2nd Test, Manchester, August 25 - 29, 2022, South Africa tour of England

starts tomorrow

JUST IN: Ollie Robinson has been named in the England XI for the second Test of their series against South Africa.

It is the only change from the side that lost by an innings at Lord's.

Lord Kamlesh Patel has dismissed an allegation that Ben Stokes swore at him as "an attempt to discredit and undermine" him.

Some news outlets have reported that Stokes, now England's Test captain, told Patel to "f*** off" in the immediate aftermath of the 2019 World Cup final in response to a perceived lack of support after a fight in Bristol in 2017 led to a court case on a charge of affray in 2018. Patel was, at the time, on the ECB board.

While Stokes has admitted he swore at an ECB "suit", he has refused to reveal the identity of the person.

But Patel insists it was not him. He was, he says, a relatively junior member of the ECB board at the time, so had no overriding input into any of the decisions taken around how Stokes was handled. He also says he has only met Stokes once and enjoyed a cordial, if brief, exchange.

RSA 151

ENG 54/3 (15.1)

Crawley: 17* off 77 balls, and hung in there to avert another collapse. Bairstow busy again (38* off 45), and England are 111 for 3 in reply to South Africa's 151 at stumps on another breathless day of Test cricket.

Well played, Ben Foakes! His second Test century comes nearly four years after his first, at Galle, and is every bit as important.

Stokes and Foakes have scored a century in this innings. England taking rhyming to the next level.

415 - 9 declared

Stokes 103, Foakes 113

23 without loss

South Africa trail by 241 runs.

And it's stumps on day two.

The day belonged to England
Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes in particular.
They added 173 for the sixth wicket brought up their hundreds
and helped the side take a lead of 264