In this Test match series between England vs South Africa, South Africa were at the top of their game; however, it may…
In this Test match series between England vs South Africa, South Africa were at the top of their game; however, it may…
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Match: England vs South Africa, 2nd Test
Date:25th August 2022
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
This year there have been a lot of games with a lot of points scored, and I anticipate that trend to continue as the game continues. In the first two sessions of the match, you should anticipate that the pace bowlers would take the majority of the wickets.
Humid conditions will prevail at the beginning of the game, but the temperature on Day 1 is expected to reach 21 degrees. There is a fair likelihood that the full match will go off without any interruptions due to rain.
Before the second test, England has announced its playing eleven, and they have made just one alteration from their previous lineup. Ollie Robinson has been selected to play in place of Matt Potts in this game. We that should enhance the bowling for England a bit, but the batting order is still a source of uncertainty.
Both Alex Lees and Zak Crawley are fighting for playing time and are under intense pressure to maintain their positions. Especially after witnessing how well the South Africans bowled with the new ball, we believe that betting against both of them is the best course of action to take.
Ollie Pope, Joe Root, and Jonny Bairstow are the three batters who will be responsible for the majority of the work, while Stokes and Foakes will provide support for them as necessary. We would avoid betting on Pope since he has only played one significant inning this summer, and we would avoid betting on Bairstow because he was made to look foolish in the first Test.
The strategy that we will be pursuing consists of placing our wagers on Root to score runs and Bairstow to NOT score runs.
During the first test, England’s performance was hindered since James Anderson did not take any wickets. Even though the squad still heavily depends on him, he appeared to be a little off his game. Ollie Robinson had an outstanding summer the year before and is a potential candidate for the Top Bowler market due to his performance.
The England squad is not instantaneously a bad team after one disappointing performance; but, it is unrealistic to expect it to pull a rabbit out of its hat in every Test. This second Test match is going to put the notion of the team’s aggressive win-or-die attempting approach to the test.
Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley, Alex Lees, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Anderson, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad.
South Africa doubted England’s strategy going into the series, and it turned out to be correct. They went at the English hitters aggressively and were rewarded for their efforts. The bowling performances of Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje were outstanding. It’s possible that Marco Jensen was unlucky not to take more wickets.
Keshav Maharaj contributed significantly as well, taking key wickets in the second inning. The South African bowling attack appears more formidable than England’s at the moment.
Before the first Test, South Africa’s batting was a major concern of ours, and that hasn’t changed. Even though Sarel Erwee scored 73 not out and Dean Elgar made his usual tenacious 47, the team had to rely on the lower order to save them.
Key runs were made by South Africa’s Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, and Anrich Nortje in the opening Test. Is that a regular occurrence? In our opinion, that is not the case.
We would limit our wagers in this second Test to Markram and van der Dussen, who both bring significant positives to the batting order.
Kyle Verreynne, Dean Elgar, Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, RVD Dussen, Aiden Markram, K Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi.
When they played at Lord’s, South Africa were at the top of their game; however, it may be asking a lot of them to perform at the same level in Manchester as they did at Lord’s. We do not anticipate that the press will criticise England, and we anticipate that McCullumill will continue to support his players. In general, we anticipate a close game, but one that ultimately favours New Zealand to emerge victorious.