SM
Arsenal vs. Man City: 8 hrs 47 mins
Upcoming predictions and previews

Stuart Broad, James Anderson lead England fightback before lunch

:Headline: Stuart Broad, James Anderson lead England fightback before lunch: ID:384983: from db_amp
England's two most prolific wicket-takers combined with three wickets to drag their side back into the game.

England hit back with the ball on day two of the second Test against South Africa with Stuart Broad and James Anderson at the fore.

The tourists added just seven runs to finish 269 all out in the morning after Anderson was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada and Ollie Pope was left stranded on an unbeaten 61.

That looked well short of a competitive total until England's two most prolific wicket-takers combined to drag their side back into the game as the Proteas reached 60 for three at lunch.

South Africa started positively, debutant opener Pieter Malan working his third ball in Test cricket for four before Broad's first over shipped two boundaries and four byes.

Broad tightened up immediately, easing into a six-over spell that yielded two for 12 and four maidens.

Malan and Zubayr Hamza both fell for five, fiddling outside off stump as Broad hammered a testing channel and edging to slip.

Ben Stokes did brilliantly to get his handers under a low chance to see off Hamza, and took a second in the cordon when Anderson drew a nick from home captain Faf Du Plessis.

Anderson, left, took the wicket of South Africa captain Faf Du Plessis (Halden Krog/AP)

A fourth wicket would have made it a superb session for the English attack and it almost came when Rassie Van Der Dussen sprayed Anderson into the gap between second slip and gully.

Anderson also had Van der Dussen given lbw for six, but a big inside edge showed up on review.

Dean Elgar, who was responsible for 35 of the team's lunch total, had one risky moment when he lifted spinner Dom Bess' first delivery in the vicinity of short cover, but Pope could not hang on.

amp_article__384983 : Database Data restored...  : 
last updated article - 2020-01-04 12:03:39:
html db last update - 2020-01-04 12:03:39 :

ex - 7200 : read : read cache amp html
Share this article now:
Recommended Next on SM
Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool23175156213556
2Arsenal23138244212347
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest24145540271347
4Manchester CityMan City23125647301741
5Newcastle UnitedNewcastle24125742291341
6Chelsea23117545301540
7Bournemouth24117641281340
8Aston Villa2410773437-337
9Fulham249963632436
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton2481063538-334
11Brentford2394104240231
12Manchester UnitedMan Utd2385102832-429
13Crystal Palace236982630-427
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham2376102844-1627
15Everton236892328-526
16Tottenham HotspurSpurs2373134637924
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2454153452-1819
18Leicester CityLeicester2445152553-2817
19Ipswich TownIpswich2437142249-2716
20Southampton2423191854-369
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .