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England and South Africa resume their battle at Old Trafford on Thursday as the hosts look to make amends for a disappointing defeat at Lord’s last week.
Captain Dean Elgar believes South Africa’s fearsome four-prong pace attack will only get better as he admits he is unsure of what the wicket holds for the second test against England at Old Trafford that starts on Thursday.
Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj hopes that his side will be able to convert starts into centuries ahead of the second Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Nortje ripped through the heart of the home batting, taking three wickets in 10 balls at one point, as England slumped to 149 all out in their second innings to lose the Test inside three days. Nortje’s average speed in the over where he dismissed the dangerous Jonny Bairstow was 148 kph, making it the quickest over England have had to face at home in the last decade of test cricket, according to the analytics website CricViz. "It's exciting, something I've wanted to do since I was a kid," Nortje told a news conference.
While much of the focus following South Africa's resounding innings and 12 runs victory over England at Lord's has centred on the fast bowling unit, spinner Keshav Maharaj also played a key role for the Proteas.
Ben Stokes-led England were given a reality check in the 1st Test of the three-match series against South Africa as the hosts stumbled to an innings and 12 runs loss at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Friday. The 1st Test ended inside three days as Proteas bowlers made mockery of England's batting lineup and the 'Bazball' approach was a no-show. Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada bowled fiery spells, for which, England had no answers.
South African pacer Kagiso Rabada on Friday completed 250 wickets in Test cricket, becoming the seventh South African bowler to do so. Rabada reached this landmark during the first Test against England at Lord's. On Day 3, in the 37th over of England's second innings, Rabada sent back England Test skipper Ben Stokes for 20, after Keshav Maharaj caught the batter at deep midwicket. With this, Rababda reached 250 Test wickets.
England suffered their first defeat since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took over as the Test team's capain and coach respectively as South Africa won the first Test of the three-match series on a canter. England's aggressive approach has been termed 'Bazball' - after McCullum's nickname - but at Lord's, South Africa's pacers made short work of their batting lineup to inflict an innings defeat inside three days. Following South Africa's win, former India batter Mohammad Kaif took to Twitter to point out why 'Bazball' did not work in the match.