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Article: England batsman fail to stay with the pace ; South Africa's fast bowling attack are quick to stage a fightback after the home side made a dream start to the First Test at Lord's, reports David Lloyd
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2008
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ENGLAND'S batsmen were pegged back at Lord's today after openers
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook had given them a dream start to the
First npower Test against South Africa.
The two left-handers put together a stand of 114 and looked set
to make visiting captain Graeme Smith regret his decision to bowl.
But then an error from Australian umpire Daryl Harper parted the
pair and put some fire back into a pace attack that had huffed and
puffed without success on a slow pitch for three hours.
Strauss fell lbw to Morne Morkel but the ball pitched outside leg
stump and Harper should have turned down the appeal. That was all
the South Africans needed, however, to get cracking.