England vs South Africa LIVE: Cricket result from first Test as England thrashed by an innings after batting collapse
England were all out for 149 in the second innings to lose by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s
England were blown away by South Africa inside three days to lose the first Test of the series by and innings and 12 runs.
The humbling defeat at Lord’s is the first of the new Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum era and puts the Proteas 1-0 up with two Tests to play.
England were firmly behind from the get-go after losing the toss on day one and coming up short with the bat mustering just 165 in the first innings.
A resolute first dig of 326 in reply by Dean Elgar’s tourists put them firmly in control with a lead of 161 on first innings before they comprehensively ran through the hosts’ batting order again dismissing them for 149 with Anrich Nortje’s three wickets doing the bulk of the damage.
Victory was brought up inside six sessions of play and before tea on the third day without them having to bat again. Follow the reaction and analysis from the first Test below:
WICKET! Anderson b Jansen 1. England 149 all out
38th over: Some plays and misses by Anderson off Jansen, perhaps unsurprisingly, but then he’s gone! The final WICKET falls!
Anderson try to slash it through the slips but he’s skittled. Clean bowled and England lose
England 165 & 149-9 (trail by 12) - Leach 0, Anderson 1; South Africa 326
37th over: Jimmy Anderson and Jack Leach at the crease. This won’t last long. Anderson survives a couple of balls and then nudges a single, off a no-ball to point.
Leach on strike, a couple of dabs into the off-side, another no-ball and he survives the over. England trail by 12.
WICKET! Stokes c Maharaj b Rabada 20. England 146-9 (trail by 15)
37th over: I think the innings defeat is now an inevitability. It’s another WICKET! Stokes swings for the hills but he comes up short of the leg-side boundary and Maharaj makes a superb catch sprawling to his right on the mid-wicket fence. Rabada has another wicket
WICKET! Potts b Jansen 1. England 146-8 (trail by 15)
36th over: Quickly-run two as Stokes nudges one to the leg side before a single straight down the ground. England edging closer to making South Africa bat again.
Ah, Jansen strikes though. WICKET! Potts gone as one nips back off the surface, through the gate and he’s clean bowled.
England 165 & 143-7 (trail by 18) - Potts 1, Stokes 17; South Africa 326
35th over: Matty Potts the next man in. Can England avoid defeat by an innings? Potts nudges one to the leg side for a single before Stokes does likewise. Final ball of the over from Rabada to Potts and it’s nicely defended
WICKET! Broad c Elgar b Rabada 35. England 141-7 (trail by 20)
35th over: Kagiso Rabada comes into the attack to replace Nortje. Stokes turns a single round the corner and after a no-ball, Broad takes another swing. It’s in the air for a long time but the retreating Maharaj can’t get to the catch.
But then it’s over! WICKET! A mistimed hit off a slower ball flies straight to Dean Elgar at mid-off and he’s out for 35 from 29 balls. England still 20 behind and 141-7.
England 165 & 137-6 (trail by 24) - Broad 33, Stokes 15; South Africa 326
34th over: Broad is loving this. Desperate to run two off the first ball but Stokes says just a single. Sensible as I don’t think there was two there.
Leg bye gets Broad back on strike, short ball from Jansen which Broad sways out of the way of but it clips the bat which he’s holding around shoulder height, it beats the keeper and runs away for FOUR!
Another bye run and that’s the 50 PARTNERSHIP. Then a flicked single off the pads before a dot ball to finish after a big swing. This is breathless stuff!
England 165 & 129-6 (trail by 32) - Broad 28, Stokes 14; South Africa 326
33rd over: Stokes smashes the first ball of the over straight down the ground for FOUR! Single off the next ball and what will Broad vs Nortje look like this time?
Swing and miss twice but he connects with the next ball, clubbed to the mid-off boundary for FOUR! One delivery left... More calmly played into the off-side, misfielded and it’s a single. the deficit down to 32.
England 165 & 119-6 (trail by 42) - Broad 23, Stokes 9; South Africa 326
32nd over: Change of bowling as Maharaj comes off and 6ft 8in Marco Jansen into the attack. Second ball and Stokes charges him, trying to go down the ground but doesn’t connect properly.
Leg bye off the fourth delivery so that Broad is on strike and he takes an almighty swing at the final ball which takes an edge, flies over the slip cordon and races away for FOUR!
England 165 & 114-6 (trail by 47) - Broad 19, Stokes 9; South Africa 326
31st over: Ha! What was Broad worried about? First ball he slashes through the off-side for FOUR! It’s 100 UP for England as well, That may just anger Nortje though.
Ok, Broad has decided to start swinging here and I’m on board with that! A leg-side swing that the diving fielder can’t quite get to and it’s another FOUR!
A big swing and miss from the next ball, then he fends a shorter ball into the leg side before another shorter ball that he pulls/hooks to long leg for SIX! Superb! Huge cheers from the crowd. Final ball of the over, the field is changed, an edge flies into the air on the off-side, two fielders converge but it falls between them as they dive! Safe! Two off it. Broad on 19 as it’s 16 off the over!
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