08 July,2017 08:35 AM IST | London | Agencies
Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad both starred with bat and ball to leave England well-placed come the close of Day Two of the first Test against South Africa at Lord's yesterday
England's Moeen Ali celebrates taking the wicket of South Africa's Captain Dean Elgar for 54 runs on the second day of the first Test match between England and South Africa at Lord's Cricket Ground in central London. Pic/AFP
Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad both starred with bat and ball to leave England well-placed come the close of Day Two of the first Test against South Africa at Lord's yesterday.
Ali made 87 and Broad an unbeaten 57 - his first Test fifty in four years - as England piled up 458 all out in their first innings.
The pair then shared four wickets between them to reduce South Africa to 104 for four, with Ali completing the Test all-rounder's double of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets by striking twice with his off-spin.
But Temba Bavuma (48 not out) and Theunis de Bruyn (48) realised crease occupation alone would not get South Africa out of the hole they were in. Nightwatchman Kagiso Rabada was nine not out.
England resumed on 357 for five, with Joe Root 184 not out in his first Test as England captain. Ali was 61 not out and just 12 runs away from reaching 2,000 in Tests. England twice lost two wickets for no runs in three balls yet still got beyond 450 thanks to a last-wicket stand of between Broad and James Anderson.
