'Absolute beast' - Twitter can't keep calm as Kagiso Rabada bags a five-for against England in the first Test

England and South Africa are currently taking on each other in the first Test after an excellent ODI and T20I series. South Africa's captain won the toss and elected to field first at Lord's. It was an overcast condition and the momentum favoured South Africa right from ball one.

Alex Lees and Zak Crawley marked the guard for England. Both the openers struggled against Kagiso Rabada and got out for cheap scores of five and nine against him. England were reduced to 25 for the loss of two wickets.

Ollie Pope held the fort at one end but Marco Jansen got rid of Joe Root. Jonny Bairstow fell for Anrich Nortje as both Root and Bairstow perished in quick succession. The latter bagged a duck on the fifth ball he faced.

Skipper Ben Stokes got out against Anrich Nortje's deceiving ball for just twenty runs. The Three Lions never really managed to get on with a steady partnership as the batters kept tumbling except for Ollie Pope.

The English batter managed to cross the fifty-run mark while Ben Foakes perished for mere six runs. Day 1 ended with England managing to amass 116 runs for the loss of six wickets. Day two resumed with Ollie Pope and Stuart Broad resuming the innings for the Three Lions.

Kagiso Rabada picked the first scalp for the day as he deceived Ollie Pope with an outside off full-length delivery. Pope tried to drive over cover but the ball went off the inside edge to knock off the stumps.

The South African pacer came back again to pick up Stuart Broad's scalp. Marco Jansen backed him up as he picked up the wicket of Jack Leach for 15 runs. Kagiso Rabada's seaming in delivery at middle stump length deceived James Anderson for an LBW and summed up the innings for England.

The pacer ended up bagging a fifer after conceding 52 runs. The English batters were bundled out for 165 runs with Pope top-scoring with 73 runs. Here's how Twitter reacted to Kagiso Rabada's fifer:

Lord’s five for secured.

Etch that name onto the honours board. Kagiso Rabada 🇿🇦🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/RXm4PIWYZo

— URY (@URY_music) August 18, 2022

Kagiso Rabada gets on the Lord's honours board! 🙌

His 12th Test five-for, his first in England! https://t.co/WBuIPSaAhD | #ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/bTtaqqoxd6

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 18, 2022

Kagiso Rabada puts his name up on the Honours Board – a superb performance. #ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/6XHDZp9yO9

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) August 18, 2022

Kagiso Rabada is elite ✊🏾👏🏼 🏏 #ENGvsSA

— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair) August 18, 2022

It’s Lunchtime on Day 2 of #ENGvSA at Lord’s. Let the Kagiso Rabada montages commence @SkyCricket 😘🫶🏾

— Maphuti Hlako🇿🇦 (@maphuti_africa) August 18, 2022

Kagiso Rabada picks a 5 Wicket Haul against England at "Lords" #Cricket #ENGvsSA

— UllaasCricket (@UllaasCricket) August 18, 2022

Kagiso Rabada gets his name on the Lord's honours board after another superb performance for his country 🔥#ENGvsSA #SAvENG #KagisoRabada pic.twitter.com/7MzJVLPEY8

— Vtrakit Cricket (@Vtrakit) August 18, 2022

Absolute Beast with the ball 🔥#savseng #cricket #englandcricket #benstokes #deanelgar #KagisoRabada #BetHive pic.twitter.com/0rGuYc6Ifu

— BetHive (@The_BetHive) August 18, 2022

Fantastic spell from Kagiso Rabada, he is into the Lord's honours board with his 12th five-wicket haul#ENGvSA

— Vishnukumar GD (@ItsGDTweets) August 18, 2022

Bossed out England for 165 and Kagiso Rabada making it to Lord’s honour board! Whattttaa day for South Africa!! #ENGvSA #ENGvsSA #SAvENG #SAvsENG

— Sharon Solomon (@BSharan_6) August 18, 2022