England vs South Africa, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of England, 2017 Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham Date & Time: Jul 14-Jul 18, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Chris Morris 3-38(8.5 ov)
51.5
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, out Caught by du Plessis!! That's the final nail. And it is the limited overs closing in skills from Morris that take over. South Africa with a massive lead of 130. Continues giving Wood a real workout here, with another well-directed bouncer, one that climbs on him, gets big as he dangles his bat out in desperation. Off a thick outside splice for second slip to go reverse-cupped. Mark Wood c du Plessis b Chris Morris 6(19) [4s-1]
51.4
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, 85.8mph, a perfect follow up. Here's the bouncer he was always looking for. Right up at the nose, giving Wood a sniff as he looks the other way and gets out
51.3
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, bangs it in. Climbing up but not following Wood as he sways out
51.2
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, FOUR, 88.7mph, goes short, just not short enough. Fetches it with a flat bat as he drags it off his body in a swat through mid-wicket. Vital runs these
51.1
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, 91mph. Full, on off. Driven on the up, minus fuss to cover
49.6
Chris Morris to Anderson, no run, full, into the blockhole. Squeezes it out onto his toes
49.5
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, 1 run, the 200 comes up. Off a fend off the ribs. The crowd find their voice back. Wood's first in the contribution
49.4
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, a delicate dab to point, where Philander is, guess what he does? Yeah, lets it go through. Without inflicting damage this time. Has a smile on his face too
49.3
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, short now. Swishes the bat out on the half pull. Does a bit of getting himself out of the way too in the process
49.2
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, keeps tailing in. Staying a touch lower than Wood had anticipated. Past the crouchy glance to hit the inner knee
49.1
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, a tuck off the hips. Around the corner as the line keeps nipping in
47.6
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, short ball that jags in and hurries Mark Wood. Had to take the bottom hand off the bat to keep that out towards the off-side
47.5
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, wide of off again. Mark Wood is not bothered by that
47.4
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, short and well outside off. Mark Wood is not even remotely interested
47.3
Chris Morris to Mark Wood, no run, NO HATTRICK FOR Chris Morris. But a good ball. Full on the stumps. Mark Wood keeps it out
47.2
Chris Morris to Broad, out Lbw!! What a ball for the new man in. For someone as tall as Broad, a yorker is not a bad thing first up. Broad is on the back foot, tries to work from there and misses. Thudded in front but the umpire was not convinced with Chris Morris's appeals. However, the one sitting upstairs gives it in the favour of the visitors. Broad lbw b Chris Morris 0(1)
47.1
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, out Caught by du Plessis!! It has worked. Chris Morris has got one. Moeen Ali is on the back foot, thinking about a bouncer and tries to drive a length ball from there, ends up slicing towards backward point. Easy one for the skipper. England sink down further. Moeen Ali c du Plessis b Chris Morris 18(29) [4s-2]
45.6
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, full outside off. Moeen Ali drives wide of sweeper cover for a couple
45.5
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length delivery. Moeen Ali works towards mid-wicket
45.4
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, another bouncer. Moeen Ali is not interested
45.3
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length into Moeen Ali around off, just outside off. Leaves
45.2
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, bouncer well outside off. Moeen Ali leaves
45.1
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length delivery. Moeen Ali stands tall and punches to extra cover
43.6
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, 2 runs, tucked behind square on the on-side for a single
43.5
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, no run, shortish on off. Liam Dawson stands tall and defends
43.4
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, no run, wow! What a ball! Too good to get the edge. Full, swinging away late. Liam Dawson is beaten on the drive
43.3
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, no run, bangs it in short. Well down leg. Liam Dawson lets it go
43.2
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, FOUR, pushes at a length ball and gets the edge to run between the last man at slip and the one standing in the gully region
43.1
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, no run, Chris Morris did not even appeal was celebrating already. de Kock did and the umpire raised his finger only for Liam Dawson to review successfully. Was a shortish ball outside off and Liam Dawson's punch was miles away from edging it
41.6
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, no run, closer to the line with a lean and sticks the bat and pad close enough in seeing out the session. Tea it is
41.5
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, 1 run, turns it through mid-wicket. A touch full, a touch straight. A touch too easy
41.4
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, not tempting enough. Slanting away, an angle-trusted leave
41.3
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, up on the toes in riding the bounce as he stabs it through sweeper. Three balls to go
41.2
Chris Morris to Liam Dawson, 1 run, slips in on the hips. A nudge away, behind square
41.1
Chris Morris to Moeen Ali, 1 run, on the ribs. A fend away through square leg
14.6
Chris Morris to Root, 3 runs, the middle and leg bunch of freebies. Nothing in terms of the swing as the ball goes straight on for a wrist through mid-wicket
14.5
Chris Morris to Root, no run, an ambitious drive. Too full to be playing it off the back foot, and Root does it well away from his body too. Ripping away off the seam in evading the edge. Just about
14.4
Chris Morris to Ballance, 1 run, the rib-tickler. Keeps coming in this time off the seam. Fended away around the corner
14.3
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, resumes the line just outside off with a bumper. Steamy as Ballance backs out
14.2
Chris Morris to Ballance, FOUR, a T20 line. The wide yorker now, and Ballance stretches out with a low crouch to throw his bat out on the stab. Toe ends it over gully
14.1
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, 87.4mph, jagging in with the angle from wide of the sticks. A hoppy shuffle getting him across to cover the stumps as the bat goes upwards
12.6
Chris Morris to Ballance, leg byes, FOUR, and again, like Oliver, Morris too looks to surprise with the in-cutter for the final delivery after setting the batsman up with a load of leaves. Well down leg in the process without the swing for help and makes Ballance's job easy of glancing it to give fine leg a tease. Succeeds
12.5
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, 87mph, has a fair idea of his off-pole. And is happy to showcase his leaving skills. Once again the line just not close enough to tempt
12.4
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, 85.6mph, slanting in, before pitching and jagging away. Trusts it on the line to not deal with it
12.3
Chris Morris to Ballance, 2 runs, drags the length back and gets it a tad straight. A hurried up tuck follows around the corner to bag a couple. Neat neverthless
12.2
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, decent pick up off a length as it takes off after Ballance leaves it on the angle
12.1
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, 85mph, the back of a length stuff on the tummy. Nudged, airborne to mid-wicket
10.6
Chris Morris to Root, no run, 86.1mph, on a good length around the fourth stump channel. Gets a good stride forward from Root with his pad and pad stuck in a stern defence
10.5
Chris Morris to Ballance, 1 run, much better. 87mph. On the stumps with a degree of curl coming in. A closed bat face from Ballance in clipping it behind square
10.4
Chris Morris to Ballance, no run, gets it on decent length. But to a right hander. Just that it is Ballance this time, who gets it down leg as it tails in further to the keeper
10.3
Chris Morris to Root, 1 run, more of it. 84mph, and cracked away on the up once again with a toe rise. Now the cover-point at the fence cleans up
10.2
Chris Morris to Root, FOUR, another short-wide combo. Root this time stays delicate, using the pace as he waits for the ball to get parallel to his eyeline in a late cut of sorts. Through the other side of gully
10.1
Chris Morris to Root, FOUR, 84.2mph, a rank warm up. A nothing delivery, short, wide and asking to be spanked. A rock back from Root as he slaps it square. And only one way post that
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