England vs South Africa, 1st Test: Unfortunate dismissal of South Africa captain Dean Elgar. look | cricket news

Deal Elgar was dismissed by James Anderson in his first innings in the first Test vs England.© Twitter

Kagiso Rabada On the second day of the first Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground, South Africa took a stunning five-wicket haul by dismissing England for a total of 165 runs. In reply, South Africa got a strong start to captaincy. Dean Algary and opener Searle RV, Elgar and Arvi put on 85 runs for the first wicket, before the former was dismissed in one of the most unfortunate ways. Elgar tried to work James AndersonDelivery is being done from their pads. However, the ball hit the thigh guard and then bounced back from his right hand before hitting the stumps.

The video has been shared by England Cricket on its official Twitter handle.

Here is the video:

Notably, Elgar was caught behind off Stuart Broad But his immediate review revealed that the ball hit his pad instead of the bat.

Also, the southpaw was batting on seven when he edged Matthew Pottsonly for Zak Crowley To catch a head-high slip that burst from his hands.

Earlier, Rabada scored 5 for 52 in 19 overs – the 12th time he took five wickets in a Test innings.

Enrique Nortje After Rabada’s early good work, he picked up three wickets, including a valuable in-form player. Jonny Bairstow for a duck.

Olly Pope’s 73 was the only double-figure score by a specialist England batsman, with the next best contribution from the England captain and all-rounder. Ben Stokeswho made 20.

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(with AFP inputs)

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