South Africa vs. England 3rd Test

Played at Lords

Day 1

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

South Africa Was 262/7 in (87.4 overs) at the end of the first day play.

First day of Lords Test was dominated by the English Bowlers especially James Anderson and Finn. These two bowlers out class South Africa bating and restricted them to 262/7.

South Africa 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †Prior b Anderson	14	29	1	0	48.27
AN Petersen	c †Prior b Finn	22	54	4	0	40.74
HM Amla	b Finn	13	30	3	0	43.33
JH Kallis	c †Prior b Finn	3	9	0	0	33.33
AB de Villiers†	c Cook b Anderson	27	47	6	0	57.44
JA Rudolph	b Swann	42	103	5	0	40.77
JP Duminy	c †Prior b Anderson	61	158	6	0	38.60
VD Philander	not out	46	64	5	0	71.87
DW Steyn	not out	21	32	3	0	65.62

Extras	(b 7, lb 5, w 1)		13
Total	(7 wickets; 87.4 overs)	262	(2.98 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	23	5	58	3	2.52
	SCJ Broad	20	4	57	0	2.85
	ST Finn	16.4	2	68	3	4.08	(1w)
	GP Swann	22	6	53	1	2.40
	IJL Trott	6	1	14	0	2.33

The squared selected by South Africa for this Test is

GC Smith Caption , AN Petersen, Amla, Kallis, AB de Villiers, Rudolph, Duminy, Philander, Steyn, Morkel and Imran Tahir.

The English Squared for this test is

Strauss Caption, Cook, Trott, Bairstow, Bell, Taylor,  Prior, Swann,  Broad,  Anderson, ST Finn.