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England vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: South Africa tour of England, 2017 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: Jul 06-Jul 10, 11:00 AM LOCAL

Gary Ballance 34(78)

62.5
W
Morne Morkel to Ballance, out Caught by de Kock!! Gone. That angle from round the wicket to the lefties and he is a master at it. Angled in on a good length, straightened a tad and took the thin edge of the defending bat of Ballance. Low grab by de Kock and more cheer for SA. Both innings Ballance has been dismissed by Morkel. Ballance c de Kock b Morne Morkel 34(78) [4s-4]
62.4
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, pitched up outside off, Ballance mistimes the big cover drive, finds mid-off
62.3
Morne Morkel to Root, 1 run, tailing in, flicked to deep square leg
61.5
Maharaj to Ballance, 2 runs, that's a bottom-handed slog. More of a shovel. Down the track and not to the pitch, yet goes through with the shot and the ball finds Amla at deep square leg. Two more
61.4
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, tossed up and defended to short leg
61.3
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, forward and defended
61.2
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, inside edge onto body and doesn't carry to short leg. This bounced off a length and Ballance got lucky. Died down quickly and went well wide of short leg
61.1
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, tossed up outside off, Ballance is forward to block
60.6
Morne Morkel to Root, no run, fullish outside off, Root gets forward to defend to cover
59.6
Philander to Ballance, 1 run, slightly shortish, Ballance whips that off the stumps to deep square leg
59.5
Philander to Ballance, no run, fullish and no room whatsoever for Ballance, who defends to cover
59.4
Philander to Ballance, no run, again on off stump, Ballance can only defend towards point
59.3
Philander to Ballance, no run, good length and on off, Ballance gets forward to defend to cover
59.2
Philander to Ballance, no run, fullish and on the stumps, Ballance gets forward to defend with a full face back to the bowler
59.1
Philander to Cook, 1 run, sliding into the pads, flicked in the air, but wide of backward square catching
58.5
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, shows two stumps as he hoists his bat over his head to leave. The ball was outside off
58.4
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, loose. Went after a full delivery outside off, Ballance tried to go for a big cover drive, but the ball decked away late to beat the bat
58.3
Morne Morkel to Cook, 1 run, full outside off, Cook drives with an open face, was in the air but in the gap too. Again Kesh with a chase, this time to his right. Keeps it to just a single
58.1
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, bang on middle, on the stumps, Ballance is deep in his crease to block
57.6
Philander to Cook, no run, another maiden. Pushed across the line, but mid-on is there to prevent the single
56.5
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, giving nothing away is Morne Morkel, lands it perfectly on off, forces a defence from Ballance
56.4
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, beaten on the push. The ball held its line to beat the loose shot from Ballance. So easily could've nicked that through
56.3
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, fuller than a good length on the stumps, Ballance is right behind that to block
56.2
Morne Morkel to Cook, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Cook opens the face of the bat on the drive, but there is a man at sweeper now, so just a single
55.5
Philander to Ballance, no run, tight good length delivery around off, Ballance presses that to cover, off the front foot
55.4
Philander to Cook, 1 run, goes a bit fuller, push-driven past Ballance and good fielding by mid-on who parried it to mid-off, saved more runs from being taken
54.5
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, well wide of off, easy leave
54.4
Morne Morkel to Cook, 1 run, good length outside off, Cook sort of chops the cut to the point region and sets off for a single
53.5
Philander to Ballance, no run, "wait on" is the call as Ballance defends to mid-on. It was angled in to middle
53.4
Philander to Ballance, no run, good length around off, Ballance stays on the crease and defends to short cover
53.3
Philander to Ballance, no run, again when it hits a good length outside off spot from round the wicket, it stays low, scoots to de Kock after Ballance had left it alone
53.2
Philander to Ballance, no run, full outside off, left alone
53.1
4
Philander to Ballance, FOUR, good effort from Morkel at fine leg, but all that has gone to waste as the ball goes past him to the fence. Drifting down leg, clipped away and Morkel had a long chase, which ended in vain
52.6
4
Morne Morkel to Cook, FOUR, can't bowl short and wide outside off to Cook. He will smash them. Does so here, rocking back and thumping the cut, wide of the fielders on the off-side
51.5
Philander to Ballance, no run, well outside off, on a good length, left alone
51.4
Philander to Cook, 1 run, again stays low, but Cook uses the angle to clip to deep backward square leg
50.6
Duminy to Cook, no run, lunges out and smothers the ball. That's it for day 3. Stumps
50.3
Duminy to Ballance, no run, fires it through quicker and the pace on it causes Ballance to stay back. Good variation. Kept out by Ballance though
50.2
Duminy to Ballance, no run, forward and defended
50.1
Duminy to Ballance, no run, flat on off, blocked off the back foot
49.6
Maharaj to Cook, no run, plays with the turn to square leg
47.5
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, goes sweeping again, but it's too full and sneaks under him through to de Kock
47.4
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, straight off the pad to short leg. Enough happening out of the rough
47.3
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, looks for a powerful sweep from outside off, but there's a disturbance of the top surface and the ball kicks up and hits Ballance around the arm
47.2
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, turning and kicking, not a lot, Ballance keeps it down at short leg
47.1
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, lunges out to the pitch of the ball and defends
46.6
Rabada to Ballance, 1 run, full toss on leg, clipped backward of square
46.5
Rabada to Ballance, no run, short ball on off, Ballance thought about fending it away but wisened up and lowered his hands to let it go
46.4
Rabada to Cook, 1 run, works it wide of mid-wicket
45.1
Duminy to Ballance, 2 runs, juiciest of juicy full tosses. There's width on offer too. Ballance slaps it to the right of deep point for two
44.6
Rabada to Cook, no run, good length outside off, left alone
43.5
Duminy to Ballance, no run, taken at slip! But it's right out of the rough, no edge involved. Ballance was teased into the drive by the flight from Duminy
43.4
Duminy to Ballance, no run, defended to short cover
43.3
4
Duminy to Ballance, FOUR, jumps out of the crease and almost gets too close to the ball. But he's able to pop it over mid-on for four. Beautifully played
43.2
Duminy to Ballance, no run, drifting in on off, Ballance gets forward and defends
43.1
Duminy to Ballance, no run, very full, smothered back
42.6
Rabada to Cook, no run, chops the ball off the under-edge into the off-side. Wasn't short enough to cut
41.5
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, pops up off the inside edge through the vacant leg-gully as the ball turns in sharply
41.4
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, wants to reverse-sweep the ball from the rough, misses. It hits him on the pad. Again, the impact is outside off
41.3
Maharaj to Cook, 1 run, thick under-edge as he employs another sweep, single to short fine leg
40.5
F
Rabada to Cook, 3 runs, big chase for Philander as Cook drives purposefully through extra-cover. Good effort from the pacer, considering he's just been back on the field. But he won't be able to stop Cook from getting to fifty. It's been a workmanlike effort, but he's hung in there to extend the lead
39.5
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, uses his feet and flicks it with the turn, but can't get it past silly mid-on
39.4
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, too full from Maharaj, smothered
39.3
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, closer to the pitch of the ball, defends
39.2
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, now this one turns quite a bit and hits him on the pad as he is lunging across. It's tricky against spin out there
39.1
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, not as much turn as Ballance expects, gets a thick edge towards backward point
38.6
Rabada to Cook, 2 runs, steep short ball, Cook does really well to get his wrists on top of it as he hooks it away to deep backward square, wide of the man in the deep
37.5
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, down the pitch again, opts to pad away
37.4
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, agile is Theunis at short leg. Stops the clip by moving to his right
37.3
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, swept from outside off and Theunis de Bruyn ducking his head takes it on the shinpad. Ballance checks on him to which de Bruyn nods, suggesting he is fine
37.2
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, tossed up nicely, Ballance gets outside the line and then is hit on the pad as the ball turns in
37.1
Maharaj to Ballance, no run, Ballance charges Maharaj and takes it on top of the pad. Was not to the pitch of it at all. Didn't allow it to spin across him
36.6
Morne Morkel to Cook, no run, back over the wicket to Cook. Keeps low and slides across Cook, he plays inside the line and is beaten
36.4
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, good length on off, Ballance is half-forward to defend
36.3
4
Morne Morkel to Ballance, FOUR, Ballance is off the mark with a good shot. Full and wide of off, Ballance reached out and drove through backward point, beats the dive from Temba running across
36.2
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, well stopped by Duminy at gully. Half-saved it to backward point. A soft edge on the defence from Ballance
36.1
Morne Morkel to Ballance, no run, good length on middle, Ballance defends it back to Morne Morkel
35.6
Maharaj to Cook, no run, beautiful bowling. This bounces from a good length and Cook on the back foot is hit on the splice. Doesn't pop up, goes to ground and wide of slip. He is causing Cook lots of trouble
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