LONDON: South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj struck twice as the Proteas strengthened their grip on the first Test against England at Lord’s on Friday.
Maharaj removed both struggling opener Zak Crawley (13) and Ollie Pope (five) on the third day to leave England 38-2 in their second innings — still 123 runs behind the tourists — at lunch on the third day.
Crawley was plumb lbw after missing a sweep, having been dismissed for nine in the first innings.
Pope, whose 73 was the lone fifty in England’s meagre first-innings 165, was then trapped lbw off the last ball of the session as he looked to…
