England crush Proteas to level series
England hammered the Proteas by an innings and 85 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford inside three days.
England hammered the Proteas by an innings and 85 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford inside three days.
The Proteas were dismissed for just 151 on the first day of the second Test at Old Trafford, with England 111-3 at stumps.
Proteas captain Dean Elgar saluted his “special bunch” of players after they overpowered England by an innings and 12 runs in the first Test at Lord’s on Friday.
South Africa hammered England by an innings and 12 runs to win the first Test at Lord’s on Friday.
Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj took the Proteas into a 124-run lead over England in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday following a fine 73 from Sarel Erwee.
Proteas quicks Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje did the damage as England slumped to 116-6 before heavy rain forced an early end to the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s.
Proteas captain Dean Elgar says he does not fear ‘Bazball’ as his team seeks to inflict England’s first Test defeat of their swashbuckling new era.
If fit, Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will have a key role to play in neutralising England’s new attacking approach to Test cricket.
The Proteas will begin their preparations for next week’s first Test against England with a four-day match against the England Lions in Canterbury from Tuesday.
Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi says no one spoke to him after the hammering he took from England in the first T20I in Bristol.