South Africa have skittled out England for just 149 to win the first Test by an innings and 12 runs inside three days at Lord's and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
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It proved an emphatic triumph for South Africa's bowling attack, who nullified the threat of England's new attacking batting 'Bazball' approach on Friday.
The visitors forged a 161-run first innings lead before dismissing their hosts in only 37.4 second-innings overs.
Anrich Nortje took three wickets in the space of 10 balls to rip through the heart of the home batting, removing Jonny Bairstow (18), opener Alex Lees (35) and Ben Foulkes (0) in quick succession.
His hostile fast bowling brought him figures of 3-47.
He was ably backed up by fellow quicks Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada while spinner Keshav Maharaj proved a surprisingly successfully early inclusion into the attack, taking the first two wickets before lunch with Zak Crawley (13) and Ollie Pope (5) both trapped lbw.
It was another failure for under-pressure Crawley, who was the first to fall for 13 and now seems sure to be dropped for the next Test at Old Trafford.
Joe Root, the key man, was the first to go after lunch as he edged Ngidi to slip for six, followed by Nortje's quick trio of scalps as South Africa took a firm grip on the game.
But England captain Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad took on the bowlers in a 'Bazball' cameo to score 55 off 45 balls for the seventh wicket to offer hopes of a home fightback before Broad was snagged by Rabada for a quickfire 35.
Jansen then castled Matthew Potts for a single run before Stokes (20) hit Rabada down the throat of Maharaj on the boundary to end any slim hopes for the hosts.
South Africa had begun the day on 7-289 in response to England's first innings tally of 165 and batted for the first hour on Friday before being bowled out for 326 in their first innings, giving them a handy 161-run lead.
Nortje scored an unbeaten 28 off 42 balls as he dominated a 29-run partnership for the ninth wicket with Marco Jansen, who was dismissed for 48.
Rabada was out third ball of the day as he pulled the ball leg side, only for Broad to pluck it one-handed out of the air for a brilliant catch.
The second Test at Old Trafford starts on Thursday.
Australian Associated Press