Welcome to our coverage for day three of the first Test of England v South Africa at Lord’s. After a rain-interrupted opening day, Thursday was a day where South Africa really got stuck into England. They took the final four wickets for 49 runs, leaving England with a meagre 165 first-innings total. Kagiso Rabada was the pick of the bowlers with five wickets an a well-deserved appearance on the honours board but it was a strong performance all-round. England never really got into the game.
The South Africa batsmen then took off where the bowlers left off, with a strong opening partnership of 85. England then hit back at regular points after that, reducing the tourists to 210/6, but then a 72-run stand between Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen put England well behind in the game again.
Nick Hoult adds a bit more detail from his match report from Lord’s:
Stokes, with three for 53 across three spells, was forced into bowling more than he would have wanted due to the lack of cutting edge from the rest and while he did pull South Africa back after a commanding start, a sparky seventh-wicket stand of 72 from 75 balls between Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen took the day away from England.
England have always managed to find a way back this summer and are impossible to write off because the players feed off Stokes’s belief he can win from any position. Those who beat the Tube strike to be at Lord’s on Friday are set for a thriller but this time they start their second innings not chasing a target, but trying to set one up from the position of a sizeable first-innings shortfall. It is new territory but something they will try to seize.
Stuart Broad, certainly, was talking up England’s chances despite a difficult day with the bat and in the field.
“We’ve got a genuine feeling like we’re still in this game. We’ve proved this summer that you know, anything can happen and we feel really positive in the change room that we’ve got ourselves back in the game.
“I know South Africa are 120 ahead, but there’s no doubt it was pretty good batting conditions, particularly when the ball got softer.
“When you get bowled out relatively cheaply in the first innings, you’ve got to make it a first versus fourth innings game. So we’ve got to try and get enough ahead that we can we can try and defend that on day four and five on on a relatively dry pitch.”
Broad said that England were confident that they could defend “anything above 150” in the fourth innings of the Test.
“We feel like tomorrow is a must-win day,” he said. “We’re going to have to have a couple of great days.”
Hard to argue with his final assessment there.
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