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Proteas vs England Day 2 review

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Day 2 ended with the Proteas in control of the test match as they have taken a first innings lead of 124 runs after an excellent performance today. 

The day started with Proteas finishing off the England lower order and bowling them out for 165. The star of the Proteas bowling effort was spearhead of the attack Rabada with a fifer putting him on the honours board at the home of cricket Lords. The Proteas openers then batted out a short new ball spell from Anderson and Broad to go to Lunch on 27-0. 

The openers resumed after Lunch and continued their good work and put up an opening partnership of 85 before captain Elgar was unluckily bowled by Anderson for 47.  Erwee and Keegan then put together a partnership of 53 before Keegan Petersen was out caught by Bairstow bowled Potts. Erwee and Markram then added a further 20 runs taking the score to 158-2 at tea. 

The last session was a tough one for Proteas as they lost 5 wickets but managed to score a further 131 runs. Markram was out 2nd over after tea caught behind off Leach. Erwee and Van der Dussen had a partnership of 27 that looked dangerous before Erwee was out of the ball of the day from Ben Stokes for a well-played 73. Shortly after Van der dussen was out LBW to Stokes. Not long after that Verreynne was out caught behind and bowled by Broad.  Jansen and Maharaj rescued the situation for the Proteas with a 72-run partnership as they shifted the match back in the Proteas favour. Maharaj was caught out towards the end of the day off the bowling of Stokes. Jansen and Rabada then saw off the last few deliveries of the day as Proteas ended the day's play 289-7.

 
In my opinion, the Proteas are in control although the door is open for England to make a comeback if they can get the remaining 3 wickets quickly tomorrow morning. The Proteas will be confident that Rabada and Jansen can stick around and make some valuable runs and frustrate the England bowlers as they look to increase their lead as much as possible. 

Day 2 Stumps Match summary 
England 165 (45)
Pope 73(102)                            Rabada 5-52 (19)
Stokes 20(30)                            Nortje 3-63 (13)
Leach 15 (17)                           Jansen 2-30 (8)

Proteas 289-7
Erwee 73(146)                           Stokes 3-53 (12)
Elgar 47 (81)                              Leach 1-42(14)
Maharaj 41(49)                     Anderson 1-51 (18)
Jansen 41 not out (57)                Broad 1-66 (17)

Proteas lead by 124 runs

Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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