England vs South Africa, 1st Test at Lord’s, Day 2: Joe Root, Moeen Ali take hosts to 458

Stuart Broad went bonkers, especially against Morne Morkel, bludgeoning as many as 4 fours and 2 sixes off the lanky pacer. To frustrate South Africa further, James Anderson joined the carnage and collected a six and a four, before Morkel had him caught behind for 12. The duo added 45 runs off 27 balls for the last wicket, taking England to 458 on Day 2 of the Lord’s Test. In the 4 overs South Africa played before lunch, they amassed 10 runs without losing a wicket.

Joe Root could add only 6 runs to his overnight score of 184, missing out on a well-deserved hundred. Off the many length balls he had earlier managed to manoeuvre behind the gully and third slip induced a faint nick to the wicketkeeper. However, he now holds the highest score by an Englishman on captaincy debut.

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WICKET Root out after a brilliant 190

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

Two balls later, Morne snorted one back in to trap Liam Dawson lbw for a duck.

WICKET Dawson out lbw to Morkel

367/7 #ENGvSA

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

Moeen Ali, still unbeaten, looked out of sorts this morning. He managed only three fours, eventually falling short by 13 runs for his sixth hundred. Kagiso Rabada bowled an absolute jaffa to dismantle Moeen’s defence.

WICKET A lovely innings of 87 from Ali comes to an end

413/8 #ENGvSA

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

Rabada stuck again in the same over, wrapping up Mark Wood for a duck.

WICKET Wood out lbw without scoring

413/9 #ENGvSA

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

Then began the Broad-Anderson show. Elgar used up his pacers to wind up the English tail. However, the ploy backfired. In a quest of bouncing out Broad, South Africa gifted three sixes.

FIFTY for @StuartBroad8 brought up in style!

453/9 now #ENGvSAhttps://t.co/aoH97zJNWp pic.twitter.com/Y2kPYSuH4Z

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

It was a length delivery that tricked Anderson. England put a healthy total on slow track.

That's the end of our first innings, we have scored 458 #ENGvSA

Some fantastic hitting this morning!

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 7, 2017

The lateral movement that English pacers triggered did not look threatening. Dean Elgar and debutant Heino Kuhn could easily get behind the ball and dab it into the ground.

As witnessed on the opening day, the track gets easier to bat on as the ball ages. South Africa need not hustle to clear the deficit.

Brief scores

England 458 all-out (Joe Root 190, Moeen Ali 87; Morne Morkel 4 for 115) lead South Africa 10/0 (Dean Elgar 9*, Heino Kuhn 1*) by 448 runs.

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