Bazball Approach Fail as South Africa Beat England by Inning and 12 runs in the 1st test at Lord’s. Kagiso Rabada gets the Player of the Match award for his seven wickets in the match.
The host team stunningly collapsed to 149 all out after needing 161 to force the Proteas to bat again, suffering their first loss of the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum era.
Outstanding Proteas Bowling to handle the Bazball Approach
It wasn’t a defeat brought on by the daring strategy that resulted in four victories at the start of the summer, but rather a timid capitulation to some outstanding Proteas bowling. Anrich Nortje was amazing, taking three wickets for no runs in just 10 balls while bowling at a high rate.
The collapse was started by left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who took two wickets, including under pressure opener Zak Crawley for 13. Despite oddly continuing to use short-ball strategies, England previously claimed the Proteas’ final three South African wickets for a combined total of 39 to bowl them out for 326.
Even though South Africa had a substantial lead, England might have at least extended the match into the weekend by making better use of the finest batting conditions of the game.
They now trail in the three-game series by one game, with the second Test at Old Trafford beginning on Thursday.
Brilliant South Africa
South Africa, which is now atop the World Test Championship and has lost just once in their last six series, has achieved a fantastic victory.
Dean Elgar, the captain, had questioned the viability of England’s aggressive strategy before the Proteas won using traditional Test principles.
Although they played with grit, their talented and well-balanced bowling attack was what led to a convincing victory.
Five wickets were taken in the first innings by Rabada, who was assisted by Anrich Nortje, left-arm seamer Jansen, the powerful Ngidi, and the cunning spinner Maharaj. Now, they need to adjust to the conditions at Old Trafford and the third Test at The Oval.
They need one more victory to snap a 10-year streak of three straight series losses against England.
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ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Alex Lees | c †Verreynne b Rabada | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Zak Crawley | c Markram b Rabada | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Ollie Pope | b Rabada | 73 | 102 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Jansen | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b Nortje | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes (c) | c Petersen b Nortje | 20 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes † | b Nortje | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | c Elgar b Rabada | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Potts | not out | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leach | b Jansen | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| James Anderson | lbw b Rabada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 45 Overs (RR: 3.66) | 165 |
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Alex Lees, 2.6 ov), 2-25 (Zak Crawley, 8.5 ov), 3-42 (Joe Root, 13.5 ov), 4-55 (Jonny Bairstow, 16.3 ov), 5-100 (Ben Stokes, 25.6 ov), 6-116 (Ben Foakes, 31.4 ov), 7-134 (Ollie Pope, 36.2 ov), 8-145 (Stuart Broad, 38.5 ov), 9-164 (Jack Leach, 43.6 ov), 10-165 (James Anderson, 44.6 ov)
SA Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
| Kagiso Rabada | 19 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 2.73 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Marco Jansen | 8 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3.75 |
| Anrich Nortje | 13 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 4.84 |
SOUTH AFRICA 1ST INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Dean Elgar (c) | b Anderson | 47 | 81 | 8 | 0 |
| Sarel Erwee | c †Foakes b Stokes | 73 | 146 | 6 | 0 |
| Keegan Petersen | c Bairstow b Potts | 24 | 41 | 3 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram | c †Foakes b Leach | 16 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | lbw b Stokes | 19 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | c Crawley b Broad | 48 | 79 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Verreynne † | c †Foakes b Broad | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | c Potts b Stokes | 41 | 49 | 7 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | c Broad b Potts | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Anrich Nortje | not out | 28 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
| Lungi Ngidi | c Bairstow b Broad | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 89.1 Overs (RR: 3.65) | 326 |
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Dean Elgar, 22.3 ov), 2-138 (Keegan Petersen, 37.1 ov), 3-160 (Aiden Markram, 45.1 ov), 4-187 (Sarel Erwee, 54.2 ov), 5-192 (Rassie van der Dussen, 56.2 ov), 6-210 (Kyle Verreynne, 62.2 ov), 7-282 (Keshav Maharaj, 74.5 ov), 8-289 (Kagiso Rabada, 77.3 ov), 9-318 (Marco Jansen, 87.1 ov), 10-326 (Lungi Ngidi, 89.1 ov)
Eng Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
| James Anderson | 18 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 2.83 |
| Stuart Broad | 19.1 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Matthew Potts | 20 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 3.95 |
| Ben Stokes | 18 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 3.94 |
| Jack Leach | 14 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3 |
ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Alex Lees | c †Verreynne b Nortje | 35 | 83 | 2 | 0 |
| Zak Crawley | lbw b Maharaj | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Pope | lbw b Maharaj | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | c Markram b Ngidi | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c †Verreynne b Nortje | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes (c) | c Maharaj b Rabada | 20 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes † | c †Verreynne b Nortje | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | c Elgar b Rabada | 35 | 29 | 5 | 1 |
| Matthew Potts | b Jansen | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leach | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | b Jansen | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 37.4 Overs (RR: 3.95) | 149 |
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Zak Crawley, 7.3 ov), 2-38 (Ollie Pope, 11.6 ov), 3-57 (Joe Root, 18.1 ov), 4-81 (Jonny Bairstow, 24.3 ov), 5-86 (Alex Lees, 26.4 ov), 6-86 (Ben Foakes, 26.6 ov), 7-141 (Stuart Broad, 34.2 ov), 8-146 (Matthew Potts, 35.6 ov), 9-146 (Ben Stokes, 36.1 ov), 10-149 (James Anderson, 37.4 ov)
SA Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | ECON |
| Kagiso Rabada | 8 | 2 | 27 | 3.37 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2.14 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 12 | 0 | 35 | 2.91 |
| Anrich Nortje | 7 | 1 | 47 | 6.71 |
| Marco Jansen | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | 3.54 |
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