06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland
06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland
, play 01:25
Butcher: Moeen's bowling had it all

Former England batsman Mark Butcher pays tribute to Moeen Ali, who broke a raft of records amid a Man of the Match performance against South Africa at Lord's

, play 02:25
Root's report card: Could it have gone much better?

Melinda Farrell and George Dobell analyse Joe Root's first game as England Test captain and look to the future of his reign

, play 01:19
'Lack of maturity' leaves Duminy's career hanging by a thread

Is the end of JP Duminy's Test career nigh after a soft dismissal just before tea on day 4 at Lord's?

, play 02:05
Moonda: Duminy's Test career may be over

ESPNcricinfo's Melinda Farrell and Firdose Moonda discuss the changes that South Africa need to make before the start of the second Test on Friday

, play 04:49
#PoliteEnquiries: Is Moeen the next James Bond?

George Dobell and Firdose Moonda discuss what a different world 'Double Mo Seven' would live in and whether Liam Dawson's mum thinks he's the best spinner in England

, play 04:40
#PoliteEnquiries: Does Quinton de Kock feel anything?

George Dobell, Firdose Moonda and a tractor answer your questions after the third day at Lord's.

, play 01:01
Faf worried about 'mental hangover' after difficult tour

Returning captain says the ODI series, Champions Trophy and T20I series have taken their toll on the South Africa side.

, play 01:03
'You can take it back' - Elgar pleased to give captaincy back to Faf

Dean Elgar jokingly handed the captaincy back to returning skipper Faf du Plessis after he lost the first Test as stand-in.

, play 01:15
'Moeen at his best when he is aggressive' - Root

England's captain praised Moeen Ali after his all-round performance in the first Test at Lord's.

, play 01:07
Rabada aggression part of cricket - Bavuma

Temba Bavuma believes there is a balance to be found to maintain the intensity of bowler versus batsman

Match Coverage

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Moeen's match

1980

Last time an England player scored 50+ and took 10+ wickets in a Test, before Moeen Ali in this match - Ian Botham v India at Wankhede.

Top-order thrashed

1998

Last time SA's top-4 accounted for less than 25 runs in a Test innings in England, at Headingley. Their top-4 have put only 24 runs in the 2nd inns of this Test.

First session troubles

246/16

Eng's score in the first sessions of this Test - 82/4 on Day 1, 101/5 on Day 2 and 63/7 on Day 4. In the other sessions of the day they have struck 394 runs for just 2 wkts.

Cook v Morkel

9

No. of times Cook has been dismissed by Morkel in Tests, the joint-most by any bowler with Johnson. None of the other SA bowlers have got Cook more than 4 times.

Time to score?

97

Runs scored by Gary Balance in his last 9 innings . He has a top score of 28 in this period.

Moeen's quick double

38

No. of Tests taken by Moeen Ali to complete 2000+ runs and 100+ wickets - the 5th fastest among 28 players to do so. For Eng, Tony Greig (37 Tests) is quickest.

Elgar in good touch

5

No. of 50+ scores for Dean Elgar in 10 Test innings this year. No other SA player has hit more than 3 such scores.

Amla at Lord's

2

No. of 100s for Amla in 2 Tests at Lord's, - 104* in 2008 & 121 in 2012. However, both came in 2nd inns of the Tests. At other Eng venues: 1 century in 5 Tests.

Broad scores

65

No. of consecutive Test innings without a fifty for Stuart Broad, before getting one in this game. His last such score was in Ashes 2013 at Trent Bridge.

Big start

3

No. of batsmen to make a bigger score on captaincy debut, than Root's 190 - Graham Dowling (239), Chanderpaul (203*) and Clem Hill (191).

Ton on captaincy debut

6

England batsmen who have scored a Test century on captaincy debut, including each of the last four: Root, Cook, Pietersen and Strauss.