Fri, 19 Aug 22 11:45:16 +0000

England v South Africa live: Cricket scores from the first test as England try to fight back with bat

Stuart Broad caught an amazing 3rd morning at Lorde's

Made a catch (AP)

England convincingly lost every session of this test match until the second tea and was meandering towards a huge deficit in the first innings. Where have you heard of Ben Stokes and Jack Leach? – Smashed the momentum ofSouth Africawith a spell of hard bounce and true spin.

Tourists held a commanding lead of 124 runs after he reached the stumps 289-7, but bowlers Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen defeated the host first, so it was caught up with a furious momentum in the final stage. Kagiso Rabadaon his 165-only day headed by a 5-wicket hall.

But as the sun began to set behind the main stands, his home supporters cheered a little as they watched the captain lead the kind of counterattack that has become a strange and familiar part of England. humming with would have left his load behind. It's been a great summer and they look to be building on it on his third day.

Follow the latest scores and sequential updates from the first test below.

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England 21-1 (140 behind) - Leeds 7, Pope 1; South Africa 326; England 165

8 overs: Crowley's battle continues. Calls for Harry Brooke to join the team for him continue to grow. Olly Pope is the next man, going off the mark with a single to deep mid-wicket.

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wickets. Crowley lbw b Maharaj 13. England 20-1 (141 difference)

8 overs: Bowling change. before lunch.

Crowley got on his front foot and sent the ball to his feet to lead his two, but then WICKET. Not really good - Crowley attempted a sweep but missed it and got hit right in front of him for lbw.

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Great Britain 18-0 (143 behind) - Leeds 7, Crawley 11; South Africa 326; England 165

7 overs: Nice shot for Lee. He then dodges Labada's short throws, firing a flash on the final pitch but reaching the keeper without making contact.

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England 16-0 (145 difference) - Leeds 5, Crawley 11. South Africa 326; England 165

6 overs: I would be happy for South Africa to throw the ball directly at him, given that Crowley has problems driving. I suggest you keep watching. He hit a leg stump half volley to the leg side for a chip 2, but he was a bit early so it was kind of a leading edge. It was too early to close the bat face to wait and see.

He's thinking of going out of the off stumps, but decides to delay it - the right decision. No damage.

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England 14-0 (by 147) - Leeds 5, Crawley 9 South Africa 326; England 165

5 overs: Crawley threw two of Labada's pitches for offside, then one off the pad for a wide fine leg. and released another single. It's bread and butter for the Kent man. He is great when a bowler drifts to his leg.

Leeds attempted a half-his fence, thinking he would play the ball short, but it went to the keeper. Give him room for doubt and say it was a last minute leave but could have been a play and miss -

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England 11-0 (150 difference) - Leeds 5, Crawley 6; South Africa 326; England 165

4 overs: Ngidi is bowling some good stuff here. We'll dig into Crawley and Lees' quick singles to see the rest.

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Removed. England 10-0 (151 difference) - Leeds 5, Crawley 5; South Africa 326; England 165

3 overs: Crowley's single hits the pad well and Leeds back foot He pushed the ball through the cover and scored the4 . Perfect timing.

then drops. Leeds saw Petersen (in the third slip) dive in front of his second slip and get his right hand, which he could not hold. The second slip seemed to be caught at about waist height. Taking off for England, they run one of him. Crowley then added another single

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England 3-0 ( tied on 158) - Leeds 0, Crawley 3; South Africa 326; England 165

2 overs: Great start for Lungi Ngidi. He went around the ball and Crowley could have scored the ball inside his edge inside the box.・Appeal by hitting the pad.

He then nuddled his corner in his first round to the leg and the two raced very fast to his. Even more solid defensively hit a few strokes of his to end the over, and the last ball actually kicks off an offside block and you can see him perform a single.

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