South Africa tour of England, Jul 14-18, 2017
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
139 - 2 after 42 overs
Amla 56* deKock 37* elgar 6, Kuhn 34
The last time England dropped Amla, he made 201 :-[
Another time he got dropped and made 311*
41.6
Stokes to Amla, full length, driven, edged and dropped! Alastair Cook at first slip
where it just eludes his fingertips as the ball dies on him. those usually stick
153 - 2
Partnership 87 runs, 18.3 overs, RR: 4.70 (Amla 33, de Kock 48)
45.5
Stokes to de Kock, FOUR, flashed through third man, cashing in on the width!
179 - 3
52.1
Broad to de Kock, strikes first ball! As so often, the interval does the trick.
Q de Kock c Cook b Broad 68
214 - 4 after 63 overs
Current partnership 24 runs, 4.2 overs, RR: 5.53 (du Plessis 15, Bavuma 9)
58.4
Broad to Amla, he's found deep square leg! He's been flirting with that shot!
Amla c Wood b Broad 78..
220 - 5
63.4
Stokes to du Plessis, fantastic catch down the leg side by Bairstow !
FAF c †johnny b Stokes 19 (.
287 - 6 after 84
new ball taken at the 80th
Current partnership 52 runs, 16.4 overs, RR: 3.12 (Philander 31, Morris 20)
67.2
Stokes to Bavuma, trying to leave the ball but he's too slow to withdraw the bat
T Bavuma c †Bairstow b Stokes 20
309 - 6 after 90
Partnership 74 runs, 22.4 overs, RR: 3.26 (Philander 50, Morris 23)
Stumps, day 1
I would have love to see Zim slaughtering the Lankans
but that time zone won't permit ..