England thrashed by South Africa inside three days - clips & reaction

The South Africa bowlers were phenomenal and they deserved an extra couple of days off. Knowing Mark Boucher, he'll probably give them a bit more but once they get to Manchester, I've no doubt that they'll hit the ground running again.

In this game, it wouldn't have mattered who batted or bowled first, South Africa were a long way ahead of England in all three aspects.

To combat four seamers bowling quickly, it's good old fashioned cricket. You've got to put overs in their legs, Nortje would not be able to bowl over 90mph in his third or fourth spell. Later in the day, you can then punish them but England weren't good enough to do that.

Sometimes you just have to doff your cap to the opposition. England's bowlers will also be better for the run out, it's not something we should be saying but I expect Broad, Anderson and Potts to be more consistent.

For the batsmen, you're going to have to grit your teeth. You know it's going to be quick but can you get through it and punish them later in the day?

I quite like the way Ben spoke. We like to talk about the manner of the defeat and pick at things in the media but Ben just said, "we lost" and it doesn't matter about the manner of the defeat.

The reality is that England are 1-0 down in the series and if they can put more pressure on this South Africa batting line-up, which I think is where they're weaker, there is no reason why they can't bowl them out for 150.

In this game, South Africa got ahead of England and never let them back in. It could all be different next week. The clarity Ben gave us, I hope he gives to the team and helps them not to dwell on it.

More from Brendon McCullum on TMS: "I thought the short stuff was the way to go, particularly this morning when we took three for 30-odd. We had visions of putting on a big score and being able to take 10 South African wickets in the fourth innings of the Test match.

"The four Tests that we won recently, we were behind the game in each of them and were able to get ourselves back in front and put the opposition under pressure which allowed us to go on and win. In this game, we weren't quite able to do that and we went on to lose.

"It's such fine margins and I've been around the game long enough to know you can't overreact. You've got to bank the stuff that has gone well over a period of time and polish up the other areas that need to be fixed.

"We'll have a good look at things among the group of the next couple of days and then recharge ahead of Manchester."

England head coach Brendon McCullum on BBC Test Match Special: "Obviously we're disappointed, you never like losing Test matches.

"First and foremost, we need to accept that South Africa played a lot better than us in these conditions so credit where it's due and we've got some work to do in the next few days. But you don't go from being a very good cricket team a few weeks ago to making wholesale changes. We won't overreact.

"Both Stokesy and I are firm about how we want this team to play and the direction that we think we can take it, we just have to polish up a few of those areas.

"The conditions didn't allow us to play with that same freedom but that's cricket, you've got to adapt and try to absorb some of that pressure. When you get the opportunity to turn that pressure back on the opposition, that's when you've got to be brave enough but unfortunately, we didn't absorb the pressure as much as we'd have liked.

"That's sport, we've been on the right side of it recently but this time we were on the wrong side of it."

More from Ben Stokes on TMS: "The message upstairs is going to be 'did we commit to everything we spoke about before this game?' If everyone can truly say that they did, that's fine. If we play good cricket, we give ourselves the best chance of winning the game.

"We're trying not to be so fixated around the result because we didn't think about the results in the first four games and it worked out pretty well."

On short-ball tactics: "We've made it pretty clear that whatever we do, we go out to take wickets. I don't like to operate around the scoreboard because whatever you do, you need to take 10 wickets. How can we change the game and the momentum?

"We were very close last night but the way that Maharaj and Jansen played gave them an even bigger lead. At one stage, it looked like we could have only given them a 90-run lead. But again, credit to them.

"We operate in the way we want to operate and that's been successful. We're not just going to look at this game and change it all. We've won four games of cricket playing in our manner. It's cricket."

England captain Ben Stokes, speaking on BBC Test Match Special: "It's a defeat, yeah. A defeat is a defeat, doesn't matter if it's three days or five days.

"I just think we didn't go out and play to anywhere near the capabilities that we're able to produce. No matter what style of cricket you play, if you don't play good cricket, you're going to lose. Unfortunately, we weren't able to produce what we have in the first four games and South Africa were just better than us across the three days - or two-and-a-half, even.

"You've got to give credit to South Africa. The way Radaba bowled in the first innings and that fiery spell from Nortje. It doesn't matter what the pitch is like, if you've got a guy bowling 90mph-plus, it's going to be difficult for batters.

"The conditions changed, they got the best of them on day one - that's not an excuse. They executed everything they wanted to do with ball and bat, better than us. They didn't allow us to play in the free-flowing way that we want to, so credit to South Africa."

England coach Brendon McCullum, speaking to Sky Sports: "South Africa deserved the victory. We have a little bit of work to do, but you don't go from being a good team to a bad one overnight."

On England's batting today: "It was the type of wicket that the boys reflected that you get in, then you got a cracking delivery from nowhere. I thought our approach was alright.

"I think over the last four wins we've had there have been times where we have been behind then able to absorb it and turn it back on the opposition. We couldn't do that today.

"As we said at the outset, you have to buckle up for the ride. We'll come back stronger."

Here was the winning moment for South Africa as Marco Jansen clean bowls James Anderson to spark jubilant celebrations from the Proteas.

South Africa captain Dean Elgar, speaking at the presentation: "The coach [ex-wicketkeeper Mark Boucher] told me he has a very good record here at Lord's as a player. I'm liking my strike rate here - won one, lost one.

"I thought the guys had to try and bat long and hard and extend our lead. We thought it might flatten out when we bowled.

"Nortje's spell just broke the back. He ran in with a lot of intent and anger and it was great to watch from where I was fielding. I'm not sure it was nice to face.

"I think I've got a very good think-tank behind the scenes, good coaches with a lot of advice. Sometimes you just go with gut and a bit of luck."

More from England captain Ben Stokes on the lack of red-ball cricket: "I don't want to use that as an excuse whatsoever. We have all played a lot of cricket in our time.

"Looking into it too much is giving excuses. There could be an opportunity to put a first-class game in there, but to use that as an excuse is not really what I want to be saying."

On Ollie Pope's first innings knock: "Another quality innings. We all know what talent he possesses. Losing the toss on a day one pitch that offered a bit, the way he played was fantastic to see. He showed even in tricky conditions you can put pressure back on the bowlers."

England captain Ben Stokes at the presentation: "We're disappointed to lose. It would be silly for me to say anything different. We've got two more games to bounce back from this.

Does it dent your confidence in your style of play?: "Absolutely not. I look at captains before me, captains after me - they are always going to get criticised at certain times by the way they want to play. That's just part and parcel of life.

"We know that when we perform to what we are capable of, we are capable of some incredible performances like we have shown in the previous four games. This isn't a wake-up call or anything like that. We haven't been able to execute the way we would like and South Africa were better than us."

England didn't bat like BazBall. They were bowled out. Nortje bowled exceptionally. It was genuinely quick bowling. Lees and Bairstow did well to nick their balls.

More from South Africa captain Dean Elgar, speaking to TMS: "I can't (believe it has finished so quickly) but I think I will when I wake up tomorrow with a hangover.

"It was a team effort, there were a few standout performances but everyone had played their part, including the guys who weren't playing. So it is a pretty good squad effort."

How good was Anrich Nortje?

"It was some of the quickest bowling I have seen. The catch our keeper Verreynne took to get rid of Jonny Bairstow was one of the quickest balls he has ever had to catch and it was a pretty big wicket at the time.

"It was a hostile spell of bowling. He is an angry man and you don't want to poke the bear. He bowls at 90 mph. It's great to have him in my changing room."

On his approach to Test cricket

"I'm still a purist when to comes to Test cricket. I don't stuff around with too many styles of play. I think the game demands and kinda deserves it."

South Africa captain Dean Elgar, speaking to BBC Test Match Special: "I got here on day one and wasn't sure what to do but I went with my gut and thank god our bowlers got the ball in the right area.

"We took our chances and then we batted hard, we were gritty and scored ugly runs. That was needed on a wicket that wasn't batter friendly. To get a 160-run lead was huge, especially with our bowling attack."

Rabada bowled beautifully. That spell on the first day when conditions were favourable, the South African bowling attack was brilliant.

Today they were quick, accurate and on a pitch that did a little bit, they got far more out of it by bowling quicker. England weren't good enough, that is the crux of it. Fantastic batting conditions today but South Africa blew them away.

That spell of bowling from Nortje after lunch was quick. It was fiery bowling.

I think when you have the experience of Broad and Anderson at your disposal, you expect them to fully understand the conditions. When South Africa came to bat, they were missing their mark by about a metre, not challenging the stumps for bowled or lbws.

From a South African perspective, that allowed them to get into the game, into the fight. If you let a team have 15 overs to get into the game, you're letting them off. I've seen in England teams being 20-4 and then getting back into the game.

There was life in that pitch but for great chunks of that match, England were resorting to tactics you might use on the flattest track of all time, banging the ball in short but conceding runs at a rate at the same time.

South Africa were 10 times better and 10 times more dangerous in the field, that is what would concern me if I was in that England set up.