2nd Test: England vs South Africa
It’s a new dawn in English cricket – the era of the Root! And as England head to Trent Bridge for the second Test against South Africa, cricket enthusiasts and sports betting fans are in line for more thrilling action.
You can join in the fun with SBOBET; and with England at betting odds of 1.60, the draw at 3.75 and South Africa at 4.35, home fans feel confident of a win, and why not?
The Three Lions’ 211-run destruction of South Africa in the first Test at Lord’s was littered with top-class performances, but none more so than Joe Root’s. The fledgling skipper scored a brilliant 190 and then captained his team like an old hand, winning the admiration of senior bowler Jimmy Anderson and bringing the best out of the mercurial Moeen Ali.
Ali pipped his captain to the man-of-the-match award, following up a swashbuckling 87 with match figures of 10 for 112. Now the world-class all-rounder he has promised to be, he has risen to fourth in the ICC rankings, even ahead of explosive team-mate Ben Stokes. Ali is bowling with freedom, saying: “I was trying to give it really good revs to take wickets, something I used to do when I started.”
The Proteas are tough cookies but need to pick themselves up quickly. They uncharacteristically dropped too many chances at Lord’s, notably Root at the start of his mammoth innings. But to make things worse for skipper Dean Elgar, Kagiso Rabada will be missing in Nottingham. The fiery paceman has a knack for picking up disciplinary points and is banned after swearing at Stokes.
South Africa are bound to come out fighting again, but Root’s Lions are ready for the kill.
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Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
