Summary

  • England dismissed for 149 as tourists win by innings and 12 runs

  • First defeat of Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum era

  • Nortje removes Bairstow (18), Lees (35) & Foakes (0) in thrilling spell of fast bowling

  • Root (6) edges Ngidi to slip, spinner Maharaj has Crawley (13) & Pope (5) lbw

  • SA add 37 in first session before being dismissed for 326

  • Broad takes two wickets and stunning leaping catch

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  • First Test, day three, Lord's

  1. Eng 57-2published at 18 overs

    Oh, that's a good ball. Keshav Maharaj gets one to to skid on and beat Alex Lees' attempted drive.

    Lees survives again.

  2. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Oh, it's that one, is it? He didn't play it terribly well.

  3. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This is the new shot Root told me he was going to play.

  4. Eng 54-2published at 17.2 overs

    Steady on, Joe! Joe Root attempts a reverse ramp shot that loops over Kyle Verreynne and England can run two.

    Ugly but effective.

  5. Eng 52-2published at 17 overs

    Lungi Ngidi is hitting a good line and length just outside Alex Lees' off stump, but Lees judges it well as he lets a couple of deliveries go.

    He is less convincing with a straighter delivery to end the over but still manages to block the ball into the off side.

    Lees nods in appreciation.

  6. How's stat?!published at 13:59 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Alex Lees has been run out in his last two second innings, against New Zealand and India.

  7. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Sometimes as a captain, you have to think about who you would like to be facing. If you asked Joe Root, you know who he would be picking.

  8. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    I can't see Maharaj bowling much longer here. Unless he gets a wicket.

  9. Eng 52-2published at 16 overs

    Trail by 109

    That's good running. Keshav Maharaj switches angle and goes around the wicket to fellow leftie Alex Lees, who clips the ball to fine leg for two.

    Lees has looked more comfortable to Maharaj than he has to the seamers so far this afternoon.

  10. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    He's a scrapper, though, Lees. He'll keep trying to focus on the next ball.

  11. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Remarkable shot from Lees, he's gone for the pull, got an under-edge and Verreynne makes a diving stop. It's been a struggle for Lees.

  12. Eng 49-2published at 15 overs

    We need to ask Alex Lees for the lottery numbers. His luck is in - so far.

    He goes for an ugly, mistimed pull and very nearly chops onto his own stumps.

    A single off the last ball means he will be on strike next up too.

  13. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Lees has seemed a bit more cumbersome today. That was a shorter ball and you'd expect his weight to be going back to hit it but he didn't really move at all.

  14. Eng 48-2published at 14.3 overs

    Edged....but safe! Another life for Alex Lees as a thick edge off a short, wide delivery from Ngidi disappears through fourth slip for four.

    Ngidi then goes full with the next delivery and Lees just about jams the bat down on it and can scamper a single.

    Tense times.

  15. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It was tricky conditions for batting on day one but today the new ball has done a little bit, not too much. And the two wickets for the spinner, neither of them turned much.

  16. Eng 41-2published at 14 overs

    Four men around the bat for Alex Lees, who nudges off the back foot for a quick single.

    Just the two close fielders for Joe Root, despite being fresh at the crease, and he gets off the mark with a clip to extra cover.

    Root and Lees then have what looks like a serious conversation at the end of the over. There's a lot of work ahead of them if England are to get out of this predicament.

  17. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook is correct. Keshav Maharaj will continue.

  18. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I would bowl seam but I think Dean Elgar will carry on with Maharaj.

  19. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 19 August 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    It'll be interesting to see what South Africa do with Maharaj now Root is in. Will they take him off and bring on a pace bowler?

  20. Eng 39-2published at 13 overs

    Lungi Ngidi opens the afternoon session at the Nursery End. Threes slips in a gully in place as South Africa sense more wickets.

    Ngidi goes around the wicket to the left-handed Lees, who gets himself into a tangle and very nearly plays on, the ball instead smacking into his pads and rolling clear of danger.

    Lees does get some bat on ball with the final delivery, clipping it off the pads into the leg side for a single.