SA wallopped at Lord’s
Duminy’s Test future in doubt as Proteas batsmen crumble after bowlers have England on the hop
London — It all looked so different at lunch at Lord’s on Sunday, when SA had bowled themselves into the realms of an unlikely victory over England in the first Test. But that prospect receded with alarming haste as the afternoon wore on, and it was the home side who celebrated the drawing of first blood. And how that blood gushed. England dismissed SA — who were chasing 331 — for 119 in a scant 36.4 overs to win by 211 runs with a day to spare. Off-spinner Moeen Ali, who scored 87 and took 4/59 in the first innings, claimed 6/53 to complete a career-best match haul of 10/112. SA lost at Lord’s for the first time in the seven Tests they have played here since June 1960 — 57 years ago. Ominously, that series is also the last SA have lost in England. Their bowlers did all they could to pull the game out of the fire, but their batsmen have pressing questions to answer before the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Friday. In particular the Test future of JP Duminy, who has fai...
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