England vs South Africa 1st Test Live Score at Lords

South African captain Graem Smith won the toss and invited host England to bat 1st in the first test match of the 4 test match series at Lords, on Thursday, 10th July, 2008. England reached 268 runs for the loss of three wickets in 80 overs.

Alastair Cook (60 runs) and Andrew Strauss (44 runs) pushed England to 114 without loss before three wickets tumbled in 13 balls. England's openers overcame South Africa's pace attack to dominate the opening session of the first test but after the quick wickets, Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen put some resistance and manged to avoid collapse.

South Africa came back strongly in the second session of the day with 3 quick wickets as Dale Steyn and Morkel took 1 and 2 wickets respectively. Morkel removed openers and Steyn cleaned up England captain Michael Vaughn on 2.

England Squad for the 1st Test:

Michael Vaughan (Captain), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose (wk), Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar, Ryan Sidebottom.

South Africa Squad for the 1st Test:

Graem Smith (Captain), Hashim Amla, Jaque Kallis, Niel McKenzie, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morell Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, M Ntini.

England were 268/3 after 80 overs with Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen playing on 85 and 56 runs respectively.