Stuart Broad early blows give England upper hand with SA 55 for 2 going into tea on Day 2, 1st Test at Durban

After frustrating the South Africa’s bowlers in the pre-lunch session England came out with utmost confidence. Stuart Broad who helped England cross 300, gave his team a perfect start picking up S van Zyl for a duck in the very second ball of the South African innings. South Africa going into tea are fairly well...

After frustrating the South Africa’s bowlers in the pre-lunch session England came out with utmost confidence. Stuart Broad who helped England cross 300, gave his team a perfect start picking up S van Zyl for a duck in the very second ball of the South African innings. South Africa going into tea are fairly well placed after the start they got with their most dependable warhorse AB de Villiers 26* and Dean Elgar 22* looking good. Even the mighty De Villiers has been peppered with probing line and length by English bowlers’. De Villiers also survived a close call of  as the catch fell just short of Ben Stokes in slips. South Africa still trail England 248 by runs. Live Cricket Scorecard: South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Durban Day 2

South Africa’s captain Hashim Amla came in with hopes of surviving a beautiful display of bowling by Broad. Amla did get a few chances and looked in obvious trouble to Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad. Woakes had managed to get an edge of Amla but to his good luck Jonny Bairstow could not keep a hold of it.Amla luck ran out as Broad was able to nick one off Amla into the hands of Bairstow. LIVE CRICKET UPDATES: South Africa vs England 2015-16, 1st Test at Durban, Day 2

Earlier, England went into lunch after being bowled out by South Africa for 303 runs. Morne Morkel was the chief wicket taker for South Africa as he picked up  4 scalps to deflate the start given by Nick Compton and Ben Stokes. Nick Compton missed out on a century getting out making 85runs , where as Jonny Bairstow got out after putting up a resilient fight of 41 runs.

Brief Scores:

England 303 for 10  (Nick Compton 85, James Taylor 70, Jonny Bairstow 41; Morne Morkel 4 for 75, Dale Steyn 4 for 70) lead South Africa 55 for 2 (AB de Villiers 26*, Dean Elgar 22*; Stuart Broad 2 for 8) by 248 runs

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