England vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 1 - Stumps

Match Details

England vs South Africa

Venue - Lord's, London

Toss Winner - South Africa won the toss and opt to bowl first

Series - South Africa tour of England, 2022

Date of the Match - Wednesday, 17 August, 2022

Time - 3:30 PM (IST)

Season - 2022

Umpires - Nitin Menon (IND), Richard Illingworth (ENG)

Third Umpire - Chris Gaffaney (NZ)

Match Referee - Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

Match Review

     On Wednesday, August 17, at the Lord's, London, South Africa and England played in the 1st Test, day 1 match of the South Africa tour of England, 2022.

     After lunch, only six overs were thrown, during which England's keeper Ben Foakes was also lost after Nortje's inside edge caused his middle stump to be knocked back. What a great start they have had to this Test match, it has been South Africa's day! With this four-pronged seam attack, they appear to cover all the bases in terms of pace, swing, left-arm seam, and bounce. 

      The fact that England lost both of its openers to catches behind the wicket shows how much the conditions aided their game plan. Then a big inswinger from Jansen trapped Joe Root. Although Bairstow and Stokes failed when they tried to play aggressively, I don't think they'll change their strategy too much moving forward.

Brief Score

      England have scored 116 for 6 in 32 overs (Alex Lees 5, Zak Crawley 9, Ollie Pope 61, Joe Root 8, Jonny Bairstow 0, Ben Stokes 20, Ben Foakes (wk) 6, Stuart Broad 0, Extras 7)

      South Africa - Yet to play