South Africa vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of South Africa, 2019-20 Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion Date & Time: Dec 26-Dec 30, 10:00 AM LOCAL
James Anderson 1-69(20 ov)
81.6
Anderson to Rabada, FOUR, take that Quinton. Yes, it's a half volley, but Rabada lays in with a proper crunchy cover drive, you know the kind the MCC manual's writers would be proud of. The fielder out there does dive and take some pace off this, but no, it's I0$ well struck to trickle over
81.5
Anderson to Rabada, no run, 132kph, rocks behind, lining up his punch back down
81.4
Anderson to Rabada, no run, tightens up on the tummy, getting Rabada in a hurried jab back down the pitch
81.3
Anderson to Rabada, FOUR, 136kph, deftly guided, I0$ as if on purpose .. Rabada opens his dab, using the angle to get it right past the two slips and the gully
81.2
Anderson to Rabada, no run, slight swing back in, but it's comfortably outside off again for Rabada to shield his stumps with his stride and ignore
81.1
Anderson to Rabada, no run, 127kph, angling across, good length, left
69.6
Anderson to Philander, no run, a tad shorter, and all the more leave worthy
69.5
Anderson to Philander, no run, 131kph, kicking up in the channel, just the stuff you leave alone. Yes
69.4
Anderson to Philander, FOUR, rocks behind, opening up the delayed punch to guide it away through point. It's off the outside half, but safely into a huge gap out there
69.3
Anderson to Philander, no run, loose poke this. Anderson gets it to seam away off a back of a length, but it's quite wide outside off to be left. Nah, Philander will play into the honey trap
69.2
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, 133kph, middle and leg for Quinton to pile on with a nudge round the corner .. 94
69.1
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 132kph, fifth-stumped. One-kneed defence. Cover
67.6
Anderson to Philander, no run, 134kph, extracts some juicy bounce here, flying over Philander's half-hearted stab
67.5
Anderson to Philander, no run, 130kph, back foot, tall up in blocking down the pitch
67.4
Anderson to Philander, no run, 131kph, neatly left. Hard heavy length just outside off, a slight nip in too, but Philander will trust it to leave
67.3
Anderson to Philander, no run, 129kph, short, rib-lined. Philander rides it rather well, with soft hands to keep his fend down into the leg-side
67.2
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, 131kph, goes punching away from his body, skewing the thick outside half to a deep backward point
67.1
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 131kph, a shuffle, a big forward press and a crisply defence to extra cover
65.6
Anderson to Philander, no run, on a length and outside off, Philander stays back and dabs it to gully
65.5
Anderson to Philander, no run, harmless back of a length delivery outside off, Philander shoulders arms
65.4
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, straying on the pads and de Kock picks it off towards fine leg, just a single
65.3
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 134kph good length ball outside off, de Kock stabs it to gully
65.2
Anderson to de Kock, FOUR, overpitched and de Kock drills it straight past Anderson. He was almost on the move as he creamed the drive past the bowler and Broad at mid-off
65.1
Anderson to Philander, 1 run, decks in from a length and Philander tucks it to square leg
63.6
Anderson to Philander, FOUR, edged and four! Philander saw a bit width on this back of a length delivery and tried to force it through the off-side, the outside edge splits second slip and gully perfectly
63.5
Anderson to Philander, no run, the three quarter length from Anderson and Philander is right behind the line to keep it out
63.4
Anderson to Philander, no run, 133kph short of length delivery, Philander is back and across to knock it to point
63.3
Anderson to Philander, no run, back of a length at the batsman, blocked down the wicket
63.2
Anderson to Philander, no run, uhhh! That ball has jumped up from a length and taken everyone by surprise. Philander was pressing forward to defend and is taken aback by the bounce, the ball hits the glove first and then ricochets onto to his right bicep. Luckily for him it didn't go in the air
63.1
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, short and outside off, de Kock cracks it to deep backward point
61.6
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, probing stuff from the veteran. Keeps it in the channel around off-stump and de Kock has to play at it, the ball holds its line and takes the inside edge past the stumps
61.5
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 134kph good length ball outside off, de Kock lifts his bat and lets it go
61.4
Anderson to de Kock, no run, very full and close to yorker length, dug out in front of mid-on
61.3
Anderson to de Kock, no run, another teasing full delivery outside off and de Kock this time goes for it, hard hands on the drive and he ends up dragging it off the inner portion to mid-on
61.2
Anderson to de Kock, no run, good length ball around off, de Kock stabs it off the inner half to mid-wicket
61.1
Anderson to de Kock, no run, floats a 130kph full delivery outside off and de Kock thought about chasing it before aborting from the shot
47.6
Anderson to Pretorius, 2 runs, hangs behind in his crease, sticking out a stab to get it through the covers
47.5
Anderson to Pretorius, no run, 136kph, seaming away. Pretorius gets across to ignore
47.4
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, 135kph, thigh-lined, and easy clippings, behind square
47.3
Anderson to de Kock, no run, a longer press in front, covering the line now to be pushing it safely to cover
47.2
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 137kph, stride out to cover off, leaving
47.1
Anderson to de Kock, no run, on the shorter side, angling across as well. And Quinton has a couple of excuses to leave. Well, he does
45.6
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, 134kph, a controlled short-arm-jab, shuffling in his crease and getting it wide of mid-on. Fifty | 45 balls | 9 fours | A lot of heart | A lot of streak .. perhaps the best thing that South Africa could've asked for in this mini-crisis
45.5
Anderson to de Kock, no run, 137kph, a bigger lean to the pitch of it, finding cover with a crisp defence
45.4
Anderson to Pretorius, 1 run, a leaning lined up tap, through the covers it is
45.3
Anderson to Pretorius, no run, 135kph, slight nibble away off a length, wide outside off, and left
45.2
Anderson to Pretorius, FOUR, up in the driving slot, and Pretorius throws out a flay. It's a small miscue when compared to some we've seen in the last thirty minutes. Behind point
45.1
Anderson to Pretorius, no run, length, fifth-stumped, leaning block
43.6
Anderson to Pretorius, no run, 135kph, length, slightly outside off, properly watertight, defending to cover
43.5
Anderson to de Kock, 1 run, 132kph, a neat opened up bat here, steering away through point
43.4
Anderson to de Kock, FOUR, 132kph, a squared up edge now, past gully. Anderson gets slight swing just outside off, draws Quinton into a straight drive. Nevertheless ..
43.3
Anderson to de Kock, no run, holds it in the fifth-stump channel. QdK does a walking leave for a change
43.2
Anderson to de Kock, FOUR, wild drive, edged, four. Yea, spot the pattern -- he goes chasing a wide full one, doesn't get close to this either, but the hard hands mean a fat edge and a fat edge means it's flying over second slip
43.1
Anderson to de Kock, no run, angling across off a good length. Can be left, is left
31.6
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, good length ball close to off, van der Dussen is on the back foot to keep it out
31.5
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, almost a classic Anderson dismissal. Good length ball outside off and van der Dussen goes feeling for it with the bat away from the body, the ball shapes away to beat the outside edge
31.4
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, short of length outside off, van der Dussen ignores
31.3
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, back of a length outside off, van der Dussen lifts his bat and lets it go
31.2
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, fuller and outside off, van der Dussen blocks with a half-cooked stride
31.1
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, good length ball around off, van der Dussen is solidly behind the line to defend
29.6
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, nice shape on the away swinger and van der Dussen watchfully defends to cover
29.5
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, probing away just outside off, van der Dussen drops it with soft hands into the off-side
29.4
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, very full and outside off, van der Dussen stabs it in front of point
29.3
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, stifled appeal for LBW. Anderson turns around and gestures it was outside off. Almost the perfect set up. Couple of back of a length deliveries followed by a fuller one that nips back in, van der Dussen is caught on the forward press and is struck outside the line of off-stump but he had got an inside edge before that
29.2
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, back of a length around off, van der Dussen hoists his bat up and lets it pass
29.1
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, 134kph good length ball close to off, van der Dussen is right behind the line to defend
27.6
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, back of a length just outside off, du Plessis lifts his bat and lets it go
27.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, now the away going delivery to du Plessis, left alone outside off
27.4
Anderson to van der Dussen, 1 run, and again.. Anderson is getting the ball to hoop around quite a bit, van der Dussen squirts an inside edge backward of square leg and manages to get off strike
27.3
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, once more shapes in viciously in the air and van der Dussen offers a straight bat in his block
27.2
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, booming inswinger that almost had van der Dussen in a tangle, the front leg was planted across and he got his bat around to turn it to mid-wicket. He was a goner had he missed
27.1
Anderson to van der Dussen, no run, starts with a wayward delivery down leg, no chance for van der Dussen of playing that
22.6
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 132kph, fuller now, outside off as well. Left
22.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 134kph, gets across, leaning in head-on-ball in a sniffing block
22.4
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 137kph, sixth-stumped probe. Nope, not taken
22.3
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 130kph, length, fourth-stump, forward defensive
22.2
Anderson to du Plessis, FOUR, 133kph, softly edged, deliberately as well you'd argue. Faf doesn't push too far forward, and ensures the outside edge that's found nevertheless dies wide of second slip and trickles away
22.1
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, full around off, steery defences these to point
20.6
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, 1 run, 132kph, thigh-lined, glanced away quite easily to fine leg
20.5
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, 136kph, angles in from wide of the crease, before pitching and jagging away. Watchful, ignored
20.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, 139kph, pitches it fuller in the hope of more swing. Driven rather crisply, wide of mid-off requiring him to put in the dive
20.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, 133kph, a hint of late swing back in on off. Hamza has shuffled already though, countering rather well behind it
20.2
Anderson to du Plessis, 1 run, 134kph, too straight, and wristed away to fine leg
20.1
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 136kph, nearly sits down in ensuring he smothers this into the turf
18.6
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 131kph, the sixth-stump tester. Nope, left alone
18.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, 129kph, middle-lined, good length, the fullest of defences back down
18.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, 1 run, 131kph, gets a bit of jag back into the ribs, and gets fended away with the angle down to fine leg
18.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, 134kph, tummy-lined, jumping soft-handed bunt down the pitch
18.2
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, in the blockhole on off, drilled out to mid-off
18.1
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, down leg. Well, it's deliberate don't worry with Anderson trying to start another spell with a strangle down. Hamza does his best to flick, but it's drifting a little too much to get the tickle
8.6
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, nope. Shortens the length around off, Hamza stands tall and drops it with soft hands into the off-side
8.5
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, is this a set-up? All five deliveries have been inswingers. Hamza this time prods forward and squirts it off the outer half towards point. Will we see an outswinger?
8.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, shapes back in viciously, Hamza is caught in the crease and he brings his bat down in the nick of time, stabs it with a closed bat face in front of mid-wicket
8.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, drags the length back marginally but since the line is outside off, Hamza does not bother
8.2
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, full and slanting in, Hamza offers a straight bat in his defence
8.1
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, the big inswinger that ends up around leg-stump, Hamza misses the flick and deflects it off the pad, Buttler dives full length to his left to make the stop
6.6
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, 1 run, on a length and around off, Hamza pushes it wide of mid-off and scampers across
6.5
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, full and shaping away, Hamza drives without any timing to Archer at mid-off
6.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, short of length just outside off, Hamza rides the bounce and punches it to point
6.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, back of a length cuts back in, but since the line is outside off, Hamza can let it pass
6.2
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, ohh! That was nicely played by Hamza. Fuller delivery, pitched on middle and was beginning to straighten, Hamza does not make the mistake of closing the bat face to play the flick, he insteads pushes it with a straight bat back to Anderson
6.1
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, uhhh! Where was Markram going? Hamza stays leg-side of the ball and taps it towards point, Markram set off and was sent back quickly, Denly swoops down and fires a throw at the bowler's end. Markram was in even with a direct hit
4.6
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, fuller and outside off, Hamza covers his stumps and shoulders arms
4.5
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, on a length and outside off, Hamza has nothing to do with it, left alone
4.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, short of length curling away outside off, Hamza lifts his bat and lets it go
4.3
Anderson to Markram, 3 runs, good positive intent being shown by Markram. Back of a length outside off, Markram rides the bounce by jumping up and punches it sweetly through the vacant cover region, Denly just manages to get there to stop the boundary
4.2
Anderson to Markram, FOUR, edged and four. It was short and there was width on offer, Markram flashed and flashed hard, the outside edge flies over the second slip fielder. He knew what he was doing there
4.1
Anderson to Markram, FOUR, overpitched outside off and Markram puts it away. He gets a nice stride forward and drives it with the movement square of the wicket on the off-side, not off the middle but the fast outfield ensures it reaches the fence
2.6
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, fuller and outside off, Hamza lifts his bat and lets it go
2.5
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, nips back in from short of length and Hamza is on hop to defend it into the off-side
2.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, once more well outside off-stump and Hamza is happy to let it go
2.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, back of a length outside off, Hamza hoists his bat up and lets it pass
2.2
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, short of length way outside off and Hamza is not bothered with it, left alone
2.1
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, jags in from back of a length and Hamza is caught in no man's land with his footwork, pushes his bat forward and the inside edge ricochets onto the back thigh
0.6
Anderson to Markram, no run, back of a length outside off, Markram hops across and shoulders arms
0.5
Anderson to Markram, no run, fuller and close to off-stump, Markram offers a straight bat in his block
0.4
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, 1 run, nips back in from a length, Hamza brings his bat down in the nick of time and squirts an inside edge past Bairstow at short leg
0.3
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, FOUR, Hamza and South Africa are underway. Not off the middle but he played it well. Fuller than a good length and in the channel around off, Hamza prods forward and employs soft hands, the outside edge goes to ground and runs away behind square on the off-side
0.2
Anderson to Zubayr Hamza, no run, on a length and shaping away outside off, Hamza lifts his bat and lets it go
0.1
Anderson to Elgar, out Caught by Buttler!! What a start! Anderson strikes with his first ball. He cannot believe that he has got a wicket with a harmless delivery down leg. Has a huge smile on his face. Elgar walks back with a dejected look on his face. Back of a length delivery pitched outside leg and kept swinging further down, Elgar wanting to get off the mark with a leg-glance goes reaching for it, a faint edge and Buttler does the rest behind the stumps. The perfect way to start your landmark Test, for Anderson. Elgar c Buttler b Anderson 0(1)
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