Kathmandu: England has lost to against the visitor South Africa at the lords cricket ground, England in the first test match on yesterday.
With the victory, South Africa has made 1-0 lead in the Test series of 3 games. The second innings of England has been handed over 1949 in 1949, the South Africa has been able to win more than two days in the rest of two days. South Africa in the first innings had created 151 runs.
England’s rollicking red-ball juggernaut has finally been halted as Dean Elgar-led South Africa subjected them to a harrowing defeat in the first Test at Lord’s on Friday, by an innings and 12 runs inside just three days as the bullish visitors drew first blood in the series.
The mood in the English camp was lifted as the veteran Stuart Broad pulled off a special catch in the first over of the morning to dismiss Kagiso Rabada. The visitors managed to add 37 runs to their overnight score to take the lead to a substantial 161 runs after a handy cameo from Anrich Nortje.
The English batters had no answer against the bowling unit of the visitors and Elgar brought on Keshav Maharaj quite early in the innings to surprise many, including opener Zak Crawley, who was caught plumb in front by the spinner on just his third delivery in the match.
Ben Stokes tasted his first defeat as the skipper of the side after taking over the reins from Joe Root as his side had no answers to the belligerent Protean pace attack. England were hopeful of turning things around on the third day after South Africa took a healthy lead of 124 runs.
