England vs South Africa LIVE: Cricket result from first Test as England thrashed by an innings after batting collapse

England were all out for 149 in the second innings to lose by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s

England were blown away by Anrich Nortje on day three (PA)

England were blown away by South Africa inside three days to lose the first Test of the series by and innings and 12 runs.

The humbling defeat at Lord’s is the first of the new Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum era and puts the Proteas 1-0 up with two Tests to play.

England were firmly behind from the get-go after losing the toss on day one and coming up short with the bat mustering just 165 in the first innings.

A resolute first dig of 326 in reply by Dean Elgar’s tourists put them firmly in control with a lead of 161 on first innings before they comprehensively ran through the hosts’ batting order again dismissing them for 149 with Anrich Nortje’s three wickets doing the bulk of the damage.

Victory was brought up inside six sessions of play and before tea on the third day without them having to bat again. Follow the reaction and analysis from the first Test below:

England vs South Africa

• England lose by an innings & 12 runs to South Africa after a batting collapse
• WICKET! Anderson b Jansen 1. England 149 all out
• WICKET! Stokes c Maharaj b Rabada 20. England 146-9 (trail by 15)
• WICKET! Potts b Jansen 1. England 146-8 (trail by 15)
• WICKET! Broad c Elgar b Rabada 35. England 141-7 (trail by 20). Broad’s exciting cameo comes to an end
• WICKET! Foakes c Verreynne b Nortje 0. England 86-6 (trail by 75)
• WICKET! Lees c Verreynne b Nortje 35. England 86-5 (trail by 75)
• WICKET! Bairstow c Verreynne b Nortje 18. England 81-4 (trail by 80)
• WICKET! Root c Markram b Ngidi 6. England 57-3 (trail by 104)
• WICKET! Pope lbw b Maharaj 5. England 38-2 (trail by 123). Final ball before lunch
• WICKET! Crawley lbw b Maharaj 13. England 20-1 (trail by 141)
• England finally dimiss South Africa for 326. A lead of 161
• WATCH: Stuart Broad takes phenomenal catch on the third morning
• South Africa led by 124 runs at close of day two, reaching 289-7

[19 August 2022 12:27 · Luke Baker]

England 11-0 (trail by 150) - Lees 5, Crawley 6; South Africa 326; England 165

4th over: Ngidi bowling some nice stuff here, getting the ball nipping around and looking dangerous. An easy single for Crawley and Lees then digs in to see out the rest of the over.

[19 August 2022 12:22 · Luke Baker]

DROPPED! England 10-0 (trail by 151) - Lees 5, Crawley 5; South Africa 326; England 165

3rd over: Nicely flicked off the pads for a single for Crawley and Lees then gloriously pushes the ball through the covers off his back foot for FOUR! Great timing.

Then DROPPED! Lees edges one where Petersen (at third slip) dives in front of second slip, gets a right hand to it but can’t hold it. It looked like second slip could have caught that about waist high. Let-off for England and they run one. Crawley then adds another single

[19 August 2022 12:18 · Luke Baker]

England 3-0 (trail by 158) - Lees 0, Crawley 3; South Africa 326; England 165

2nd over: Great start from Lungi Ngidi as he’s nipping the ball around and Crawley gets one possibly in the box off an inside edge, a dangerous leave and a half-appeal after being hit on the pads.

He then nurdles one round the corner to leg and they race a really quick two. A couple more solid defensive strokes to finish the over and the final ball actually sees them run a quick single from the off-side block.

[19 August 2022 12:13 · Luke Baker]

England 0-0 (trail by 161) - Lees 0, Crawley 0; South Africa 326; England 165

1st over: Here we go. Alex Lees on strike with Zak Crawley at the other end. Kagiso Rabada bowling the first over.

Lees leaves a couple, pushes a couple to the infield and no runs but no damage done.

[19 August 2022 12:09 · Luke Baker]

Pictures from the third morning

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[19 August 2022 12:07 · Luke Baker]

England vs South Africa

161 runs is no small deficit for England to overcome. If ever they needed their openers to finally put together a big partnership, it’s now... Their second innings will be underway shortly.

[19 August 2022 12:00 · Luke Baker]

WICKET! Ngidi c Bairstow, b Broad 0. South Africa 326 all out

And that’s that. England take the final wicket as Ngidi edges one to third slip where Jonny Bairstow fumbles the initial chance but grabs it before it hits the floor with his right hand.

Hand to the mouth from Stuart Broad. Wouldn’t have wanted to be Bairstow if that one went down!

South Africa all out for 326.

[19 August 2022 11:57 · Luke Baker]

South Africa 326-9 - Nortje 28, Ngidi 0; England 165

89th over: Nortje deciding not to hang about now. Back-to-back boundaries as he dabs one through the slip cordon for FOUR before crunching one down the ground past mid-off for another FOUR!

[19 August 2022 11:55 · Luke Baker]

Gareth Southgate in the crowd

One England coach watching another national team today as England men’s football manager Gareth Southgate is at Lord’s. He’s a big fan of a wide range of sports, so not a huge surprise.

[19 August 2022 11:53 · Luke Baker]

South Africa 318-9 - Nortje 20, Ngidi 0; England 165

88th over: Lungi Ngidi in at No 11 and with a test average of around four, he might not be at the crease for too long. An exaggerated leave, a duck out of the way and a block see him through.