as far from cracked it yet and looked vulnerable against both seam and spin but how
It could hardly have been more
contrary to the usadream.xyz gung-ho principles that underpin Ben Stokes brave new world but
Zak Crawley dug in like never before to help give England a narrow advantage as
wickets tumbled on an eventful first day of the second Test.
Bazball this was not as Crawley
crawled along to an unbeate
newshut.org n 17 off 77 balls, with just two boundaries, in
England’s 111 for three in reply to South Africa’s 151 all out as ball reigned
supreme over bat on a blameless Old
newspapersmagazine.com Trafford pitch.
It may have been slow progress but
this was priceless for an opener in Crawley who has been backed by England
through thin and even thinner to the point where his very presence here seemed
like an act of cruelty from Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
England reduced South Africa to 151
on day one of the second test at Old Trafford
He has far from cracked it yet and
looked vulnerable against both seam and spin but how England needed Crawley to
keep Jonny Bairstow company after they were in danger of wasting a golden
opportunity to hit back at South Africa and level this LV = Insurance series.
England were all over a South
African side who had humbled them last week at Lord’s when they bowled them out
in just 53.2 overs after Dean Elgar had done what Stokes most wanted him to do
at the toss by giving England the chance to chase.
But when England lost three quick
wickets in reply – Alex Lees giving it away against Lungi Ngidi, Ollie Pope
falling to the extreme pace of Anrich Nortje and Joe Root caught by a juggling
Seral Erwee off Kagiso Rabada – the momentum was moving rapidly back towards
South Africa.
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