ENG vs SA 2nd Test Highlights: Ben Stokes, James Anderson complete REVENGE as England thrash South Africa by an innings and 85 runs: Watch HIGHLIGHTS

ENG vs SA 2nd Test Highlights – England win by an innings and 85 runs – England made a stunning comeback in Manchester to defeat South Africa by an innings and 85 runs. Ben Stokes scored a magnificent century while the bowlers chipped in with a team effort to bowl Proteas out for less than 200 in both innings. The series is now level at 1-1. Follow England vs South Africa LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN

ENG vs SA 2nd Test Highlights: Ben Stokes, James Anderson complete REVENGE as England thrash South Africa by an innings and 85 runs – Check Highlights

England hammered South Africa by an innings and 85 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford inside three
days on Saturday.  The victory, which followed South Africa’s almost as crushing innings and 12-run win in the first Test at Lord’s, meant England levelled the threematch series at 1-1.South Africa, 141-3 in their second innings at tea, then saw England captain Ben Stokes remove both Rassie van der Dussen (41) and Keegan Petersen (42) for their interval scores.

The Proteas, the World Test Championship leaders, then collapsed against the new ball as they lost their last five wickets for seven runs in 31 balls en route to being dismissed for 179. Recalled seamer Ollie Robinson took 4-43 in 15.1 overs and 40-year-old England great James Anderson 3-30.

Anderson had earlier marked becoming the first man to play 100 Tests on home soil (97 in England, three in Wales) by taking three wickets in South Africa’s meagre first innings 151 after Proteas captain Dean Elgar surprisingly decided to bat first in bowler-friendly conditions.

This match was a personal triumph for player of the match Stokes, who made 103 — his first century as England captain — in a total of 415-9 declared that also featured wicketkeeper Ben Foakes’s Test-best 113 not out. Stokes has now won five of his six Tests as skipper since succeeding Joe Root as England’s permanent captain.

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What happened on DAY 2? South Africa began the day well with Anrich Nortje bagging two early wickets to dismiss Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley. With England struggling at 147/5, Stokes and Foakes added 173-run for the 6th wicket to rescue the hosts. Their stand not only took England clear but also put them in command.

Brief scores: SA 151 all out (Rabada 36, Anderson 3/32, Broad 3/37) & 23/0 vs England 415/9d (Foakes 113*, Stokes 103, Nortje 3/82)

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Earlier, Stokes and Foakes shared an impressive partnership of 173 after coming together with England wobbling at 147-5 after a double strike by fast bowler Anrich Nortje.

By recalling Simon Harmer as a second spinner to their attack, in the hope the pitch at Old Trafford would offer more turn as the game went on, South Africa had almost been obliged to bat first upon winning the toss.

But off-spinner Harmer, a prolific wicket-taker with county side Essex, and slow left-armer Keshav Maharaj could only manage three late-order wickets between them for a combined 151 runs in 45.4 overs Harmer’s first delivery on Friday, a full toss, was stroked through the covers for four by Foakes and, three balls later, Stokes swept him for six.

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Left-handed batsman Stokes, 34 not out at lunch, completed a 101-ball fifty when he lofted Harmer for six in classic style. Stokes went into the 80s with a straight six off Maharaj, before Foakes completed a well-made fifty off 116 balls.

And for all the talk of a new ‘Bazball’ aggressive style, the 31-year-old Stokes’s well-paced innings — his 12th hundred in 85 Tests and fourth against South Africa — was also a triumph of largely orthodox batting.

Foakes then added to the Proteas’ woes by going to his second hundred in 16 Tests when the 29-year-old late cut fast bowler Nortje for a ninth four in 206 balls faced.

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England 2nd Innings – 415/9 Declare

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Alex Lees	c K Verreynne b Lungi Ngidi	4	7	1	0	57.14
Zak Crawley	c K Verreynne b Anrich Nortje	38	101	5	0	37.62
Ollie Pope	b Anrich Nortje	23	27	4	0	85.19
Joe Root	c SJ Erwee b Kagiso Rabada	9	15	1	0	60.00
Jonny Bairstow	c SJ Erwee b Anrich Nortje	49	63	7	0	77.78
Ben Stokes (C)	c D Elgar b Kagiso Rabada	103	163	6	3	63.19
Ben Foakes (WK)	Not out	113	217	9	0	52.07
Stuart Broad	st K Verreynne b SR Harmer	21	14	2	1	150.00
Ollie Robinson	c Aiden Markram b Keshav Maharaj	17	22	2	0	77.27
Jack Leach	b Keshav Maharaj	11	17	2	0	64.71
Extra	27 (b 6, w 10, nb 6, lb 5)
Total	415/9 (106.4)
Yet To Bat	James Anderson

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	23	2	110	2	4.78
Lungi Ngidi	18	3	61	1	3.39
Anrich Nortje	20	1	82	3	4.10
Keshav Maharaj	22.4	4	78	2	3.44
Simon Harmer	23	4	73	1	3.17

South Africa Innings – 151 all OUT

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar (C)	c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad	12	42	1	0	28.57
Sarel Erwee	c BT Foakes b James Anderson	3	12	0	0	25.00
Keegan Petersen	c JE Root b Stuart Broad	21	29	3	0	72.41
Aiden Markram	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	14	27	0	0	51.85
Rassie van der Dussen	lbw b Ben Stokes	16	31	2	0	51.61
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	c BT Foakes b Stuart Broad	21	49	1	0	42.85
Simon Harmer	lbw b James Anderson	2	16	0	0	12.50
Keshav Maharaj	lbw b James Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kagiso Rabada	c JE Root b MJ Leach	36	72	2	0	50.00
Anrich Nortje	lbw b Ollie Robinson	10	37	2	0	27.03
Lungi Ngidi	Not out	4	10	1	0	40.00
Extra	12 (b 2, w 0, nb 6, lb 4)
Total	151/10 (53.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
James Anderson	15	4	32	3	2.13
Ollie Robinson	14	0	48	1	3.43
Stuart Broad	11	1	37	3	3.36
Ben Stokes	7	0	17	2	2.43
Jack Leach	6.2	1	11	1	1.74

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South Africa (Playing XI): Dean Elgar(c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne(w), Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

England (Playing XI): Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, James Anderson

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