England in South Africa test series

South African captain Graeme Smith has won the toss in the first test at Lord's against England and elected to bowl first. Andrew Strauss and Allistair Cook made a steady start and the current score is 33/0 after 14 overs on day 1 with the South Africans bowling a few lose deliveries.

The South Africans will want an early breakthrough preferably within the first session to put England under pressure. England ended on 71/0 at the lunch interval and South Africa have work to do after lunch, the bowlers bowled here and there especially Morkel, hopefully the next session will put South Africa back in the hunt.

A fine hundred from Kevin Pietersen has helped England post an impressive 309 for three at the close of play on the first day of the first test against South Africa at Lord's on Thursday. There was a glimmer of hope when Morkel (two for 66) and Steyn (one for 68) got wickets in the space of ten minutes but England steadied the ship through impressive batting of especially Kevin Petersen and Ian Bell, more work to do for the South African team. Let's hope for an impressive day 2 morning session.