

Thereafter, it was Nortje who dominated en route to figures of three for 43 from nine overs, following a slightly rusty start by bowling the in-form Jonny Bairstow for a duck. It looked plumb live - the umpire Nitin Menon thought so -even if Hawkeye suggested the ball would merely graze leg stump. Joe Root was newly arrived with the score an all-too familiar 25 for two, unleashed one brutal cut for four, but he was soon on his way lbw for eight when Jansen brought a full ball back into his pads. Jansen replaced Ngidi after five overs at the Pavilion End and took an instant liking to the slope. The wiry Marco Jansen is a unique prospect as a 6ft 7in left-armer who swings the ball, while Anrich Nortje, a bowler they know well from their last meeting in 2019-20, remains fast and nasty. South Africa’s Anrich Nortje, seen here celebrating taking the wicket of England’s Jonathan Bairstow, built up a serious head of steam and took three wickets on day one Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APīut as well as Rabada bowled first-up - Lungi Ngidi, his new ball partner, was less threatening but still frugal - it was South Africa’s two change bowlers who pointed to the significant challenge England face over the next four weeks. That said, his numbers this summer - 151 runs at 16 - are stretching England’s desire to be loyal. To that end, Zak Crawley may well have taken a philosophical view of the off-stump delivery that demanded a shot but flew to slip off the edge.


Rabada, one of three South Africans to have played at Lord’s previously, showed little sign of his recent lay-off too, his speeds in the high 80s and his line ever probing. Otherwise, it was a case of high-class seam bowling and the Dukes ball – seemingly hardier after its early season issues with softness – offering Elgar’s quartet of seamers swing through the air and movement off a green-tinged pitch. Alex Lees was the culprit here, the first of Rabada’s two early new-ball strikes when, shortly after slashing his first boundary over the slip cordon, the opener looked to force a rising ball through the covers without footwork and nicked off for five. Even with Kagiso Rabada slightly undercooked after an ankle ligament injury on tour, it looked to be the obvious call.Īnd so while England hustled along at 3.6 runs per over and struck 13 fours, there was a case to say that team orders could be blamed for only one of the six wickets to fall. Cricket is a brand of AT&T and uses the AT&T network.Elgar was just as certain upon winning the toss, citing the moody cloud cover overhead for his decision to bowl rather than a deliberate attempt to throw England off kilter after their four successive Test wins batting second. Cricket also announced that it has reached 12.4 million subscribers, an increase of two million over the past two years. Multi-line discounts can bring down the cost of certain plans to as little as $25/line/month for unlimited data. Cricket's plan structure and pricing is otherwise unchanged, starting at $30/month for 2 GB of data, up to $60/month for unlimited data and premium features like mobile hotspot, cloud storage, and HBO Max. Other US prepaid brands already include sub-6 5G with most plans at no extra charge. No other US carrier has implemented a blanket speed cap quite the way Cricket did. Previously, the artificial speed cap applied to most Cricket plans only the priciest plan ($60/month for one line) included 5G and was exempt from the speed cap. Second, the company is now including access to 5G on all plans at no extra cost. First, Cricket is removing the cap of 8 Mbps on 4G LTE download speeds. Oct 29, 2021, 8:00 AM by Rich Brome made two major changes to its prepaid plans today, bringing them in line with the competition in two important ways. Home › News › Cricket Ditches Data Speed Caps, Adds 5G to All Plans
