'It's all about the grind'- Twitter elated as South Africa takes a significant lead on the second day in the Test match against England

The first Test match of the South Africa tour of England has seen some great action by the touring team. With some great performances with the bat and the ball, South Africa has taken a significant lead in the match. The Proteas are currently leading by 124 runs at the end of day two.

Batting first, England did not have the best start as they lost both their openers early on day one. Kagiso Rabad broke both the players to put his team in a good position early on. Ollie Pope held on one end after that, but wickets did not hold up on the other end. Pope, batting at three, held his ground and reached his half-century.

The Chelsea born eventually scored 73 runs in 120 balls and helped the team to get to a total of 165 runs. Ben Stokes, with 20 runs in 30 balls, was the second highest scorer of the match. Rabada was at the top of his game for South Africa as he finally entered the Lord's honour board with a five-wicket haul. He eventually ended with the figures of 52/5 in 19 overs.

Marco Jansen (two wickets) and Anrich Nortje (three wickets) did the rest of the job for their team. South Africa made a strong start in the second innings, with captain Dean Elgar and Sarel Erwee leading the charge to add runs. The two accounted for an 85-run opening partnership.

James Anderson got the breakthrough wicket of Elgar (47 runs in 81 balls) in the 23rd over. Erwee, on the other hand, continued to do well and ended with a score of 73 runs in 146 balls. After losing a few more wickets, Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj (41) took the visitors to a comfortable lead with a 72-run seventh-wicket partnership.

At the end of day two, South Africa managed a score of 289/7 with a lead of 124 runs. With 41 and three runs, respectively, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada are in the middle.

Here is how Twitter reacted

Fine knock from Erwee!#ENGvsSA pic.twitter.com/SDAUZkPMYv

— Ashmin Aryal (@aryal_ashmin) August 18, 2022

The difference between Test cricket and 20/20 in one screen.
It's all about the grind... #ENGvsSA pic.twitter.com/e8Jk2FqEzl

— Chris (@underwurldchris) August 18, 2022

Rabada finally giving some much needed legitimacy to Lords honours board by getting on it.#ENGvsSA

— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) August 18, 2022

Kagiso fooking Rabada 💥#ENGvsSA pic.twitter.com/vjZw0BAG01

— Sai Prasad (@saiprasad_45) August 18, 2022

Genius with ball in hand..Congrats @kgrabada!! What a special achievement.. #ENGvsSA

— Morne Morkel (@mornemorkel65) August 18, 2022

Current Mood 😮‍💨 #ENGvsSA #Rabada pic.twitter.com/YVKjySCYQF

— ViRut Pholi (@ViRut_PhoLi) August 18, 2022

A first five-wicket haul at the @HomeOfCricket for that special bowler @KagisoRabada25

Congrats Rabada 👏#ENGvSA | #ENGvsSA | #RedForRuth pic.twitter.com/Kas0oDQRjL

— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) August 18, 2022

*VACANCY NOTICE* 🏏🏏 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

PROTEAS is looking for 2 middle order batsman

-Duties-
to play cricket
to score 50s and 100s

Being able to last 20+ overs is an added advantage#sscricket #ENGvsSA

— Lawrence Bailey ⚪ 🇿🇦 (@LawrenceBailey0) August 18, 2022

Rabada has the best strike rate in Test match history over the last 120 years for anyone taking a minimum of 100 wickets. That is incredible!!! #ENGvsSA #ProteaFire

— Yogeshan Pillay (@Yugi_P06) August 18, 2022

RT to support Kagiso Rabada to be the 2nd South African to take 10 wickets at Lords 🇿🇦#SSCricket #ENGvsSA pic.twitter.com/PbJewTiPEE

— Barry Scharneck (@barry_scharneck) August 18, 2022