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HAVING dominated the first two days with the bat, England bamboozled South Africa with the ball to take total control of the first TestE[sz] at Lord's. Nothing has gone right for the tourists and on a pudding of a pitch yesterday, they looked undercooked against the swing and spin of England's attack. They were bowled out for 247 and forced to follow on, ending the day on 13 without loss, still 333 runs behind England's first innings total. All the talk coming into the match revolved around South Africa's pace trio of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini. But Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Monty Panesar showed the South Africans how to bowl. And it was Panesar, with first innings figures of four for 74, who was the star of the show.
The spin king proved a constant menace to the Proteas batsmen. But Panesar was quick to share the credit with his fellow bowlers. "All the bowlers bowled well," said the spinner, who was in the rare position of opening the bowling for South Africa's second innings in bad light late last night.E[sz] "Sidey (Sidebottom) and Jimmy (Anderson) bowled well and it kind of helped me. "Obviously there's a bit of rough, and that's making me come into play." Panesar started his magic spell when he removed opener Neil McKenzie. The right-hander had nudged his way to 40 against the seamers and looked set for a long innings until magic Monty bowled him round his legs. Panesar followed thatE[sz] by snapping up the big wicket of AB de Villiers (42) as well as Morkel (six) and Harris (six).E[sz] Earlier, the all-important inroads had been made by the pace bowlers with Proteas skipper Graeme Smith squared up by an Anderson delivery that he sent straight into the hands of cover, for eight. Hashim Amla was the next to go, edging Broad behind for six and Jacques Kallis (seven) also fished outside off-stump to leave South Africa foundering of 47 for three.E[sz] Broad removed Mark Boucher and to illustrate it was an all-round team effort Anderson took two great catches, both off Panesar. De Villiers looking to hit the spinner over the infield could only watch as Anderson plucked the ball out the air while diving to his left. And he again showed great agility to catch Paul Harris (six). The one bright spot for Smith was the superb century scored by Ashwell Prince. But the struggling South Africans still have a long way to go to save this match.
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