South Africa's Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj Punish England on Day 2 Of 1st Test

Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj took South Africa into a first-innings lead over England of more than a hundred runs in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday following a fine fifty from Sarel Erwee. England captain Ben Stokes had bowled his side back into the game when he removed well-set opener Erwee (73) and Rassie van der Dussen (19) in quick succession to leave the Proteas 192-5. But come stumps on the second day, South Africa were 289-7 -- 124 runs ahead.

Jansen was 41 not out, having added 72 for with Maharaj (41) as the seventh-wicket duo cashed in on England's failure to bowl to increasingly unorthodox fields.

South Africa had earlier dismissed England for just 165, with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada taking 5-52 -- his 12th five-wicket haul in a Test innings.

Ollie Pope's 73 was the only double-figure score by a specialist England batsman, with all-rounder Stokes's 20 the next-best contribution.

Thursday's largely sunny conditions undoubtedly made batting easier than it had been on Wednesday's rain-shortened first day.

Elgar's freak exit -But South Africa captain Dean Elgar and fellow left-hander Erwee still showed plenty of application while also scoring briskly against an England attack that lacked both the pace and accuracy of the Proteas' four quicks.

Elgar, dropped on seven by Zak Crawley in the slips, was then largely untroubled until, having made 47, he fell in freak fashion when a ball from 40-year-old England great James Anderson deflected off his thigh guard and forearm before trickling onto the stumps.

The 32-year-old Erwee reached just his second fifty in his short Test career when he struck Stuart Broad through the covers for a sixth four in 89 balls faced.

Aiden Markram hit three stylish fours in his 16