Weather at Lords today Day 2: Weather forecast of Lords London ENG vs SA 1st Test Thursday

Dixit Bhargav | 18/08/2022
Weather at Lords today Day 2: Weather forecast of Lords London ENG vs SA 1st Test Thursday

Weather at Lords today: The SportsRush presents before you the weather prediction for the first ENG vs SA Test Day 2.

The first day of the first Test of South Africa’s tour of England 2022 at Lord’s was dominated by visiting pacers before weather took the onus of domination upon itself to wash out almost a couple of sessions.

A four-member pace attack reduced the hosts to 116/6 in 32 overs after inviting them to bat first. Had it not been for batter Ollie Pope’s eighth Test half-century, England were in store for a proper batting collapse in the first session of a Test match.

In what started with South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada making early inroads by dismissing English opening batters namely Alex Lees (5) and Zac Crawley (9), it was taken over by Anrich Nortje picking three all-important wickets of Jonny Bairstow (0), Ben Stokes (20) and Ben Foakes (6).

In between Rabada and Nortje, left-armer Marco Jansen also made his presence felt on the back of finding former England captain Joe Root (8) in front of the stumps.

Holding one end with utmost assurance, Pope scored four boundaries at a strike rate of 70.11 whilst watching his teammates struggling in front of him.

Weather at Lords today

While the morning session was expected to be washed out by rain on Day 1 at Lord’s, weather gods made some changes resulting in more damage in terms of loss of overs.

If AccuWeather’s weather forecast for Day 2 is to be believed, it appears to be a far better day, at least on paper. The biggest upshot from observing the weather prediction for Thursday is that the rain probability is expected to remain in a single-digit figure throughout the day in London.

Hence, a proper day of Test cricket without any major rain interruption wouldn’t be asking for too much. Even if rain forces players to return to their respective dressing rooms, the interruption shouldn’t be as long as it was on Wednesday.

Hourly weather forecast of Lords London

11:00 AM – 20 degree (Rain Probability – 2%).

12:00 PM – 21 degree (Rain Probability – 2%).

01:00 PM – 22 degree (Rain Probability – 3%).

02:00 PM – 23 degree (Rain Probability – 4%).

03:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 4%).

04:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 4%).

05:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 6%).

06:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 6%).

06:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 6%).

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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