounce defeats him...not taken by de Kock
85.2
0
Maharaj to Bairstow, no run, now he reverse sweeps, middles it but finds backward point
85.1
0
Maharaj to Bairstow, no run, goes for a slog sweep, takes an under edge and trickles to fine leg...he doesn't run. Farming time

END OF OVER:
85 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ENG: 227/9

  • James Anderson0 (4b)
  • Jonny Bairstow45 (64b)
  • Kagiso Rabada19-5-47-3
  • Keshav Maharaj31-8-82-3
84.6
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, angled in at off stump, defended to backward point and the shot is greeted by warm cheers from the crowd. A solid No. 11 block, sends them wild

tony: "JUST Jimmy? Just Jimmy and that 50 you promised." I know, I feel bad. Sorry

84.5
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, a short ball, a rather loopy bouncer, Anderson has time to drop his hands
84.4
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, hanging back in the crease, this scoots past the outside edge again
84.3
0
Rabada to Anderson, no run, round the wicket, he has a fiddle outside off and is beaten

That ends a highly valuable stand of 45...just Jimmy left now. Philip M McCart: "A lot of talk about the end of Dawson ... he's in the team to take wickets ... maybe we should wait for SA 2nd innings before we drop him???" Well, he certainly won't be dropped before the second innings. On a serious point, yes, he could be key here. Maybe a conditions rather than performance factor at Trent Bridge

84.2
W
Rabada to Wood, OUT, and that's cleaned him up! Goes to pull a ball that wasn't really short enough, plays over the top of it and his off stump gets pegged back

MA Wood b Rabada 28 (37m 36b 4x4 0x6) SR: 77.77

84.1
1
Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, full and the stumps and he drills a drive to mid-off and steals a single, not gathered cleanly by Morkel

junaid: "Gnasher who do you think should open with Cook in the next test match?" Jennings. Kagiso Rabada into the attack

END OF OVER:
84 | 6 Runs | ENG: 226/8

  • Mark Wood28 (35b)
  • Jonny Bairstow44 (63b)
  • Keshav Maharaj31-8-82-3
  • Morne Morkel21-6-64-3

Jon: "What about Woakes and Rashid for Dawson?" Pretty sure Woakes won't be fit in time

83.6
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, slices a drive to backward point
83.5
1
Maharaj to Bairstow, 1 run, waits for this to turn and steers it out to deep cover
83.4
1
Maharaj to Wood, 1 run, and now he brings out the sweep, flies behind square
83.3
2
Maharaj to Wood, 2 runs, does it again, skips down the pitch and sends a skimming drive over extra cover, almost splits deep cover and long-off
83.2
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, defended with an open face to backward point

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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.