The second match of the three-Test series between England and South Africa is being played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. On the first day of the match, the bowlers of the host team piled up South Africa for just 151 runs on the strength of their wreaking bowling. During this, experienced fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad took 3 wickets each. At the end of the day's play, England scored 111 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and they are just 40 runs behind the guests. Jack Crawley is at the crease after scoring 17 and Jonny Bairstow 38.
The clean African team, which took a 1-0 lead in the series after registering an innings and 12-run win over England at Lord's Test, won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test. James Anderson and Stuart Broad proved Dean Elgar's decision wrong early in the match. South Africa had lost their 7 wickets within 100 runs, after which Kagiso Rabada's innings of 36 runs in 72 balls took the team to a score of 151. Apart from Rabada, none of the batsmen could cross the 30-run mark.
Talking about England's bowling, apart from James Anderson and Stuart Broad, captain Ben Stokes took two wickets, while Ollie Robinson and Jack Leach got 1-1 wickets.
After this, the start of the host team, who came out to bat, was also not good. In the second over, Lungi Ngidi gave the first blow to England by dismissing Alex Liege (4), while Ollie Pope became the victim of Norkhia on a personal score of 23. It was expected that Joe Root would support Crowley, but he too could not stay at the crease for long. Root made 9 runs off 15 balls and gave his wicket to Rabada. England had lost three wickets for 43 runs, after that Jonny Bairstow, who came to bat, did not give a wicket to the visiting team by batting brilliantly. Bairstow scored 38 runs in 45 balls with the help of 6 fours, while Crowley is playing 17 runs off 77 balls.
