Excellent South Africa pacers blow away England in 1st Test

Worldclass performances by the South African bowlers led by Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje coupled with a halfcentury from Sarel Erwee helped the Proteas down hosts England by an innings and 12 runs within just three days in the first Test of the threematch series at Lords on FridayWith this victory South Africa has a 10 lead in the series Kagiso Rabada 779 in the match and Anrich Nortje 6110 in match ensured that Englands batting lineup could not unleash its muchhyped Bazball brand of cricketFor South Africa Erwee 73 captain Dean Elgar 47 and pacer Marco Jansen 48 starred with the bat taking the side to 32610 in their first innings and giving them a healthy 161run lead after England were bundled out for 165 in first inningsEngland could not gain a lead and were bundled out for just 149 runs in their second innings losing the game by an innings and 12 runsSouth Africa started off the third day at 2897 in 77 overs with Marco Jansen 41 and Rabada 3 unbeaten Pacer Matty Potts delivered England an early wicket just three balls into the third day sending back Rabada after he was caught by Stuart BroadThen Anrich Nortje and Jansen put on a 29run stand which helped Proteas cross the 300run mark comfortably Jansen was the next one to get dismissed for a solid 48 by Broad after being caught by Zak Crawley in slipsBroad quickly dismissed Lungi Ngidi for a duck bundling out SA for 326 Broad 371 and Ben Stokes 371 were the leading bowlers for England Matty Potts took two while James Anderson and Jack Leach took a wicket each SA had a 161run lead in their hands and England batters had to deliver this time around to have a chance in the matchEngland did not have a good start as strikes from spinner Keshav Maharaj dismissed Zak Crawley 13 and Ollie Pope The hosts were at 382Opener Alex Lees was the only one putting some resistance and kept the scoreboard ticking Joe Root 6 fell early leaving England at 573 after Ngidi struck for ProteasAlso Read India womens team announce squads for England tour Jhulan Goswami returnsBairstow and Lees tried to rebuild the innings for England but Nortje broke their 24run stand and dismissed them quickly for 18 and 35 respectivelyHalf of the England team was back in the pavilion for 86 runs Ben Foakes also fell for cheap to Nortje with England tottering at 866Then captain Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad put on a stand of 55runs which kept Englands hopes of at least gaining a lead aliveBroad was dismissed for 35 by Rabada while Jansen quickly removed Matty Potts for just one by dislodging his stumps England was struggling at 1468 with Stokes their only hope However the skipper was also dismissed for 20 by RabadaSouth Africa was one wicket away from the win which Jansen provided to his side by shattering James Andersons stumps England were bundled out for 149 and lost the match by an innings and 12 runs Nortje 347 was the leading bowler for ProteasRabada Maharaj and Jansen took two wickets each Ngidi got one wicketEarlier knocks from Dean Elgar 47 Sarel Erwee 73 and Keshav Maharaj 41 took Proteas to 2897 at the end of day twoPut to bat first by SA England was bundled out for 165 runs in their first innings Only Ollie Pope 73 and Ben Stokes 20 could put up some decent performances for England Pacers Rabada 552 and Nortje 363 delivered superbly for South Africans Jansen also took two wicketsKagiso Rabada was named as Man of the Match for his brilliant 552 in the first innings and overall figures of 779 in the matchBrief Scores England 165 and 149 Alex Lees 35 Stuart Broad 35 Anrich Nortje 347 lost to South Africa 326 Sarel Erwee 73 Marco Jansen 48 Stuart Broad 371 by innings and 12 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever