South Africa win by an innings and 12 runs

Anrich Nortje’s rapid pace took three wickets for no runs in 10 balls

17 Aug 2022, First LV Insurance Test, Day three of five, at Lord’s London

England Vs South Africa

South Africa 326 ao off 89.1 ov, Erwee 73 off 146, 6 fours, Jansen 48 off 79. 4 fours, 1 six, Elgar 47 off 81, 8 fours, Maharaj 41 off 49, 7 fours, Stokes 3-71, Broad 3-71, Potts 2-79, Anderson 1-51.

England 149 ao off 37.4ov, Lees 35 off 83, 2 fours, Broad 35 off 29, 5 fours, 1 six, Stokes 20 off 28, 2 fours, Nortje 3-47, Jansen 2-13, Maharaj 2-35, Rabada 2-27, Ngidi 1-15.

South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs.

South Africa beat England by an innings and 12 runs inside three days at Lord’s in London.

Needing 161 to make Proteas bat again, the home side was bundled out for 149. The first defeat of the Ben Stokes – Brendon McCullum era is due to some magnificent bowling by South Africa. Anrich Nortje’s rapid pace took three wickets for no runs in 10 balls. Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj started the England collapse with two wickets including Zak Crawley’s wicket for 13. The afternoon collapse overshadowed England’s strange morning, including a bouncer assault endured by Nortje in his 28 not out gave the bowler extra motivation when he came to bowl. Bowling over 90 mph and moving the ball down the Lord’s slope, Nortje had Jonny Bairstow, Alex Lees, and Ben Foakes caught behind as England lost three wickets for five runs. Stuart Broad chipped in by scoring 35 from 29 balls in a stand of 55 with Stokes, only to be deceived by Kagiso Rabada’s slower ball for the second time in the match. England was bowled out twice in less than 83 overs, the third-shortest amount of time they have batted in a home Test defeat.

South Africa, one win away from ending a run of three straight series defeats by England, stretching back 10 years, was defeated only once in their past six series. Captain Elgar questioned England’s aggressive tactics, with the Proteas claiming victory from old-fashioned Test values. Their relentless batting supported by their talented bowling attack engineered the empathic victory.

The second Test will be played at Old Trafford starting on Thursday.