South Africa vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of South Africa, 2019-20 Venue: Newlands, Cape Town Date & Time: Jan 03-Jan 07, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Faf du Plessis 19(57)
76.2
Dom Bess to du Plessis, out Caught by Denly!! Bess has scalped the big fish. This is a big wicket! England know it. Celebrations time and the England fans find their voice. The skipper fetches this floated up delivery from outside off and looks to play a powerful sweep. Doesn't bother to keep it down and gifts a catch to Denly at square leg/mid-wicket. A wicket against the run of play. Gotta say, the captain has thrown his wicket away. He middled it, but hit it straight to the fielder. And, Faf is rightly distraught. du Plessis c Denly b Dom Bess 19(57) [4s-3]
76.1
Dom Bess to Pieter Malan, 1 run, 91kph, Malan shimmies down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and knocks it to mid-on for a quick single
75.5
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, squares up on the back foot and defends it out into the off-side
75.4
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, makes a late decision to play at a length ball and manages to outer-halve it to gully
75.3
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, on a length again, well outside off and du Plessis sees it through to the keeper
75.2
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, on a length, du Plessis gets forward and blocks it out into the off-side
75.1
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, little reverse outside off, du Plessis lets it go on line
74.6
Dom Bess to Pieter Malan, no run, quicker, fuller, Pieter Malan gets back and defends it out into the on-side
73.5
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, angles it in but enough and du Plessis is able to leave it outside off
73.4
Stokes to Pieter Malan, 1 run, knocks the ball away past the man at mid-wicket for a single
72.5
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, hangs back in his crease and tucks it out to square leg
72.4
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, fuller delivery and has been blocked out into the on-side
72.3
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, gets forward and smothers it out into the on-side
72.2
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, accounts for the turn and nudges it out to the man at short fine
72.1
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, whips the clip away and finds the man at short mid
71.6
Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, jabs it out and gets a single as the man at point couldn't come up with a clean stop despite the dive
71.5
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, that straightens after landing and du Plessis is beaten on the outer edge as he played for the angle. The ball hit the deck and straightened to leave the batter in a soup
71.4
Stokes to du Plessis, FOUR, poor shot! Gets an outside edge and the ball goes over the cordon for a four. Wanted to punch it and the ball climbed up for him to get an edge
71.3
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, drives the ball away and the man at mid-off cuts it off to his left
71.3
Stokes to du Plessis, wide, bangs the ball short, du Plessis had no qualms in letting it to go through to the keeper. SA get a wide. The keeper did really well to pouch that one-handed
71.2
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, length delivery and has been knocked out to mid-wicket
71.1
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, back of a length delivery angling in, du Plessis climbs up on to his toes and knocks it down into the on-side
70.6
Dom Bess to Pieter Malan, no run, quicker dart outside off and Pieter Malan mocked a shot at it but resisted
69.5
Stokes to du Plessis, no run, length delivery and du Plessis stays behind the line of the ball to tap it down
69.4
Stokes to Pieter Malan, 1 run, waits on it and tucks it behind square for a single. Pieter Malan has played an amazing knock so far
68.5
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, covers the line and defends
68.4
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, Appeal for LBW first, then a catch. Umpire Paul Reiffel says no. Impact outside off on the pad as du Plessis misses the flick, ball lobs to short leg, but no bat-glove involved
68.3
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, flatter delivery on the off stump, du Plessis defends
68.2
Dom Bess to du Plessis, no run, works this behind square off the back foot
68.1
Dom Bess to du Plessis, 2 runs, turning back in, du Plessis goes back and works it towards fine leg
67.6
Stokes to Pieter Malan, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Malan defends
66.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, du Plessis shoulders arms
66.4
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, defended to mid-on
66.3
Anderson to du Plessis, 2 runs, inside edge on the defence and it rolls to fine leg, Faf charges back for the second despite a dive. Would have been out had there been a direct-hit. The ball came to Curran's natural side, so he was able to release the throw early. Faf had to run around Anderson on the second run. The bowler was ball-watching and took a few steps back, meaning Faf had to take the longer route to avoid him and even barged his right elbow into Anderson. Faf didn't like that. Meanwhile, the keeper and the slips went for LBW. We were wondering why they did so because there was an edge. Now the replay confirms pad first and impact right in line with off stump. Faf really lucky there
66.2
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, fullish and swinging back in, du Plessis defends
66.1
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, shortish delivery outside off stump, du Plessis stands tall and defends
65.6
Stokes to Pieter Malan, no run, blocked to mid-on
65.1
Stokes to Pieter Malan, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Malan works it to square leg, he wanted the second but du Plessis wasn't keen because it could have been really close
64.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, forward pressed into the pitch
64.4
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, nice curve back into the right-hander on this full delivery, driven to mid-off. Interestly this off-cutter swung
64.3
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, close to the off stump after that swing back in, du Plessis was confident in leaving this short of length delivery though
64.2
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, extra bounce on this length delivery, du Plessis plays it to gully off the upper half of the bat. That gets the Barmy Army going
64.1
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, tail back into the right-hander, du Plessis covers the stumps and lets it go
63.6
Broad to Pieter Malan, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Malan lets it go
62.5
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, fullish from Anderson, du Plessis defends
62.4
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, full on the off stump, du Plessis defends
62.3
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, blocked off the front foot
62.2
Anderson to Pieter Malan, 1 run, fullish and outside off stump, Malan pushes it square of the wicket on the off-side
61.5
Broad to du Plessis, no run, covers the sticks and defends well
61.4
Broad to du Plessis, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, du Plessis defends off the back foot
61.3
Broad to du Plessis, no run, du Plessis surprised by the away moment and bounce on this leg-cutting length delivery, hit him high on the bat and rolled into the off-side
61.2
Broad to du Plessis, FOUR, on the leg stump, so Faf gently tickles, no one at fine leg and South Africa collect four
61.1
Broad to du Plessis, no run, leg-cutter from Broad, du Plessis blocks
60.6
Anderson to Pieter Malan, no run, nice incoming short of length delivery, nice leave from Malan too
60.3
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, fullish and on the stumps, du Plessis defends to the right of the bowler, Anderson has a friendly shy at the stumps
60.2
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, solid forward defence from Faf
60.1
Anderson to du Plessis, no run, good length delivery swinging back in, du Plessis defends off the front foot
59.6
Broad to Pieter Malan, no run, movement away off the seam from the pitch, but Malan was clever not to play at this widish length delivery
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