But what about this stat: Every batsman reached double-figures in the innings with none going onto make fifty. That is some stat. Shows that South Africa haven't converted their starts. But with a four-pronged pace attack, they will come out hard. I'm eagerly waiting to see how Viljoen goes on this. He is a bustling bull of a guy and has impressed for the Lions in the domestic circuit. We will be back shortly for the chase...

So the South African innings has lasted close to 50 minutes today. Morris and Rabada fell early but the last-wicket pair of Morkel and Viljoen frustrated the English. Broad kept bowling short and Viljoen punished him. Anderson was taken off the attack for running on the danger area for the second time. Can't quite remember when he was warned first time in the innings. Maybe that's what Anderson was trying to convince Aleem Dar. Stokes came on and struck first ball to end the innings. Bairstow missed out on the chance to grab a record-equalling seventh catch in the innings when he dropped Morkel. A place in the record books missed there!

99.3 - Stokes to M Morkel, out Caught by Cook!! And he strikes first ball. That's the end of that. Full outside off, Morkel drives and gets a thick edge, comfortably held by Cook at first slip, above his head, reverse-cupping it in the process. After all the drama it needed just one ball to end the innings. The players run off. M Morkel c Cook b Stokes 12(20) [4s-1]

Stokes to M Morkel, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Ben Stokes [18.0-1-53-2] is back into the attack

What has happened here? Aleem Dar is having a word with Anderson and looks like there is an argument. Anderson is shaking his head. Cook is called in and the reason for that is Anderson has been warned for the second time in the innings for running on the danger area. And now he is off the attack. Anderson is a grumpy man already and he is distraught that he has been taken off the attack. Aleem Dar is a no-nonsense professional and despite all of Anderson's pleas, he stands by his decision. It looked pretty innocuous when it happened. Stokes will complete the over

99.2 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, length delivery on off, pushed back towards Anderson's right

99.1 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, dropped by Bairstow! Would've been his seventh catch of the innings. A thick edge as Morkel flayed at a ball outside off, Bairstow moved to his left and went with two hands, in front of first slip, the ball hits the wrist and goes down. He tried to catch it on the rebound but the ball was beyond his grasp as he took a tumble. Frustrating for Anderson and he is red-faced. That should've been taken, especially once the keeper got there

Over: 99	4 4 0 1 1 4	RSA 313/9
Viljoen 20(16)	M Morkel 12(17)	Broad 22-5-82-2

98.6 - Broad to Viljoen, FOUR, this has been a very poor over from Broad. Digging it in short again and again, pays the price for it. Sharp bouncer outside off, Viljoen pulls and top-edges it over the slip cordon. Raced away

98.5 - Broad to M Morkel, 1 run, short and angling down from round the wicket, Morkel lifts one leg up in the air and mistimes the pull, the ball rolls away to fine leg

98.4 - Broad to Viljoen, 1 run, angling in, towards off, Viljoen pushes it in front of the vacant mid-on, easy single

98.3 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, down leg again, Viljoen flicks and misses

98.2 - Broad to Viljoen, FOUR, four more. Short and angling down leg, Viljoen gets a bit of glove on the pull, beats Bairstow comfortably down leg. Viljoen was hurried by that short ball, but a bit of glove was all it needed as it was directed down leg

98.1 - Broad to Viljoen, FOUR, that's the 300. And a fine pull shot from Viljoen through mid-wicket. Dug in short outside off, Viljoen short-arm jabbed that and beats the desperate dive from the fielder in the deep. Hit well and beat the diving man

Over: 98	2 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 299/9
M Morkel 11(16)	Viljoen 7(11)	Anderson 25-5-60-1

97.6 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, may have been a slight inside edge onto the pad on the flick, Morkel failing to deal with a leg-side delivery properly. The ball rolls away to safety

97.5 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, back of a length on the stumps, Morkel is back and across to block

97.4 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, still short of length and Morkel pushes off the back foot to cover

97.3 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, now Anderson pulls his length back and beats Morkel on the cut. Rising outside off, Morkel flashes and misses

97.2 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, ooh! That is so close to taking the top of off and middle. Nipped in and beat Morkel's airy fairy drive on the rise, bounced over the stumps. Extra bounce denying Anderson a wicket there, it did everything except trim the bails

97.1 - Anderson to M Morkel, 2 runs, fullish on the stumps, Morkel gets forward and lifts it over point, didn't time it as well as he would've liked to, but got a couple for his efforts

Over: 97	1 0 4 0 1 0	RSA 297/9
Viljoen 7(11)	M Morkel 9(10)	Broad 21-5-68-2

96.6 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, back of a length outside off, Viljoen stands tall and defends off the back foot

96.5 - Broad to M Morkel, 1 run, on the hips, tucked out to deep square leg, Compton is quick and keeps it to a single

96.4 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, down leg, Morkel fails to nudge it away, takes it on the body

Now over the wicket

96.3 - Broad to M Morkel, FOUR, fabulous stroke from Morkel. Past Viljoen as Broad overpitched outside off, came half-forward and then stroked it away with a high front elbow. All grace and timing from the man nicknamed Haydos

96.2 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, good length outside off, Morkel punches off the back foot to point

96.1 - Broad to Viljoen, 1 run, fullish on the stumps, flicked to deep backward square leg, for a single

Over: 96	0 0 0 0 1 0	RSA 291/9
M Morkel 4(6)	Viljoen 6(9)	Anderson 24-5-58-1

95.6 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, straight on the stumps, Morkel blocks it back to Anderson

95.5 - Anderson to Viljoen, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Viljoen punches wide of Broad at mid-off to take a single

95.4 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, fullish on off, Viljoen wrists it to mid-on

95.3 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, wide of the crease and Anderson beats Viljoen again. Angled it in and then it straightened past the outside edge as Viljoen came forward to defend. He was playing close to his body, which meant the ball missed the edge

95.2 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, length on the stumps, pushed back to Anderson

95.1 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, close to the edge but no cigar. Bairstow wanted it though. Swung away from a good length and forced Viljoen to push at it, was very close to catching a feather

Over: 95	0 1 0 0 1 0	RSA 290/9
M Morkel 4(5)	Viljoen 5(4)	Broad 20-5-62-2

94.6 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, short and rising from round the wicket, Morkel gets inside the line to let that go

94.5 - Broad to Viljoen, 1 run, back of a length and angling back in, Viljoen nudges it off the back foot wide of the diving Taylor at backward short leg

94.4 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, dug in short outside off, Viljoen sways out of the line of the ball by bending his back

94.3 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, back of a length on the hips, Viljoen fails to tuck it away, wears it on the thigh pad and the ball dribbles to the backward short leg

Three slips and a gully. Two men back for the short ball and a backward short leg

94.2 - Broad to M Morkel, 1 run, pushed in front of cover and Viljoen had to put on the skates to make it, does so as he sprints across to complete the single

94.1 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, back of a length outside off, pushed off the back foot to point

Over: 94	0 0 W 2 1 4	RSA 288/9
Viljoen 4(1)	M Morkel 3(2)	Anderson 23-5-57-1

93.6 - Anderson to Viljoen, FOUR, what a start for Viljoen with the bat in Tests. An attempted yorker from Anderson, turns out to be a low full toss, punched past the diving mid-on. Just came forward and stroked it away. He will remember this moment for a long while

Three slips and a gully in place for Viljoen

93.5 - Anderson to M Morkel, 1 run, angled in on the hips, tucked to deep backward square leg, for a single

93.4 - Anderson to M Morkel, 2 runs, full outside off, Morkel gets forward and opens the face of the bat on the drive, gets a couple through point, is off the mark

Morne Morkel, left handed bat, comes to the crease

93.3 - Anderson to Rabada, out Caught by Bairstow!! There you go, that's the edge. And a sixth catch for Bairstow. The perfect line and length from Anderson, opens Rabada up on the back foot defence, a thick edge as the back of a length delivery climbs sharply and induces the error. Bairstow takes it to his left and throws the ball in delight. Pretty sure that Anderson must be the most happiest man at the Wanderers at the moment. That's a record-equalling catch by Bairstow at this venue as well. Rabada c Bairstow b Anderson 24(64) [4s-2 6s-1]

Anderson to Rabada, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

93.2 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, another delivery that beats Rabada's bat by a mile. Angled across Rabada and it bounces through to the keeper beating Rabada's attempt at a defence. He was nowhere near in any position to play that

93.1 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, meanwhile Anderson continues to bowl without any luck. Climbs sharply from a back of a length outside off and beats a fending Rabada's bat. No nick though

Hardus Viljoen, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 93	0 0 0 0 0 W	RSA 281/8
C Morris 28(61)	Rabada 24(61)	Broad 19-5-60-2

92.6 - Broad to C Morris, out Caught by Bairstow!! Finally the pesky little stand has been broken. Full outside off, straightens and draws a loose drive from Morris. A thick edge and a fifth catch for Bairstow. Simple dismissal. Morris' useful contribution comes to an end and the English team would be a relieved lot. C Morris c Bairstow b Broad 28(61) [4s-4]

Broad to C Morris, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

92.5 - Broad to C Morris, no run, good length aiming for the top of off, Morris defends off the back foot

92.4 - Broad to C Morris, no run, back of a length outside off, Morris stands tall and defends to point

92.3 - Broad to C Morris, no run, full and swinging away outside off, left alone

92.2 - Broad to C Morris, no run, that's too close to cut and Morris is beaten by a length delivery outside off

The man at short leg is behind square and a bit deep

92.1 - Broad to C Morris, no run, pitched up outside off, Morris' bat face closes on the drive, dribbles back to Broad

Over: 92	1 0 0 1 1 0	RSA 281/7
Rabada 24(61)	C Morris 28(55)	Anderson 22-5-50-0

91.6 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, cracking delivery from Anderson. Rising and opening Rabada up, who was trying to flick, just brushes the back hip and through to the keeper. There was a mild appeal from the Englishmen but they knew that it had missed the bat

91.5 - Anderson to C Morris, 1 run, a thick outside edge this time as Morris hung his bat out to defend, bounces in front of Stokes at gully and he can't stop it cleanly. They take a single after the misfield

91.4 - Anderson to Rabada, 1 run, angling back in, Rabada tucks it to mid-on, a wild throw from Broad and he wrong-foots Bairstow, there is a fumble from the slip fielders but Morris had followed through and put his hand up to send Rabada back

91.3 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, good length and angled across once more, this time Rabada shoulders arms

91.2 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, angled across Rabada on a fuller length, the batsman was late in getting into line and covering for the angle, beaten by a long way

91.1 - Anderson to C Morris, 1 run, length delivery on the stumps, turned to square leg, easy single

This is turning out to be a irritating little stand

Over: 91	2 4B 0 0 4B 0	RSA 278/7
Rabada 23(57)	C Morris 26(53)	Broad 18-4-60-1

90.6 - Broad to Rabada, no run, back of a length outside off, Rabada leaves

90.5 - Broad to Rabada, byes, FOUR, again it is byes. This time down leg, Rabada pulled and missed, Bairstow dives to his right and the ball went under his glove. That's four more bonus runs to South Africa. Broad and England won't like that one bit

Two slips, a gully and a short leg in place

90.4 - Broad to Rabada, no run, full outside off, Rabada lets it go

90.3 - Broad to Rabada, no run, outside off, left alone

90.2 - Broad to Rabada, byes, FOUR, pacy bouncer, beats Rabada's pull and evades a leaping Bairstow who couldn't get a fingertip despite doing his very best. That was very quick from Broad and a sign that the wicket has quickened up from yesterday

90.1 - Broad to Rabada, 2 runs, pitched up outside off, Rabada just lifted that over Broad's head, mid-off was wide and they take a couple before the ball is hunted down. Just a checked drive in the air as Rabada came reluctantly forward

Stuart Broad [17.0-4-58-1] is back into the attack

Over: 90	0 0 1 0 0 0	RSA 268/7
C Morris 26(53)	Rabada 21(51)	Anderson 21-5-47-0

89.6 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, outswinger outside off, nicely carries to the keeper after Morris leaves

89.5 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, back of a length outside off, Morris hangs back and defends to point

Two slips and a gully in place

89.4 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, good length on the middle and leg line, Morris defends to mid-on

89.3 - Anderson to Rabada, 1 run, short on the stumps, Rabada swivels and then pulls to deep square leg. Rolled his wrists on the shot to play it

89.2 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, now Anderson squares Rabada up with a good length delivery on middle, the thick outside edge doesn't carry to backward point. Rabada was opened up but since Anderson's pace isn't great it didn't carry to the fielder

89.1 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, that's a tentative defence first up from Rabada. Wanted to leave that fourth-stump delivery alone, but the ball took the outer half and rolled to the slip cordon

There was rain in the morning but the conditions at the moment are sunny and bright. The players are out in the middle. We are all set for the action to begin. Anderson will start proceedings. Rabada is on strike. Yesterday he bowled well without luck, beating Rabada's bat many times. Let's see what he has in store today

Yesterday oddly seemed like a battle of weaknesses rather than the strengths. England kept their jaffas sandwiched between mediocre spells of bowling while South Africa picked up tame deliveries to handout their wickets. In the backdrop of the famed bowling duo looking conquered, Finn and Stokes reigned with Broad-like bounce and Anderson-like swing on an obliging and oddly grassy surface. Timely wickets denied a shoulder-drooping partnership until one for the 8th wicket where Rabada-Morris ticked it around corners to pile up 42 runs. Neither AB's flair nor Amla's serenity but Elgar's grit top-scored with 47. It's to be seen how many more South Africa's lower order can steal against a newish ball on a sweaty pitch under cloud-thronged skies.

Day 2: They say one should never trust a stranger and a limping dog. Being the cricket nerd and the compulsive quotation-tweaker that I'm, I'd suggest adding "weather forecasts" to that list of untrustworthy nonentities. It's another cloudy day at Johannesburg with "patches of rain" being the researched prophesy. But so was the case yesterday when we were able to sneak in 89 overs of unadulterated cricket, where the groundsmen didn't have to do the cover-carrying rain jogs. So, fingers and limbs and my whole torso crossed for another day devoid of rain. Pray to the Cricket God who according to many temples in Mumbai. Hello and welcome from Pratyush and I along with my co-commentator Srivathsa will bring you all the action from the Bullring today.

Five bowlers bowled for England today and surprisingly the only one to go wicket-less was the senior most James Anderson. He tried everything, including some sledging during the fag end of the day. Nothing worked though. But his off day was veiled by some decent stuff from Stokes and Finn. South Africa may have committed a mistake by changing their approach in the final session. The pitch has enough in it for the pacers and the Proteas had the opportunity to keep building their innings brick by brick after a solid first session. Instead, they took the other road only to allow England to claw back into the game. Tomorrow, England would want to wrap the tail up as early as possible notwithstanding the fact that Rabada and Morris have built a nice little partnership here. Considering that the pitch is bowler-friendly, the tourists would fancy their chances to optimize the morning freshness. Join us tomorrow at 10:30 local for all the action from day 2. Bye, take care!

Stumps, Day 1: A session which clearly belonged to the visitors, a day which has been shared. While the English bowlers kept it tight in the final session, it was the reckless approach from the Proteas which cost them 4 wickets. Right after tea, de Villiers could not resist the temptation and perished trying to pull. After the departure of the big fish, the onus was on du Plessis but he followed the skipper. And just when the commentators on air were praising Dane Vilas for his talent and sympathizing with him for getting dropped after a horrendous India tour, the wicket-keeper proved that his axing was not completely unjustified. Maybe he wanted to add a few quick runs before the new cherry was taken. But he would have been better off playing in the present rather than thinking about what was to come.

Over: 89	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 267/7
C Morris 26(50)	Rabada 20(48)	Broad 17-4-58-1

88.6 - Broad to C Morris, no run, whataay delivery! Broad ends day 1 with a jaffa. This one nipped back in late from a short length, Morris was groping at it but was beaten on the outside edge. The ball bounced extra after passing the batsman and caught everyone by surprise. Must say Morris and Rabada have survived some really great stuff from the English bowlers. To add insult to injury, the edges didn't carry and some landed safely

88.5 - Broad to C Morris, no run, smidgen fuller around fourth stump channel, Morris strides forward to block this in front of mid-off

88.4 - Broad to C Morris, no run, short and way down leg - how many times have we seen that today from Broad? I've certainly lost count. Morris leaves it for the keeper

88.3 - Broad to C Morris, no run, back of a length on the stumps, blocked back to the bowler

This will be the last over of the day...

88.2 - Broad to C Morris, no run, touch fuller and just outside off, Morris yells out a loud "no" as soon as he blocked this towards mid-off

88.1 - Broad to C Morris, no run, short and slipping down leg, Morris lets it go. Bairstow does well to move to his left and collect that

Stuart Broad [16.0-3-58-1] is back into the attack

Over: 88	1 0 0 0 1 1	RSA 267/7
C Morris 26(44)	Rabada 20(48)	Stokes 18-1-53-2

87.6 - Stokes to C Morris, 1 run, curled in late from a length, Morris drags the flick off the inside half and calls for a quick single. Rabada was a tad late to respond but makes his ground in time, with a desperate dive at the striker's end

87.5 - Stokes to Rabada, 1 run, outside edge and safe! Rabada looks to push that through the off-side, gets a thick outside edge which dribbles down to third man. Do I need to mention that he played with soft hands?

87.4 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, just a CTRL C + CTRL V of the previous delivery, just that this ball rose higher than the previous one

87.3 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, swing and a miss! Beaten for the umpteenth time today. Short and outside off, Rabada looks to chop that on the jump but to no avail, beaten on the top-edge

87.2 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, goes wide of the crease, pitches it on a fullish length and gets it to straighten past a forward pressing poke from Rabada, jaffa!

87.1 - Stokes to C Morris, 1 run, short and ample width on offer, Morris angles it in the gap between slip cordon and gully, dropped it with soft hands and hustled for an easy single

Over: 87	0 2 0 0 0 4	RSA 264/7
Rabada 19(44)	C Morris 24(42)	Anderson 20-5-46-0

86.6 - Anderson to Rabada, FOUR, superb from Rabada! Sees the half-volley and takes full toll of it. Gets a nice stride forward and drives it wide of mid-off, raced away in a hurry

86.5 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, 137ks, short that held its line outside off, Rabada was beaten for pace as he tried to smash that through the on-side, beaten on the top-edge

86.4 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, very full, almost a yorker on the stumps, Rabada jams it towards Moeen Ali at mid-on

86.3 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, this is the inswinger from Anderson, bowled from wider of the crease and then created the angle, too far outside off to entice a stroke from Rabada

86.2 - Anderson to Rabada, 2 runs, playing with soft hands - that's the key in Test cricket. Rabada just did that. He pushed with soft hands, hence the outside edge rolled safely wide of slip cordon

86.1 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, Anderson brings his football skills into play. Manages to boot this firm drive towards mid-wicket from Rabada

Over: 86	0 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 258/7
C Morris 24(42)	Rabada 13(38)	Stokes 17-1-50-2

85.6 - Stokes to C Morris, no run, fullish outside off, Morris drives to the right of mid-off

85.5 - Stokes to C Morris, no run, darted down leg, Bairstow fails to glove that cleanly after Morris left that alone

85.4 - Stokes to C Morris, FOUR, please hit-me ball from Stokes. Full and plenty of width on offer, Morris lunges forward and times the pants off it (drive that is), no need to run for those

85.3 - Stokes to C Morris, no run, shortish on the stumps, Morris tucks to the left of FSL who sticks his hand out to take the pace off, certainly saved a few runs there

85.2 - Stokes to C Morris, no run, sliding down leg, Morris leaves it to the keeper

85.1 - Stokes to C Morris, no run, very full and on the toes of Morris who was trying to clip it through mid-wicket, misses and is hit on the boot but that was clearly missing leg. No real appeal from the Englishmen

Ben Stokes [16.0-1-46-2] is back into the attack

Over: 85	0 1 1 0 0 0	RSA 254/7
Rabada 13(38)	C Morris 20(36)	Anderson 19-5-40-0

84.6 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, short and further wide of off, Rabada keeps calm and lets it go. Anderson has a bit of talking to do after finishing this delivery, Rabada though doesn't respond. You generally expect such stuff towards the end of the day

84.5 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, Rabada judges well and leaves, pitched on a good length and swung away from the left-hander

84.4 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, fuller and draws Rabada forward who drives and finds Broad at mid-off

84.3 - Anderson to C Morris, 1 run, on the stumps again, Morris flicks towards fine leg, another easy single on offer

84.2 - Anderson to Rabada, 1 run, too straight from Anderson and Rabada helps it behind square on the leg-side

84.1 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, angled across and swung away from Rabada who was in the driving mood, beaten on the outside edge

83.6 - Finn to C Morris, no run, in the air and safe! Finn bowled it on a length and got it to rear on Morris who was trying to work it through leg. The ball nips back in late and balloons off the leading edge, lands well short of incoming mid-on, Hands-on-hips moment for Finn

83.6 - Finn to C Morris, no ball, Finn's familiar problem continues - overstepping that is. Morris blocks this off the inside half towards FSL

83.5 - Finn to C Morris, no run, back of a length outside off, Morris plays with an angled bat as he dabs this towards gully

83.4 - Finn to C Morris, no run, good length on and around off, Morris shuffles across to offer a straight bat in defence

83.3 - Finn to C Morris, no run, outside off and Morris is happy to let that go

83.2 - Finn to C Morris, no run, angled into the batsman from a short length, Morris looks to wrist it towards mid-wicket, the ball lobs off the thigh pad in front of FSL

83.1 - Finn to C Morris, no run, short of length on the stumps, Morris hops and tucks to the left of FSL

Over: 83	1 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 251/7
Rabada 12(33)	C Morris 19(28)	Anderson 18-5-38-0

82.6 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, on the stumps, Rabada closes the bat face on the defensive stroke, the ball rolls to the left of mid-on who moves across to field

82.5 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, another one that's too good for Rabada. Pitched on a good length and shaping away from Rabada, beaten on the outside edge as Rabada came forward to defend

82.4 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, this one swings away from Rabada, he tries to flirt with it but lucky not to have edged

82.3 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, drifting down leg, Rabada doesn't bother with it

82.2 - Anderson to Rabada, no run, half-an-appeal for lbw but Rabada clearly got an inside edge there. Swung in late from a length, Rabada was pushing forward and got an inside edge onto his pad

82.1 - Anderson to C Morris, 1 run, short on the stumps, Morris swivels and pulls to long leg for an easy single

Over: 82	0 0 0 1 1 Nb 4	RSA 250/7
Rabada 12(28)	C Morris 18(27)	Finn 17-4-49-2

81.6 - Finn to Rabada, FOUR, overstepped again but the umpire didn't spot this one though. Back of a length around fifth stump, swung away late too. Rabada looks to punch it through the off-side, gets a thick outside edge which flies past a diving point (to his left) and races away

81.6 - Finn to Rabada, no ball, Finn has overstepped - a problem that's so common for him in Test match cricket. Rabada punched this towards cover

81.5 - Finn to C Morris, 1 run, short and on the hips of Morris. He gets into a bit of tangle as he tried to pull this square on the leg-side - manages to do so but off the splice of the bat, had there been a short leg, things would have been interesting

81.4 - Finn to Rabada, 1 run, overpitched just outside off, Rabada drives to the left of Moeen Ali at mid-off, gets across for a single once it passed the fielder

81.3 - Finn to Rabada, no run, short and rising steeply outside off, Rabada jumps on his tippy toes to flay that square, could only meet with thin air

81.2 - Finn to Rabada, no run, angled away from Rabada, left alone to the keeper

Four slips and a short leg for Finn

81.1 - Finn to Rabada, no run, good length on the stumps, hit the bat hard too. Rabada was half-forward to block this down the pitch

Steven Finn [16.0-4-42-2] is back into the attack

Over: 81	0 0 0 4 0 4	RSA 243/7
C Morris 17(26)	Rabada 7(22)	Anderson 17-5-37-0

80.6 - Anderson to C Morris, FOUR, sprays this full delivery on the pads. That's easy pickings for any batsman. Morris is no mug with the bat, he flicks wristily and creams it through mid-wicket, James Taylor puts in the desperate dive in the deep but couldn't prevent the ball from kissing the ropes

80.5 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, good length on off, Morris blocks from the crease towards mid-off

80.4 - Anderson to C Morris, FOUR, very full wider of off, Morris opens the face of the bat and squeezes that in the gap between backward point and slip cordon, no one at third man

80.3 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, length delivery outside off, Morris pushes that in front of mid-off

80.2 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, swinging in again, from a good length and Morris hops back to block that under his eyes

80.1 - Anderson to C Morris, no run, straightaway he makes the ball talk, swung in from a good length to catch Morris' outside edge who was prodding forward. The edge died down to the left of a diving fourth slip

James Anderson [16.0-5-29-0] is back into the attack

England have taken the second new ball. Jimmy Anderson has the ball. 4 slips and gully waiting...

Over: 80	0 0 0 0 0 6	RSA 235/7
Rabada 7(22)	C Morris 9(20)	Moeen Ali 16-4-50-1

79.6 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, SIX, the attempted doosra from Moeen Ali, ended up bowling a friendly full toss. Rabada stayed still and smashed it straight down the ground, no one moved!

79.5 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, Rabada defends to short cover

79.4 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, very full on leg-stump line, Rabada looks to whip over mid-wicket, off the pad and past short leg

79.3 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, spinning away from Rabada who shoulders arms

79.2 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, tossed up on the stumps, blocked down the pitch

79.1 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, flighted delivery and spinning away slightly, Rabada went hard on the cut and missed it by a hair's-breadth distance. Bairstow claimed the catch behind the stumps and his verdict proved to be in vain...

England review: Rabada is the man - NOT OUT is the signal from Aleem Dar. The appeal was for caught behind. Bairstow was dead-confident on that. UltraEdge shows absolutely nothing. Nobody appealed and it was more of a tactical review I reckon. Reviews will be reinstated after this over. So England had nothing to lose...

Just one more over to go before the bowlers have a sniff at the second new ball...

Over: 79	0 0 2 0 0 0	RSA 229/7
C Morris 9(20)	Rabada 1(16)	Broad 16-3-58-1

78.6 - Broad to C Morris, no run, for the umpteenth time today, Broad bowls it short and wide, Morris looks to glance but was too far away from his reach

78.5 - Broad to C Morris, no run, fraction fuller around 135ks, Morris drives gently but picks out the man at mid-off

78.4 - Broad to C Morris, no run, errant stuff continues from Broad - short and down leg that is, Morris isn't chasing that

78.3 - Broad to C Morris, 2 runs, short and just outside off, Morris pulls and manages to keep it along the ground through mid-wicket, convincing stroke that but didn't get all of it

78.2 - Broad to C Morris, no run, slightly fuller and angled in on off, Morris displays a straight blade in defence, the ball rolled away towards mid-off

78.1 - Broad to C Morris, no run, lifter down the wrong line, Morris half-crouches and lets it go

Over: 78	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 227/7
Rabada 1(16)	C Morris 7(14)	Moeen Ali 15-4-44-1

77.6 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, a nice stride forward to defend this tossed up delivery down the track

77.5 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, stroked to short cover again, he's been kept busy since Moeen came onto bowl

77.4 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, spinning away from Rabada who was looking to flay it through the off-side, Bairstow fails to glove that cleanly

77.3 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, slower through the air, Rabada drives and picks out short cover

77.2 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, tossed up on and around off, Rabada strides forward in defence

77.1 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, floated up from Ali, driven to extra cover

Over: 77	1 0 0 0 1 0	RSA 227/7
C Morris 7(14)	Rabada 1(10)	Broad 15-3-56-1

76.6 - Broad to C Morris, no run, full from Broad and Morris drives it wide of mid-off who gets across and stops the ball

76.5 - Broad to Rabada, 1 run, sliding down leg, Rabada pulls along the ground towards fine leg

76.4 - Broad to Rabada, no run, ambitious appeal from Bairstow and Rod Tucker ain't ruling that out. It never looked like one. Pitched short and zips off the surface, beating Rabada's tentative poke. Bairstow appealed as soon as he held the ball but it was more of an optimistic shout

76.3 - Broad to Rabada, no run, outside off, Rabada lifts his bat and lets it go

76.2 - Broad to Rabada, no run, short again, this one came back in with the angle, Rabada was looking to work it through mid-wicket - was a tad late in doing so. The ball hits him on the thigh pad and rolls towards the slip cordon

James Taylor is standing at deepish short leg with a helmet on..

76.1 - Broad to C Morris, 1 run, the horizontal bat flashes continue from the South African batsmen. Broad digs it short and Morris has an ugly swipe at it, the top-edge lands well wide of backward point, all safe in the end

Over: 76	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 225/7
Rabada 0(6)	C Morris 6(12)	Moeen Ali 14-3-44-1

75.6 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, loopy delivery from Ali, Rabada opens the bat face to dab that to backward point

75.5 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, darted just outside off, Rabada shoulders arms, good leave that, wasn't that far away from shaving the off-stump

75.4 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, driven with soft hands towards short cover

75.3 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, flatter on the stumps again, Rabada wrists it in front of a helmeted FSL

75.2 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, on the stumps, Rabada turns it in front of short leg

75.1 - Moeen Ali to Rabada, no run, spinning away outside off, left alone to the keeper

Over: 75	4 0 1 W 0 0	RSA 225/7
C Morris 6(12)	Rabada 0(0)	Broad 14-3-54-1

74.6 - Broad to C Morris, no run, hops inside the crease and screams a loud "no" after tucking this delivery towards mid-on

74.5 - Broad to C Morris, no run, opens the bat face and angles it towards gully

Kagiso Rabada, left handed bat, comes to the crease

74.4 - Broad to Dane Vilas, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! Good catch from Moeen Ali at fine leg. Kept his eyes on the ball despite facing the sun. Broad will be a relieved man. Yet again he tries the short stuff, this time against a settled Vilas. He pulls and could only manage a big, booming top-edge which loops high in the air towards Moeen. He ain't dropping that. For all that drama that was built before the start of the game, Vilas decides to throw it away after what has been an innings of patience and class. Remember, he was in Port Elizabeth before the start of this game. It's nearly 1000 kms away from J'burg and now he had a long, long walk back to the pavilion. Dane Vilas c Moeen Ali b Broad 26(38) [4s-4]

Broad to Dane Vilas, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

74.3 - Broad to C Morris, 1 run, slipping down leg, Morris glances down to fine leg

74.2 - Broad to C Morris, no run, full and aiming off, driven crisply to mid-off

74.1 - Broad to C Morris, FOUR, oh hello! Where did that come from? Broad pitched it short and got it to nip back in ever so slightly. Morris was unsure, hung his bat awkwardly and the ball took the top-edge. Couple of bounces and into the fence, the slip cordon could just watch that sail over their heads. Streaky stuff that!

Over: 74	0 0 0 2 0 0	RSA 220/6
Dane Vilas 26(37)	C Morris 1(7)	Moeen Ali 13-2-44-1

73.6 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, loopy delivery on middle and leg, wristed to mid-wicket

73.5 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, blocked to the right of Moeen who gets across and fields

73.4 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, 2 runs, solid punch through cover! This man definitely has talent, lots of it in fact. Waits on the back foot and times the punch through cover

73.3 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, floaty on middle and off, Vilas goes back inside the crease to punch that to mid-off

73.2 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, flatter delivery, pushed down the track towards Moeen Ali

73.1 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, tossed up on the stumps, Vilas flicks with soft hands towards mid-wicket

Over: 73	0 0 0 4 0 1	RSA 218/6
Dane Vilas 24(31)	C Morris 1(7)	Broad 13-3-49-0

72.6 - Broad to Dane Vilas, 1 run, short and wide, Vilas jumps on his feet and taps it on its head to the right of point, Compton dives but fails to prevent the single

72.5 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, short and angled down leg, Vilas crouches a tad and the ball evades him rather than vice-versa

72.4 - Broad to Dane Vilas, FOUR, width on offer with a driveable length, Vilas leant forward and stroked it wide of mid-off, pure timing and it raced away

72.3 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, harmless bumper outside off, Vilas had nothing to do with it, just watches that pass through to the keeper

72.2 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, short of length on and around off, Vilas punches it onto the ground, rolled away towards cover

72.1 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, 135kmph from Broad, targetting off, Vilas gets across and defends back to mid-on

Over: 72	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 213/6
C Morris 1(7)	Dane Vilas 19(25)	Moeen Ali 12-2-42-1

71.6 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, slower through the air, Morris hangs back and punches towards mid-off

71.5 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, on the stumps, Morris turns it in front of FSL

71.4 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, full on the stumps, Morris wrists it towards straightish short mid-wicket

71.3 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, another one blocked down the ground

71.2 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, fuller and outside off, Morris drills the drive to the left of a diving cover

71.1 - Moeen Ali to C Morris, no run, shortish just outside off, punched down the ground

Bavuma took off initially and hesitated a bit before responding. That is why he got out and Bairstow was too good with the dive...

Over: 71	1 Wd 0 4 0 W 1	RSA 213/6
C Morris 1(1)	Dane Vilas 19(25)	Broad 12-3-44-0

70.6 - Broad to C Morris, 1 run, angled into the batsman who hops and bunts it to mid-on for a quick single

Chris Morris, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Drinks are on the field now. That run-out inhibited the Protea recovery post ABD's fall and the next hour looks tough to negotiate..

70.5 - Broad to Dane Vilas, out Bavuma Run Out!! Ah, that's a horror in Test cricket. You just cannot afford to lose your wickets trying to collect petty singles like these. Vilas patted the ball to mid-on and charged off. Bavuma was late to respond and was defeated by a lightning throw from Woakes. Bairstow leaped in the air to collect the ball and Jonty'd onto the stumps. Flying bail-flicking to put it bluntly. Bavuma run out (Woakes/Bairstow) 23(44) [4s-3]

Broad to Dane Vilas, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

70.4 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, fullish again and Vilas defends it down the pitch

70.3 - Broad to Dane Vilas, FOUR, shot! All Broad could do was to get his legs out of the way! Full and on off, Vilas plonks his front foot and goes through the line. Times the ball with a flowing push and places it through the bowler for a boundary

70.2 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, comes forward and stylishly drives this straight to cover

70.2 - Broad to Dane Vilas, wide, bumper that looked pacy, Vilas swayed away and let it go well over his head. Too high and umpire calls it a wide

70.1 - Broad to Bavuma, 1 run, length ball coming in with the angle, Bavuma straight-bats the push to mid-on and hares across to the danger end

Over: 70	4 0 2 0 0 0	RSA 206/5
Dane Vilas 15(21)	Bavuma 22(43)	Moeen Ali 11-1-42-1

69.6 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, yorker length, Vilas quickly adjusts, skids out and makes it into a full ball. And digs it into the pitch

69.5 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, goes very wide of the crease from round the wicket and fires it in. Vilas lets out a stride and defends it

69.4 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, gets on his front foot and keeps it out

69.3 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, 2 runs, dragged down, Vilas quickly rocks back and places the cut to sweeper cover for a brace

69.2 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, comes forward and defends this tossed up ball back down the pitch

69.1 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, FOUR, full ball down leg, Vilas skips out aiming the heave. Dragged it off the inner half to deep square leg and it's good enough for a boundary

Over: 69	1 0 0 0 1 1	RSA 200/5
Dane Vilas 9(15)	Bavuma 22(43)	Broad 11-3-37-0

68.6 - Broad to Dane Vilas, 1 run, short ball sits up pretty to celebrate South Africa's double ton. Vilas stood high and swiveled to pull it to deep square leg

Third slip is well in for some reason

68.5 - Broad to Bavuma, 1 run, the batsman sees the fuller length and gets forward. Pushes the ball to mid-off and sneaks in a quick single

68.4 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, length ball, Bavuma gets forward to defend it this time

68.3 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, and he was opened up a touch on this occasion. The length ball nips away and bounces viciously, Bavuma took his bottom hand off. Ball flew off the shoulder towards gully but soon died down

68.2 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, length delivery zipping off the pitch. Bavuma spots it early and didn't bring his bat down from his high-ish backlift

68.1 - Broad to Dane Vilas, 1 run, hurls this one at a modest pace outside off, Vilas gets the room to open his bat face and taps it to backward point

Stuart Broad [10.0-3-34-0] is back into the attack

Underwhelming Broad is back under sunny skies. Hope the tummy bug is out

Over: 68	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 197/5
Bavuma 21(39)	Dane Vilas 7(13)	Moeen Ali 10-1-36-1

67.6 - Moeen Ali to Bavuma, no run, slowish but the line's down leg, Bavuma swivels while crouching and bunts it square on the leg-side

67.5 - Moeen Ali to Bavuma, no run, bowls it on middle, Bavuma opts to defend it off the back foot. Right under his eyes

67.4 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, 1 run, floated full this time, Vilas pushes it to mid-off and runs through

67.3 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, backs away and open-bats the punch defensively towards point. The length's been shorter from Moeen Ali for some reason

67.2 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, tossed up on off, Vilas gets forward in defence

67.1 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, skids back in his crease and gave himself the room to straight-bat the defence to this shortish ball

Over: 67	1 0 0 0 0 4	RSA 196/5
Bavuma 21(37)	Dane Vilas 6(9)	Finn 16-4-42-2

66.6 - Finn to Bavuma, FOUR, that's nicely played. Down the leg side, Bavuma gets on his toes to meet this back of a length delivery and tucks it off his hips to fine leg. Races away to the fence in no time

66.5 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, full and on and around fifth stump, Bavuma pushes it to mid-off

66.4 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, ooh, and there's the tentative poke! Fullish and zipping on straight, Bavuma perhaps anticipated it to come in, let out his bat late and the ball snuck under his bat to pootle through to the keeper

66.3 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, arrowed in from back of a length, Bavuma stands up in attention and defends it with a slightly closed bat face towards mid-on

66.2 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, opens his stance and pats this length delivery to point

66.1 - Finn to Dane Vilas, 1 run, full on middle and leg, Vilas hauls his back leg in air and plays a stylish one-legged clip to deep square leg

Over: 66	0 0 0 4 1 0	RSA 191/5
Bavuma 17(32)	Dane Vilas 5(8)	Moeen Ali 9-1-35-1

65.6 - Moeen Ali to Bavuma, no run, gets low with a large front foot stride and blocks it back to the bowler

65.5 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, 1 run, slides across and punches this dragged down delivery to point. A fumble from Broad and the batsmen sneak in a single

65.4 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, FOUR, flighted delivery from Moeen Ali, Vilas skates down the pitch and lofts it over the bowler's head for a boundary to long-on

65.3 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, works it off his pads behind square on the leg side

65.2 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, backs away a touch and open-bats the ball square on the off-side. Straight to point for no run

65.1 - Moeen Ali to Dane Vilas, no run, teasingly slow through the air, Vilas blocks it out

One slip and an FSL for Mo. Starts from round the wicket..

Moeen Ali [8.0-1-30-1] is back into the attack

Over: 65	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 186/5
Bavuma 17(31)	Dane Vilas 0(3)	Finn 15-4-37-2

64.6 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, splaying down leg, Bavuma swiveled 90 degrees in his crease to tickle that fine but the ball was a bit too pacy. Bavuma was late and was denied by the width outside leg too

64.5 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, goes fuller this time Finn to bring Bavuma half-forward. The batsman bunts it down

64.4 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, had his feet cemented into the pitch to block this. Just protracted his hands to get his bat behind the ball and dead-batted this back of a length ball

64.3 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, strewn full outside off, Bavuma swipes his bat clockwise in air as he let the ball go

64.2 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, allows the ball to come onto his straight bat, stands tall and blocks this shortish ball back to Finn

64.1 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, only the keeper appealed there. Not a soul was interested. The ball was veering down leg, Bavuma tried to tickle but missed. Might have taken the thigh pad to invite the unconvincing appeal from Bairstow

Over: 64	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 186/5
Dane Vilas 0(3)	Bavuma 17(25)	Stokes 16-1-46-2

63.6 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, straight ball wide of off, no shot offered from Vilas

63.5 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, in-ducker that nips in from wide of off. Vilas takes his bottom hand off, all surprised and keeps it out thankfully. Was hit on the glove and was saved with the ball not ricocheting back onto the poles

63.4 - Stokes to Bavuma, 1 run, leg-stumpish line on this back of a length delivery and Bavuma tucks it to backward square leg for an easy single

63.3 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, lets out a front foot stride and pushes it towards cover

63.2 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, back-bender lacking discipline. Dished out too wide and Bavuma half-swayed away to ignore it

63.1 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, stands up in his crease and defends it below his eye-line employing a straight bat

How do you swing a 63-over old ball? Ask Finn. Ask Stokes. Don't ask Anderson today.

Over: 63	0 0 1 0 W 0	RSA 185/5
Dane Vilas 0(1)	Bavuma 16(21)	Finn 14-3-37-2

62.6 - Finn to Dane Vilas, no run, swings it late off a fuller length, Vilas blocks it into the off-side

Three slips and a gully in place now

Dane Vilas, right handed bat, comes to the crease

62.5 - Finn to du Plessis, out Caught by Hales!! That was so hospitable, almost helping Finn to a wicket like a Good Samaritan. The ball was shortish and it was down the leg-side, du Plessis helps himself with a pick up shot. Intended to go finer but ended up hitting it uppisly to deep backward square leg. Straight to Hales who backpedals and reverse-cups it onto his chest gleefully. du Plessis c Hales b Finn 16(57) [4s-2]

Finn to du Plessis, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

62.4 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, late swing on this very full delivery, du Plessis nearly falls over while trying to dig it out

62.3 - Finn to Bavuma, 1 run, this time Bavuma tries to defend it with a straight bat but the ball kept coming in with the angle, took the inside edge and travelled along the carpet to fine leg

62.2 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, back of a length delivery and Bavuma could easily stand in his crease to defend it. These deliveries were going for the batsman's head in the first two sessions. Not now with a 62-over old ball

62.1 - Finn to Bavuma, no run, bowls this full, Bavuma gets forward and defends it right back to the bowler

Steven Finn [13.0-3-36-1] is back into the attack

Bat-beater, peach-bowler Finn is back for another spell..Two slips and a gully in place. And a FSL

Over: 62	0 4 0 0 0 1	RSA 184/4
Bavuma 15(18)	du Plessis 16(55)	Stokes 15-1-45-2

61.6 - Stokes to Bavuma, 1 run, transfers the weight back to meet this short of a length ball and tucks it from middle stump to backward square leg

61.5 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, drags it shorter but the width allows Bavuma another easy leave

61.4 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, showed his bat face to the slips as he lifted his bat post a front foot stride. Let this length ball go easily to the keeper

61.3 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, shoulders arms to this fullish ball outside off

61.2 - Stokes to Bavuma, FOUR, short and wide, and with a hit-me tag. Bavuma obliges with a full-blooded cut. Threaded the gap between point and cover-point and the ball sped off this turf

61.1 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, good length delivery, Bavuma is solidly behind the line and blocks it into the off-side

Stokes has a chat with the umpire regarding the ball. Wants a preferred cherry to get to his 50th Test scalp, perhaps

Over: 61	1 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 179/4
du Plessis 16(55)	Bavuma 10(12)	Anderson 16-5-29-0

60.6 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, on the pads again, du Plessis half-turns and defends it into the on-side

60.5 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, that was a corker! Angled in from wide of the crease, the full length delivery pitches and nips away. du Plessis played for the angle, poked at it and belatedly hauled his bat inside the line. Some self-chiding murmurs followed

60.4 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, lifts his bat and lets it go. The length was full and the line in that teasing zone outside off

60.3 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, gentler outside off with a hint of swing, du Plessis presses forward and open-bats it towards cover-point

60.2 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, fullish in length, du Plessis gets forward in defence

60.1 - Anderson to Bavuma, 1 run, fuller length delivery invites Bavuma forward. He was late into his lunge and the inswing eked out an inside edge that rolled fine behind square. Didn't sneak in but arrowed down in front of the pad

Over: 60	1 3 0 1 0 0	RSA 178/4
du Plessis 16(50)	Bavuma 9(11)	Stokes 14-1-40-2

59.6 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, yawning in the channel well wide of off, du Plessis shoulders arms

Two slips and a gully in place now

59.5 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, pats this to mid-off. Hits it straight to the fielder and there was no run on offer

59.4 - Stokes to Bavuma, 1 run, short ball angled into the leg side. Bavuma swivels across and helps it with a delicate pull to fine leg. Was hit high on the bat and hence couldn't get it finer

59.3 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty outside off, Bavuma lifts his bat and lets it go

59.2 - Stokes to du Plessis, 3 runs, stays put and clips this length ball uppishly to deep mid-wicket. Lots of long strides across the pitch to sneak in three runs there. Yes, even from Bavuma

59.1 - Stokes to Bavuma, 1 run, that was too pretty for a single. Slid his back leg outside leg and clipped this full ball on pads to deep square leg

Over: 59	0 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 173/4
du Plessis 13(47)	Bavuma 7(8)	Anderson 15-5-28-0

58.6 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, ekes out an outside edge that rolls towards gully. No time to cross over for a run and the batsman stays his ground

58.5 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, fuller length ball to follow up, du Plessis is well forward to cover the line and ignores it

58.4 - Anderson to du Plessis, FOUR, that was out of the blue! Gets out of his forward defensive loop with a whack off the back foot. The ball was short and sat up pretty, du Plessis rocked back and cross-batted that to the deep mid-wicket fence. Couple of bounces and into the advertising hoardings

58.3 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, strewn closer to the batsman, curls in too. du Plessis covers it with a forward push and pings back the defence

58.2 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, gently hoists his bat and allows this full ball to the keeper

58.1 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, sliding into the batsman from a length, du Plessis turns it towards mid-wicket

Over: 58	0 0 0 0 4 0	RSA 169/4
Bavuma 7(8)	du Plessis 9(41)	Stokes 13-1-35-2

57.6 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, lunges forward yet again. Stokes is keeping it full and Bavuma is obliging with his front foot's use. This time couldn't place the drive past cover

57.5 - Stokes to Bavuma, FOUR, that was blissful timing. No other way to put it. Bavuma came forward and pushed it sweetly. The ball evaded mid-off's dive and hurried to the fence

57.4 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, gets forward and defends this fullish ball under his eyes

57.3 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, this length ball zipped in from outside off and Bavuma had half a stride to leave the ball. Close but had done enough to let the ball climb over the off-stump, thanks to the Wanderers bounce

57.2 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, very full outside off, Bavuma lifts his bat from the line of the ball and lets it through

57.1 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, back of a length ball, Bavuma is drawn behind the line of the ball. Ekes out a thickish outside edge that rolls towards the cordon behind

Over: 57	0 0 1 3 0 0	RSA 165/4
du Plessis 9(41)	Bavuma 3(2)	Anderson 14-5-24-0

56.6 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, no use of the feet at all. du Plessis stays in his crease anf lifts his bat to defend this length ball. Inside-edges it onto his pad and the ball rolls down the pitch

56.5 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, full and outside off, du Plessis levers up his bat as he lets the ball go

56.4 - Anderson to Bavuma, 3 runs, and Bavuma is off the mark on his home ground with a little push to long-off. Just an extended forward defence and Bavuma times it well. Ali took his time to field the ball giving away three runs

56.3 - Anderson to du Plessis, 1 run, length ball within the stumps, du Plessis gets low, closes the bat face and earns a single to backward square leg

56.2 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, another one that's short of a good length, du Plessis takes his bottom hand off as he plays a jabby defence into the off-side

Three slips for Anderson

56.1 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, picks up this back of a length delivery from fifth stump and whips it sans timing to mid-on

James Anderson [13.0-5-20-0] is back into the attack

Over: 56	0 0 1 0 W 0	RSA 161/4
Bavuma 0(1)	du Plessis 8(36)	Stokes 12-1-31-2

55.6 - Stokes to Bavuma, no run, on a length, Bavuma stays crease-bound and just lays a dead bat onto this one

Temba Bavuma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

55.5 - Stokes to de Villiers, out Caught by Bairstow!! And there won't be an ABD show today. He's perished to an ambitious pull. Umpire Aleem Dar thought and thought a bit more before raising the finger. Stokes had bent his back on this bumper, the ball vroomed off the pitch and was an easy duck. The batsman that he is, de Villiers took it on but only managed to glove it back to the keeper. Brushed the right thumb to be precise. The appeal looked well synchronized and the woody sound was a giveaway for Dar there. Big, big loss this. de Villiers c Bairstow b Stokes 36(40) [4s-4 6s-1]

Stokes to de Villiers, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

55.4 - Stokes to de Villiers, no run, shortish outside off, de Villiers stands tall and open-bats the punch to point

Update: Samit Patel is on the field for Broad who's under the weather with stomach cramps

55.3 - Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, splaying down leg, du Plessis tickles it to fine leg

Cook had shown the replacement ball to ABD after the umpires approved of it

55.2 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, fuller length sees du Plessis come forward with a timed drive to cover. No placement though

55.1 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, back of a length and angled on the leg stump, du Plessis shuffles to get behind the line, crosses his bat around his body and defends it

Ben Stokes [11.0-1-30-1] is back into the attack

The ball's lost and the replacement is out. Will be a common update if ABD decides to free his arms in this last session featuring tired bowling legs

Over: 55	0 0 1 0 1 6	RSA 160/3
de Villiers 36(38)	du Plessis 7(33)	Moeen Ali 8-1-30-1

54.6 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, SIX, that was smoked! Hit as if it was meant to be. Came down the track, got to the pitch of the ball, gave himself the room to swing his arms and belted it over long-on for a gargantuan six. A memory-spike for the few people who have made it to the Bullring on a Thursday

54.5 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, 1 run, a baby step forward and half a turn inside the crease for a clipped single to backward square leg

54.4 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, floated full on off from over the wicket, du Plessis gets forward in defence

54.3 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 1 run, Ali's fuller in length, de Villiers skips down the pitch and clips it to long-on for a single

54.2 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, lets out a large stride and defends it with a straight bat

54.1 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, flatter on the middle pole, de Villiers bends down to turn it into the leg side

A warm welcome back to all cricket tragics! The skies stay cloud-laden as the England players walk out after having a nice cuppa coffee, like me. Or after chalking new plans, like ABD and du Plessis perhaps. Whatever. Ali is on the top of his mark and the cordon features a lone slipper. And an FSL.

Finn was the pick of the session, bowling head-ripping deliveries to cause consistent trouble. Amla's wicket could have been mistaken for wishful thinking - pitched middle and just nipped away to take the edge. And a now in-form Amla was too good to miss it. Moeen Ali, largely understood as a stop-gap end-changing arrangement on a Day 1 Jo'burg pitch, had biffed South Africa early into the second hour. Elgar's wicket preceded Amla's and his gritty innings yielded to India-demons and some unusual Wanderers turn. Join us for the evening session at 15:30 local to witness the de Villiers-du Plessis revival.

Tea, Day 1: Courtesy flashy South African instincts and a more invested English side, the second session was entertainingly eventful and consequently more rewarding for the visitors. Anderson, having had a mediocre first session under grey skies, made an unrewarding return to his deep-frozen fuller length but beat the bat on many more occasions. Stokes continued to have late swing on the bowling menu and bowled incisively only to be denied a close LBW call. DRS conformed with the on-field decision and ruled out a marginal call in Amla's favour to leave the bowler all steamy-eared.

Over: 54	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 152/3
du Plessis 6(31)	de Villiers 29(34)	Anderson 13-5-20-0

53.6 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, Anderson goes full this time, du Plessis gets a little stride forward and bunts it down the pitch. And that will be Tea

53.5 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, back of a length and du Plessis gets right behind to defend it back to the bowler

53.4 - Anderson to de Villiers, 1 run, fuller length and on the stumps, de Villiers gets the defence off the inside half of the bat to square leg and calls for a quick single. du Plessis obliges and puts in a dive to make his ground at the striker's end.

53.3 - Anderson to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and hint of away movement, de Villiers fences it awkwardly to backward point

53.2 - Anderson to de Villiers, no run, Anderson comes closer to the stumps this time, de Villiers comes forward on this length delivery and bunts it down the pitch

53.1 - Anderson to de Villiers, no run, fuller length and outside off, de Villiers defends it to backward point

Over: 53	0 0 1 0 0 4	RSA 151/3
du Plessis 6(29)	de Villiers 28(30)	Moeen Ali 7-1-22-1

52.6 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, FOUR, gentle low full toss and outside off, du Plessis caresses the drive with ease through covers, welcome boundary for du Plessis

52.5 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, tad short and du Plessis is happy to get back and punch it back to the bowler

52.4 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, tossed up and on off, du Plessis leans and blocks it into the off-side

52.3 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 1 run, de Villiers tucks this floater to fine leg

52.2 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, slipped down the leg-side, de Villiers does not get any bat on the little whip

52.1 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, flatter delivery and on the stumps, de Villiers is well forward in the defence, closes the bat face a little

Moeen Ali [6.0-1-17-1] is back into the attack

Over: 52	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 146/3
du Plessis 2(26)	de Villiers 27(27)	Anderson 12-5-19-0

51.6 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, an uneventful over comes to an end, once again on a length and outside off, du Plessis hoists his bat and leaves it

51.5 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, outside off and du Plessis is not interested in that one

51.4 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, length delivery and outside off, moved away a little, du Plessis was looking to play at it first, withdrew his bat away from the line at the last moment

51.3 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, short of good length once again, du Plessis pushes it to the right of the man at backward point

51.2 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, short of a good length and outside off, du Plessis punches it to backward point

51.1 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, length delivery and outside off, hint of away movement there, du Plessis does not budge though

James Anderson [11.0-4-19-0] is back into the attack

Jimmy is back for his 3rd spell of the day...

Over: 51	4 2 0 0 2 0	RSA 146/3
de Villiers 27(27)	du Plessis 2(20)	Finn 13-3-36-1

50.6 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, fuller length and outside off, nipped away a little, de Villiers leaves it through to the keeper

50.5 - Finn to de Villiers, 2 runs, short again and outside off, de Villiers does not time the cut, becomes more of a flat batted drive. The ball rolls through cover and Broad chases it down

50.4 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and de Villiers gets tall on it, pushes it to mid-on

50.3 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and on the stumps, de Villiers gets behind and tucks it to FSL

50.2 - Finn to de Villiers, 2 runs, slightly shorter and outside off, de Villiers dabs it square of the wicket on the off-side for a couple

50.1 - Finn to de Villiers, FOUR, short and width on offer, enough time for de Villiers to free his arms and he cracks it through cover for an easy four

Over: 50	1 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 138/3
du Plessis 2(20)	de Villiers 19(21)	Moeen Ali 6-1-17-1

49.6 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, quicker and off, du Plessis defends it from the crease

49.5 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, tossed up and on middle and leg, du Plessis takes it on full and flicks it to mid-wicket

49.4 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, pushed through on the stumps, du Plessis nudges it into the on-side

49.3 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, flatter again, du Plessis prefers to stay back and defend

49.2 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, tad short and du Plessis rocks back to punch it to mid-off

49.1 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 1 run, tossed up and on middle and leg, de Villiers nudges it into the on-side for an easy single

Over: 49	4 0 1 0 0 0	RSA 137/3
du Plessis 2(15)	de Villiers 18(20)	Finn 12-3-28-1

48.6 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, and once again a replay of the 4th delivery of the over, comes in with the angle and leaves du Plessis on the defence. Missed the outside edge by a coat of paint

48.5 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, edged but does not carry to the fourth slip, on a length and induced an edge of du Plessis' push. Luckily for du Plessis it did not carry there

48.4 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, every now and then Steven keeps producing these rippers. This one pitched on a length and lifted off the pitch, straightened a bit as well, du Plessis was pushing at it from the crease and it eluded his outside edge through to the keeper

48.3 - Finn to de Villiers, 1 run, short and not enough bounce on it, de Villiers swivels across and mistimes the pull to fine leg, who ran in front to keep it down to one

48.2 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and well outside off, de Villiers lifts his bat and lets it go

48.1 - Finn to de Villiers, FOUR, straying on the pads of de Villiers and punished. Moved across a little and clipped it through backward square leg, there was a man in the deep but he had no chance

Over: 48	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 132/3
du Plessis 2(12)	de Villiers 13(17)	Moeen Ali 5-1-16-1

47.6 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, goes slightly fuller than the previous two occasions, du Plessis closes the bat face on the defence

47.5 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, not exactly a half tracker but short enough for du Plessis to get back and turn it into the on-side

47.4 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, quicker and a tad short, Plessis goes back in the crease and pushes it back to the bowler

47.3 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, delivers this one outside off and du Plessis gets well forward to dead bat it

47.2 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, pushed through on middle and leg, du Plessis defends it from the crease

47.1 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, flatter trajectory from Moeen, du Plessis turns it to the man behind square on the on-side

Over: 47	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 132/3
de Villiers 13(17)	du Plessis 2(6)	Finn 11-3-23-1

46.6 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length once again, de Villiers gets across and tucks it to forward short leg

46.5 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, better from de Villiers this time, presents the full face of the bat on this length delivery and defends it

46.4 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, length delivery and on off, de Villiers does not quite get forward and gets an inside edge on to the pad

46.3 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, where did that come from? Jumped off a length and caught de Villiers off guard, hits him high on the glove as he takes the bottom hand of the willow, the ball rolls down the pitch

46.2 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery and on the stumps, de Villiers gets on top of the bounce and turns it to forward short leg

46.1 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and just outside off, de Villiers lifts his bat and lets it go

Over: 46	2 0 1 2 0 0	RSA 132/3
du Plessis 2(6)	de Villiers 13(11)	Moeen Ali 4-0-16-1

45.6 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, floater and on the stumps, du Plessis dead bats it back to the bowler

45.5 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, no run, flatter delivery and on middle and off, du Plessis defends it back to the bowler

45.4 - Moeen Ali to du Plessis, 2 runs, thick outside edge and it rolls down to third man, the ball went on with the arm as du Plessis came forward to defend it. Gets a thick edge and it rolls along the ground

45.3 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 1 run, slightly fuller and de Villiers nudges it to mid-wicket to get to the other end

45.2 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, pushed through on off, de Villiers lunges forward and defends

45.1 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 2 runs, flatter delivery and de Villiers tucks it away from the fielder at short fine leg for a couple

Over: 45	0 1 W 0 0 0	RSA 127/3
du Plessis 0(3)	de Villiers 10(8)	Finn 10-2-23-1

44.6 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, length delivery and outside off, du Plessis does not bother disturbing that one, leaves it through to the keeper

44.5 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, this is good stuff from Finn, hits the length on off and du Plessis defends it from the crease

44.4 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, back of a length and on off, pings du Plessis high on the bat as he looks to defend it from the crease. du Plessis' bottom hand comes off the bat

Faf du Plessis, right handed bat, comes to the crease

44.3 - Finn to Amla, out Caught by Bairstow!! That is a gem and that was bound to get the better of any batsman in the world. Sort of a dream delivery, came in with the angle on a length and straightened just a little off the pitch. Amla was not well forward on the defence and got a thick edge to the keeper who took a catch to his right. South Africa have lost their second wicket in quick succession. England are making a little comeback here. Amla c Bairstow b Finn 40(90) [4s-7]

Finn to Amla, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

44.2 - Finn to de Villiers, 1 run, short of a good length but too straight, de Villiers moves across and tucks it to fine leg

44.1 - Finn to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and on off, Villiers gets behind the line and defends it back to the bowler. Takes off the bottom hand at the last moment

Steven Finn [9.0-2-22-0] is back into the attack

Over: 44	0 1 0 0 0 0	RSA 126/2
Amla 40(89)	de Villiers 9(6)	Moeen Ali 3-0-11-1

43.6 - Moeen Ali to Amla, no run, good bowling from Moeen, tosses this one up on middle and off, Amla comes forward and blocks

43.5 - Moeen Ali to Amla, no run, big shout for lbw but it was doing a bit more than needed, clearly turning down the leg side. Tossed up delivery on middle and Amla came forward to block it, the ball turned in and hit him on the knee roll

43.4 - Moeen Ali to Amla, no run, quicker delivery and a touch short, Amla looks to nudge it off the back foot, misses and wears it on his body

43.3 - Moeen Ali to Amla, no run, pitched up and on the stumps, Amla lunges forward in defence

43.2 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, 1 run, Moeen goes flat this time, de Villiers uses the depth of the crease and nudges it to mid-wicket for a single

43.1 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, pushed through on middle and leg, de Villiers gently turns it into the on-side

Over: 43	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 125/2
Amla 40(85)	de Villiers 8(4)	Broad 10-3-34-0

42.6 - Broad to Amla, no run, nips back in from back of a length and Amla easily turns it to the fielder at short leg

42.5 - Broad to Amla, no run, bouncer and down the leg side, Amla leaves it through to the keeper

One FSL, a slip and a gully in place. A backward square leg and two men back for the short ball tactic

42.4 - Broad to Amla, no run, touch fuller and on the stumps, Amla turns it to short leg, the ball bounced just in front of the fielder there, no damage done

42.3 - Broad to Amla, no run, this time Broad decides to bowl it on a length, Amla gets right behind and defends it back to the bowler

42.2 - Broad to Amla, no run, and bouncer again, Amla repeats the action. Doesn't bother playing at that

42.1 - Broad to Amla, no run, bumper and right at Amla, who sits under it and lets it go through to the keeper

Over: 42	1B W 0 4 4 0	RSA 125/2
de Villiers 8(4)	Amla 40(79)	Moeen Ali 2-0-10-1

41.6 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, flatter and a lot quicker this time, de Villiers goes back and turns it into the on-side

41.5 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, FOUR, this time through mid-wicket. It is amazing how de Villiers comes all set. Once again danced down the pitch and flicked it through mid-wicket with ease, don't bother chasing those

41.4 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, FOUR, use of feet straightaway from de Villiers, gets to the pitch of the delivery and hammers it down the ground to get off the mark

41.3 - Moeen Ali to de Villiers, no run, tossed up delivery on middle and leg, de Villiers turns it gently into the on-side

AB de Villiers, right handed bat, comes to the crease

41.2 - Moeen Ali to Elgar, out Caught by Bairstow!! And Mo has struck, the change of bowling has done the trick for the English. It was a flatter delivery angled into Elgar and turned away as Elgar looked to poke at it from the crease, it just kissed the blade and Bairstow did not commit any mistake. England's long wait is over. The partnership is finally broken. Elgar c Bairstow b Moeen Ali 46(122) [4s-5]

Moeen Ali to Elgar, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

41.1 - Moeen Ali to Amla, byes, 1 run, floater on leg, turns down the leg side and Amla misses the flick, the ball rolls down to short fine leg

Moeen Ali [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack

Alright, it's time for Mo to have a go...

That will be drinks. England bowlers looked better. Oh no! The Protea batsmen made them look better. Amla and Elgar played a few rash shots but were lucky not to have nicked any. Stokes bowled well but unfortunately he didn't get any assistance from the rest of the bowlers. Finn too wasn't that threatening in his second spell. More to come in the second hour of play...

Over: 41	1 0 4 0 0 1	RSA 116/1
Amla 40(78)	Elgar 46(121)	Broad 9-2-34-0

40.6 - Broad to Amla, 1 run, back of a length on the hips, Amla rises on his toes and helps it down to fine leg

40.5 - Broad to Amla, no run, angled in from a length, Amla defends it with soft hands towards point

40.4 - Broad to Amla, no run, 131kmph outside off, Amla shoulders arms

40.3 - Broad to Amla, FOUR, driven on the up, tried the inswinger but the length was too full. Amla bends his front knee and times the crunchy drive wide of mid-off, once it beat the fielder it was always going to be a boundary

40.2 - Broad to Amla, no run, swung in from a good length, Amla is well forward to defend that with soft hands

40.1 - Broad to Elgar, 1 run, banged in short and angled into the batsman, Elgar mistimes yet another pull stroke. Swivels and ends up dragging the shot wide of backward square

Over: 40	0 3 0 0 0 0	RSA 110/1
Amla 35(73)	Elgar 45(120)	Finn 9-2-22-0

39.6 - Finn to Amla, no run, good length in the corridor of uncertainty, Amla looks settled now so he won't go after that

39.5 - Finn to Amla, no run, came back in a touch, fuller on the stumps, Amla presents a solid, straight bat in defence

39.4 - Finn to Amla, no run, back of a length and seamed away late, the line is a bit too wide and Amla is happy to let that pass

39.3 - Finn to Amla, no run, 134ks, slipping down leg from a length, Amla gets across and shoulders arms

39.2 - Finn to Elgar, 3 runs, shortish and sits up nicely for Elgar who punches that through extra cover, gets back for three before the ball is hunted down in the deep

39.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, length outside off, left alone to the keeper

Steven Finn [8.0-2-19-0] is back into the attack

Over: 39	4 0 0 0 1 0	RSA 107/1
Amla 35(69)	Elgar 42(118)	Broad 8-2-28-0

38.6 - Broad to Amla, no run, this one swung back in, fraction fuller on the stumps. Amla shuffles across and manages to wrist that towards square leg

38.5 - Broad to Elgar, 1 run, fuller outside off, Elgar clips it wide of mid-on for an easy single

38.4 - Broad to Elgar, no run, that hit him on the back elbow! Elgar grimaces in pain and Broad immediately consults him. All fine there! Short of a length seamed in late, Elgar was late on the tuck. Ball grazes the the elbow and rolls towards the keeper

38.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, still tests him in the outside off zone, Elgar isn't tempted though

38.2 - Broad to Elgar, no run, goes wide of the crease and bowls one wider of off, Elgar isn't chasing that

38.1 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, offers a freebie first ball, short and straight. Elgar rolls his wrists on the pull and times it sweetly through mid-wicket, touch of class and dominance

Stuart Broad [7.0-2-23-0] is back into the attack

Right then! Broad is back for another burst. Heard that he is suffering from stomach cramps. Not a good sign for England!

Over: 38	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 102/1
Amla 35(68)	Elgar 37(113)	Stokes 11-1-30-1

37.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, curled back in from a length, Amla gets a half-stride forward and closes the bat face on the defence, ball rolls away towards the slip cordon

37.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, lifter well outside off, Amla goes down on one knee and watches it sail through

37.4 - Stokes to Elgar, 1 run, slightly fuller outside off, Elgar opens the bat face and pushes that in the gap at cover to sneak in a quick single

37.3 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, too straight from Stoksey! Wristily clipped to the left of Broad at mid-on

37.2 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, very full outside off, Elgar opens the bat face and squeezes it towards point

37.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, angled in from a fuller length, Elgar bunts it onto the pitch with soft hands

Over: 37	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 101/1
Amla 35(66)	Elgar 36(109)	Anderson 11-4-19-0

36.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, gets forward and across to defend this fullish delivery to the left of Anderson who sticks his boot out to stop that

36.5 - Anderson to Amla, no run, another one that's seamed back in a long way, well outside off and Amla will leave that all day long

36.4 - Anderson to Amla, no run, nip-backer from Anderson, from a good length but too wide to make the batsman play

36.3 - Anderson to Amla, no run, wider of off, Amla dabs and finds Compton at point

36.2 - Anderson to Amla, no run, this one's well played! Opened the bat face and angled it towards fourth slip with soft hands

36.1 - Anderson to Amla, no run, length delivery on the stumps, blocked from the crease

Over: 36	0 1 2 1 0 0	RSA 101/1
Elgar 36(109)	Amla 35(60)	Stokes 10-1-29-1

35.6 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, there comes the flashing blade of Elgar again! Both batsmen have been itchy so far. Trying to score quickly and that too with hard hands. Round the wicket comes Stokes and serves up slightly short and wide stuff, Elgar looks to cut square of the wicket, beaten by the late movement. The ball swung in late and beat Elgar on the top edge

35.5 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, angled in from a good length, Elgar taps this towards short cover and thinks of a quick single, Amla sent him back

35.4 - Stokes to Amla, 1 run, a bit too straight from Stokes, Amla clips with his rubber wrists, behind square on the leg-side for an easy single

35.3 - Stokes to Amla, 2 runs, back of a length on the stumps, Amla walks across and looks to glance it fine. Manages to get some glove on that and races to the right of fine leg, 100 up for South Africa

35.2 - Stokes to Elgar, 1 run, short on the stumps, Elgar hops and plays the short-arm-jab through mid-wicket, easy pickings that

35.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, length delivery on off, pushed back to the bowler

Over: 35	0 0 1 0 0 0	RSA 97/1
Amla 32(58)	Elgar 35(105)	Anderson 10-3-19-0

34.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, for some reason Amla is going hard at the deliveries. Short of a length around fourth, fifth stump channel, Amla goes with hard hands as he tried to cut. Got a thick inside edge which dribbles wide of the stumps, another day it would have gone onto crash the stumps

34.5 - Anderson to Amla, no run, jaffa from Anderson! Good length delivery that held its line in the corridor of uncertainty, Amla plays inside the line and is lucky not to have edged that

34.4 - Anderson to Amla, no run, gets a little stride forward and blocks in front of Broad at short cover

34.3 - Anderson to Elgar, 1 run, dug in short at the batsman, Elgar gets into a bit of tangle as he tried to pull. Manages to get some bat on that, the ball loops well over the square leg umpire and there was no way that Elgar would have been out

34.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, touch fuller and outside off, Elgar pats that towards point, played that with soft hands

34.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, length ball angled away from the right-hander, no shot offered

Over: 34	0 0 4 0 2 0	RSA 96/1
Amla 32(55)	Elgar 34(102)	Stokes 9-1-25-1

33.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, opens the face of the bat and dabs gently to the left of gully who dives and fields

33.5 - Stokes to Amla, 2 runs, perfect yorker aimed at the base of off, Amla manages to squeeze it wide of a diving mid-off, comes back for two before Moeen cuts it off

33.4 - Stokes to Amla, no run, well outside off, left alone to the keeper

33.3 - Stokes to Amla, FOUR, edged and four! Fuller and just outside off, Amla drives and gets a thick inside edge which skims past the timber (off-stump) and beats the dive (to his left) of Bairstow behind the stumps

33.2 - Stokes to Amla, no run, huge appeal from Stokes and Aleem Dar shakes his head straightaway. Cook signals for a review immediately. In fact Stokes wanted his skipper to go for it but to be honest it looked close to the naked eye. Pitched on a good length and caught Amla on the shuffle above the kneeroll. Hit him in line with middle and off, for all that excitement from Stokes who thought it was out, it proved to be a waste of a review.

England review: Amla is the man in question. The onfield call is NOT OUT for lbw. Stokes is fine with the front foot, height could be the only issue. Athers on air also confirms the same. Nothing on UltraEdge too meaning no inside edge. Pitching - outside off, impact - in-line, wickets - umpire's call (just shaving the bails on the top of middle and off). So Not OUT it will be. Amla survives!

33.1 - Stokes to Amla, no run, swinging away late from a good length, extracted good bounce too, Amla had a good look at it before he let that go

Over: 33	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 90/1
Elgar 34(102)	Amla 26(49)	Anderson 9-3-18-0

32.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, angled across from a fullish length, Elgar ain't playing that

32.5 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, on the stumps, driven back to the bowler

32.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, throat-seeking bumper from Jimmy and just that Elgar was late on the shot. Banged in the middle of the pitch and Elgar was beaten all ends up as he tried to pull, nervy moments for Elgar!

32.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, continues to test Elgar in the corridor of uncertainty, Elgar is circumspect and doesn't offer any stroke

32.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, this one's much wider than the previous one and Elgar is happy to leave

32.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, fuller and wider of off, Elgar leans forward and attempts a booming drive through cover. Could only connect with thin air, tempted by the length but was beaten by the away swing from Jimmy

Over: 32	0 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 90/1
Amla 26(49)	Elgar 34(96)	Stokes 8-1-19-1

31.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, nipped back in slightly, Amla gets an inside edge onto his pads, the ball rolled away towards cover

31.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, hands-on-head moment for Stokes and his colleagues. Drew Amla forward bowling it on a fuller length, the ball straightened and beat the flashing blade of Hashim Amla

31.4 - Stokes to Amla, FOUR, cries of catch but it wasn't to be. Short ball down the wrong line, sliding down leg. Amla rocks back and swivles on the pull, placed it well wide of fine leg and got the desired outcome

31.3 - Stokes to Amla, no run, back of a length targetting off, Amla covers his off-stump and presents a straight willow in defence

31.2 - Stokes to Amla, no run, not a plenty of shape on this one, bowled well wide of off, Amla shoulders arms

31.1 - Stokes to Amla, no run, angled in from a good length, Amla walks across and lifts his bat to let that go

Over: 31	0 4 0 0 1 0	RSA 86/1
Elgar 34(96)	Amla 22(43)	Anderson 8-2-18-0

30.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, this one bounced extra, from a good length and well wide of off, Bairstow took that above his head after Elgar left that alone

30.5 - Anderson to Amla, 1 run, too straight from Jimmy and Amla flicks that so nonchalantly, towards fine leg and he is content with a single

30.4 - Anderson to Amla, no run, this one swung in late from a good length, wide enough for a batsman to let that go

30.3 - Anderson to Amla, no run, on the stumps, driven with soft hands towards mid-on

30.2 - Anderson to Amla, FOUR, anything in his zone and Amla doesn't let it go scot-free. Short and wide of off, Amla jumps back and punches that through cover, no point chasing that lads!

30.1 - Anderson to Amla, no run, good length on and around off, Amla taps towards point after hopping inside the crease

The crowd are growing in numbers and the brass band is finding its voice too. The beers are out too. Signs of a good morning for South Africa!

Over: 30	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 81/1
Elgar 34(95)	Amla 17(38)	Stokes 7-1-15-1

29.6 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, hurled bumper around the leg-stump line, Elgar half-ducks and lets it pass

29.5 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, Elgar crouches low to this full delivery, blocked towards mid-off again

29.4 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, fullish in length, Elgar drives gently and finds mid-off

29.3 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, beauty! Stokes has certainly looked better than Broad and Anderson this morning. Got this one to pitch on a good length and nipped away viciously off the seam. It was in the corridor of uncertainty and Elgar was lured to offer a stroke, beats his outside edge on the grope

29.2 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, this one came back in a tad, the length though is full, Elgar closes the bat face on the off-drive, straight towards Moeen Ali at mid-off

29.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, Stokes fires one fuller and wider of off, Elgar doesn't bother with it

Over: 29	0 4 0 1 0 0	RSA 81/1
Amla 17(38)	Elgar 34(89)	Anderson 7-2-13-0

28.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, inswinger from short of a good length, Amla goes back and across to block that

28.5 - Anderson to Amla, no run, touch fuller and swung in late, Amla jumps on the back foot and gets an inside edge onto his boot

28.4 - Anderson to Elgar, 1 run, and again, that soft hands come into play. Opened the bat face and dabbed that to the left of Compton at point who dives and makes a half-stop, couldn't prevent the single though

28.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, pitched further fuller outside off and Elgar is back to doing what he does best, leaving dance that is

28.2 - Anderson to Elgar, FOUR, good length that swings away from Elgar who pushes at that with soft hands. The ball catches the outside edge and rolls away wide of the slip cordon Playing with soft hands was the key there - he did that all morning and is continuing to do so. Good signs!

28.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, good length bowled wider of off, Elgar lets it go

James Anderson [6.0-2-8-0] is back into the attack

Over: 28	0 1 2 0 0 0	RSA 76/1
Amla 17(36)	Elgar 29(85)	Stokes 6-0-15-1

27.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, stifled appeal for lbw but Cook ain't interested on that. Reckons it was too high. This one pitched on a good length and nipped back in a touch to catch Amla on the front foot who was trying to block. The ball thuds him in line with middle and leg but could have gone over the stumps easily. There were two sounds as well so Amla might have got the thinnest of inside edges

27.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, angled into the pads from back of a length, Amla flicks from the crease but mid-wicket is in situ to cut that off

27.4 - Stokes to Amla, no run, not-so-threatening bouncer from Stokes and Amla lets it go

27.3 - Stokes to Amla, 2 runs, when the length is full Amla just leans into a good stride and lets the bat talk, just timed the drive sweetly through cover, good enough for a couple of runs

27.2 - Stokes to Elgar, 1 run, straying on the pads this time, easy peasy for Elgar who flicks through backward square for a single

27.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, pitched slightly fuller and angles across, hint of outswing but too wide to make Elgar play

Welcome back! South African openers justified ABD's verdict to bat first. After van Zyl threw it away, the class of Amla and the composure of Elgar saw a not-so-great bowling from the Englishmen. Survived a few nervy moments too. The players are out and we are ready to go. Stokes will start with 3 slips and a gully in place...

Towering Finn was the best of the lot but he would have wanted his deliveries to do a little less than what they actually did. On occasions, he was too good to get wickets. As far as the hosts are concerned, van Zyl was looking good but played a nothing shot against Stokes to give England the only wicket of the session. Dean Elgar survived some nervy moments, particularly against Finn. Amla, on the other hand, is definitely feeling less burdened after relinquishing the captaincy. A couple of drives he played were an indication that he has got his touch back after that mammoth innings in the previous match. When Anderson bowled the first over in the morning with Bairstow collecting half of the deliveries above his eye level, one would have thought that de Villiers was not right to bat first in overcast conditions. Two hours later, that thought has changed for sure. Join us back in a while for the second session.

Lunch, Day 1: An intriguing first session comes to a halt. The South Africans would think that they have got the upper hand after proving their captain's decision right by seeing off the first couple of hours. England would not have asked for better conditions to bowl in. But, as is the case sometimes, the pacers got too excited in conducive conditions and squandered the advantage. Anderson, the leader of the pack, was too short and failed to get the desired movement. Also he switched to round the wicket too early in the innings and never got the line right. Broad was asking a few questions in the beginning but kept it well outside off and the batsmen did not budge.

Over: 27	1 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 73/1
Amla 15(32)	Elgar 28(83)	Finn 8-2-19-0

26.6 - Finn to Amla, no run, that was a screamer! Swung in and nipped away ever so slightly. Amla was caught in his forward lunge as the ball brazed past the outside edge. Tough nut to edge. And that ball will get us to lunch

26.5 - Finn to Amla, no run, that looked like a floaty full ball. The pace was 140kmph though. Amla had to wait for the ball to arrive and then pinged the defence back to Finn

26.4 - Finn to Amla, no run, full ball aiming for the leg stump, Amla turns to get behind that one and dead-bats it near his boot

26.3 - Finn to Amla, no run, slides deep in his crease, accounts for the Jo'burg bounce and pats it into the off-side

26.2 - Finn to Amla, no run, bouncer with the width to swing a cat. Too far outside off to trouble. Amla holds his bat parallel to the ground as he sits under this ball

26.1 - Finn to Elgar, 1 run, length ball aiming the pads, Elgar half-turns and bunts it down to square leg. A closed bat employed to grittily steal a single to square leg

Over: 26	0 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 72/1
Amla 15(27)	Elgar 27(82)	Stokes 5-0-12-1

25.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, full outside off, Amla lets it go to the keeper

25.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, length ball, Amla pats it to mid-off and doesn't attempt a run

25.4 - Stokes to Amla, FOUR, a back-bender from Stokes that doesn't zoom up. Amla stands tall and rolls his wrists to pull that. More of a short arm jab. Not enough room to swivel but Amla amazingly spotted that early and dispatched it to deep mid-wicket

25.3 - Stokes to Amla, no run, length ball well outside off, enough room for Amla to lever up his bat to let it sail through to the keeper

25.2 - Stokes to Amla, no run, a ball that's pitched behind the good length mark. Amla hop-defends with a closed bat face

25.1 - Stokes to Amla, no run, sliding down leg, Amla fails to put bat to tickle this fine. Bairstow dived to his left to collect that

Over: 25	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 68/1
Elgar 27(82)	Amla 11(21)	Finn 7-2-18-0

24.6 - Finn to Elgar, no run, this one's full to catch him on the back foot. Elgar isn't forward though but shuffles in his crease to get behind the line. Bunts it down

24.5 - Finn to Elgar, no run, length ball angled across the batsman. The pace draws Elgar into a poke but the ball whizzed away a touch to beat the bat. Lucky!

24.4 - Finn to Elgar, no run, this rears off the pitch. The ball was on back of a length and around fourth-fifth stump line, Elgar lets the ball go with a bat airlift

24.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, good length delivery and there's width too. Elgar looked to play at that but widened his stance, like a compass tool, and hauled his bat back in

24.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, this back of a length delivery bounces more, Elgar stands tall and splices the ball towards gully

24.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery, Elgar stands in attention inside his crease and chops it back to the cordon

Over: 24	0 4 0 0 0 0	RSA 68/1
Amla 11(21)	Elgar 27(76)	Stokes 4-0-8-1

23.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, something just keeps happening. As if there's still some juice in it. The scorecard won't tell you that. The attempted inswinger with the seam facing leg slip, the ball nipped in too and caught Amla's pads. The batter was looking to turn it into the leg side but the ball hurried off the pitch. Looked like there was too much movement taking it down leg. Perhaps high too, something that Cook gestured to Stokes who wanted the review

23.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, very full ball sees Amla slide back and get low to give him the room. Keeps this out comfortably in the end

23.4 - Stokes to Amla, no run, temptingly pitched up but there's width that doesn't cajole Amla into a shot. Left alone

23.3 - Stokes to Amla, no run, full and outside off, Amla lifts his bat and lets it go

23.2 - Stokes to Amla, FOUR, and this time he compensates with a lovely front foot stride. Meets this full ball off the bat's middle and opens the face on the drive. Timed away, like a Japanese bullet train

23.1 - Stokes to Amla, no run, that's a corker! On a full length and it drew Amla forward. The batsman though wasn't quite onto his front foot and the ball climbed past the outside edge to induce oohs and aahs

Over: 23	0 0 0 4 1 1	RSA 64/1
Amla 7(15)	Elgar 27(76)	Finn 6-1-18-0

22.6 - Finn to Amla, 1 run, very well run. That was Dhoni-like. Just defended the length ball to short cover and whistled off. Elgar responding quick Raina-like helped them steal a run

22.5 - Finn to Elgar, 1 run, shortish ball into the ribs, Elgar jumps up to ride the bounce and staves it off to backward square leg for a hurriedly run single

22.4 - Finn to Elgar, FOUR, not too full and not quite upto the batsman too. Elgar lets his bat out, extends his hands and times the drive past mid-off for a sweetly-timed four

22.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, this one hurled on the half-way mark, zooms off allowing Elgar a comfortable duck under it

22.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, this swings back in from back of a length and catches Elgar in surprise. The batsman crouched in pain as the ball hit his tummy

Will be interesting to see the bounce Finn gets in this spell

22.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, smidgen full and around the fifth stump, Elgar was on the front foot as he let that ball go

Steven Finn [5.0-1-12-0] is back into the attack

Broad has been the slowest in terms of pace. Has been that for a while. Finn's back to pep up the pace-meters

Over: 22	0 1 0 0 0 0	RSA 58/1
Amla 6(14)	Elgar 22(71)	Stokes 3-0-4-1

21.6 - Stokes to Amla, no run, floats the dangler full outside off to bring the cordon into play, Amla spots it and had his bat lifted early to greet the ball

21.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, bumper that sees Amla bend his knees to half-duck. Should have been angled in to trouble a composed Amla

21.4 - Stokes to Amla, no run, Amla hopped in his crease as he defended this back of a length delivery into the pitch

21.3 - Stokes to Amla, no run, gentle outswinger outside off. The curl away taking it further out of the reach of the batsman who let it go

Still 3 slips and a gully in place

21.2 - Stokes to Elgar, 1 run, full ball at 138kmph, Elgar brought his bat down, closed the face and tapped it to short mid-wicket for a quick single

21.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, bouncer angled down the leg-side, Elgar easily ducked under it

Over: 21	4 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 57/1
Amla 6(10)	Elgar 21(69)	Broad 7-2-23-0

20.6 - Broad to Amla, no run, bends his back on this good length delivery that nipped in a touch. Amla had covered his stumps well there. Stayed back and let the ball sail through

20.5 - Broad to Amla, no run, strewn fullish this time but there's room again. Amla is not lured into a poke

20.4 - Broad to Amla, no run, length ball yet again but yawning away wide of off, Amla lets it go

20.3 - Broad to Amla, no run, length ball on off draws Amla in his forward defence

20.2 - Broad to Amla, no run, fullish again but not quite upto the bat this time. Some width outside off. Amla hoists his bat in defence

20.1 - Broad to Amla, FOUR, silked away! Half-volley alright, Amla stands there, bends down a touch and full-faces the drive with zephyr-like hands

Over: 20	0 1 1L 0 0 0	RSA 53/1
Elgar 21(69)	Amla 2(4)	Stokes 2-0-3-1

19.6 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, and Elgar this time was opened up. To the extent that his hips faced Stokes side-on. The ball was nothing but a fullish one that straightened, Elgar hung his bat there and the edge lobbed up but fell well short of the cordon. Second slip to be precise

19.5 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, the batsman gets on the front foot and taps it to cover. Tries to steal a single but a loud "No" lets him hold onto his ground

19.4 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, very full outside off, Elgar lifts his bat and lets it go

19.3 - Stokes to Amla, leg byes, 1 run, ball was angled in and it takes Amla's pads to run down fine. Cook thought about it but the angle was definitely taking it down leg. The replays seem to suggest that too. The HawkEye confirms the same

19.2 - Stokes to Elgar, 1 run, on the pads, Elgar half-turns and nudges this to fine leg for a single

19.1 - Stokes to Elgar, no run, something similar to the ball van Zyl perished. Elgar decides to let that go. Got his hands down with a little sway away

Over: 19	4 0 0 0 0 1	RSA 51/1
Elgar 20(64)	Amla 2(3)	Broad 6-2-19-0

18.6 - Broad to Elgar, 1 run, fullish ball on middle, not the extravagant bounce that we've seen so far. Elgar got his head down and forcibly turned the ball to mid wicket

18.5 - Broad to Elgar, no run, fuller length delivery, Elgar bends down and times the defence back to the bowler

18.4 - Broad to Elgar, no run, full toss on the stumps, Elgar comes on the front foot and defends it back

18.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, this is too full and curling away outside off, Elgar lets it go

18.2 - Broad to Elgar, no run, bumper onto his body, Elgar ducks under it in defence

18.1 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, the ball's short and it's been bludgeoned away. With a pull through deep-midwicket. No swivel. Just a crunchy bat-ball connection

Over: 18	0 0 W 0 0 2	RSA 46/1
Amla 2(3)	Elgar 15(58)	Stokes 1-0-2-1

17.6 - Stokes to Amla, 2 runs, hops in his crease and the edge runs square on the off-side for a couple

17.5 - Stokes to Amla, no run, curls in a pace and Amla was hurried into his straight-batted defence

17.4 - Stokes to Amla, no run, length delivery that bounces off the trampoline, Amla fends it down. Took his back hand off to keep it down

Hashim Amla, right handed bat, comes to the crease

17.3 - Stokes to van Zyl, out Caught by Bairstow!! And Stokes the golden man for a reason. Came in and strikes with his third ball. The ball was back of a length but wide. van Zyl fetches it. Protracted his hands and tries to pull it from well outside off. The ball lobs up off the top-edge and the keeper runs in a touch to glove that. An hour of Anderson-Broad-Finn saga and Stokes does this in a matter of seconds. van Zyl c Bairstow b Stokes 21(47) [4s-4]

Stokes to van Zyl, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

17.2 - Stokes to van Zyl, no run, angled in from wide of the crease, van Zyl skids back to compensate for the extra zip, takes his bottom hand off and fends it down into the pitch

17.1 - Stokes to van Zyl, no run, back of a length but hurled too wide outside off. van Zyl tries to fetch the pull but the ball bounces higher and to the keeper

Time for Stokes. Three slips

Ben Stokes, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

Over: 17	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 44/0
Elgar 15(58)	van Zyl 21(44)	Broad 5-2-14-0

16.6 - Broad to Elgar, no run, another one that catches Elgar in an awkward position! The ball was on a length and was going across the batsman, Elgar inside-edges it onto his pad while crouching. No appeal this time though as everyone had spotted the wood on that

16.5 - Broad to Elgar, no run, just back of a length and modest-paced at 129kmph, Elgar turns around in his crease and defends it into the leg side

16.4 - Broad to Elgar, no run, this had some width outside off, Elgar chops the cut towards cover

16.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, length delivery that stays low, Elgar crouched down to lay a bat onto that one

16.2 - Broad to Elgar, no run, length delivery, Elgar pushes it to cover in defence

16.1 - Broad to Elgar, no run, loud, loud shout and there's a little conflab to refer. Not done finally. And rightly because that was pitched outside leg. The ball was short of length and came in with the angle there, Elgar was rushed into his flick, was late still and was rapped on the pads

Over: 16	4 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 44/0
van Zyl 21(44)	Elgar 15(52)	Finn 5-1-12-0

15.6 - Finn to van Zyl, no run, good length outside off, van Zyl lets it go

15.5 - Finn to van Zyl, no run, pitched up outside off, a false stroke from van Zyl as he looked to cover-drive and the bat turned in his hands, off the inside half to mid-on. Finn has his hands on his head

15.4 - Finn to van Zyl, no run, the feet are moving nicely. Another solid forward stride and comfortably blocked

15.3 - Finn to van Zyl, no run, fullish on off, van Zyl gets forward and defends to the right of mid-off

15.2 - Finn to van Zyl, no run, shortish outside off, well played by van Zyl as he dropped it with soft hands to gully. Rode the bounce well there

15.1 - Finn to van Zyl, FOUR, an edge and it runs away wide of gully. Good length on off stump, van Zyl in trying to defend, gets a healthy edge but bouncing in front of Stokes and then running away through the unmanned third man region

Funny stuff: A banner in the crowd reads - 'James Taylor, does your shirt come in a Mens?' That brought a chuckle!

Time for drinks. The first hour saw the bowlers getting assistance but no wickets have fallen. Elgar and van Zyl have rode through the tough period with patient, considered batting. Anderson was a bit too short in his first spell, while Broad was not making the batsman play often. Finn has been impressive though and bowled a couple of corkers to Elgar. There is pace and bounce on this wicket and it will only get quicker as the game goes on. The cracks will widen too. A big innings for van Zyl and so far he has looked compact at the crease

Over: 15	0 4 0 2 0 0	RSA 40/0
Elgar 15(52)	van Zyl 17(38)	Broad 4-1-14-0

14.6 - Broad to Elgar, no run, sharp bouncer on the stumps, Elgar thought about the pull, but since it was rising too much pulled out of the shot

14.5 - Broad to Elgar, no run, pitched up outside off, Elgar pats it to point from the crease

14.4 - Broad to Elgar, 2 runs, full on the pads, flicked wide of Hales at mid-on for two more

Three slips and a gully. No short leg

14.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, Broad pulls the length back and keeps it outside off, left alone

14.2 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, deliberately played. Full outside off, Elgar pushes forward and opens the face of the bat to let the ball slide into the gap at gully. No third man and it will be four

14.1 - Broad to Elgar, no run, short down leg, Elgar waves the pull and misses? Broad and Bairstow went up for a moment and then kept quiet. UltraEdge doesn't show any spike when the ball passed bat. Rod Tucker got that right

Stuart Broad [3.0-1-8-0] is back into the attack

Over: 14	0 0 0 0 1 4	RSA 34/0
van Zyl 17(38)	Elgar 9(46)	Finn 4-1-8-0

13.6 - Finn to van Zyl, FOUR, Finn overpitches on leg and van Zyl flicks it effortlessly away through mid-wicket for four. Didn't get forward, stood there and let the bat through into the stroke. Raced away

13.5 - Finn to Elgar, 1 run, full on off, Elgar gets forward to block in front of cover and takes off. Quick single easily taken

13.4 - Finn to Elgar, no run, full outside off, this time he leaves

13.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, well bowled again. Shortish outside off, Elgar had a jab at it and is lucky not to edge it. Sparred at it when he could've left it alone

13.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, sharp bouncer and Elgar had to be quick to jerk his head out of the way, which he did as he watched the ball fly past him

13.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, what a a ball. Too good in fact. No way any batsman can edge that. Especially when the ball is doing so much. Pitches on a length and then seams away appreciably, missing the edge by a mile, Elgar came forward to block but he had no chance there. A more of an ooh-aah expression inducing delivery rather than a genuine wicket-taking one. Even Finn wouldn't have accounted for so much movement, so let's give credit where it's due

Meanwhile Dane Vilas has arrived. Finn to continue..

Over: 13	0 0 2 0 0 0	RSA 29/0
van Zyl 13(37)	Elgar 8(41)	Moeen Ali 1-0-2-0

12.6 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, no run, very full from Moeen Ali, van Zyl slaps the drive straight to the fielder at extra cover

12.5 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, no run, sliding on towards leg stump, van Zyl gets forward to block

12.4 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, no run, tossed up outside off, driven to cover

12.3 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, 2 runs, punched off the back foot square of the wicket, Stokes tries to pick it with one hand and fumbles, gives away the second run

12.2 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, no run, "lovely Mo, lovely Mo" shouts Bairstow as van Zyl gets forward to block

12.1 - Moeen Ali to van Zyl, no run, slip and a short leg in for Moeen Ali as he comes in from round the wicket, angled in on off, forward-defended

Moeen Ali, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Over: 12	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 27/0
Elgar 8(41)	van Zyl 11(31)	Finn 3-1-3-0

11.6 - Finn to Elgar, no run, pushed well wide of off, left alone

A leg gully in now

11.5 - Finn to Elgar, no run, bit full and Elgar shuffles across to block towards gully

11.4 - Finn to Elgar, no run, completely opened up and Elgar is lucky that the edge doesn't go to hand. On a good length and Elgar was squared up on the defence, his body was contorting in all directions and the weight was not ideal. But the key was he played with soft hands and that's why the edge didn't carry to the cordon. Or are they standing too far back? Definitely there is bounce on this Wanderers wicket and if there is an edge, it should more often than not carry

11.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, back of a length outside off, Elgar defends off the back foot to point

11.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, cracker from Finn. Leapt off a length and seamed away past the outside edge. Good thing that Elgar didn't push out towards the ball, or as is always the case, there isn't too much time to react. It just happens instantaneously, but Finn has this ability to produce these kind of deliveries often

11.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, back of a length outside off, Elgar takes his bottom hand off the bat as he defends to cover

Over: 11	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 27/0
van Zyl 11(31)	Elgar 8(35)	Anderson 6-2-8-0

10.6 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, pitched full and a bit of seam movement away, but the line is outside off, van Zyl lets it go

10.5 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, and again, as Anderson homes in around off, defended back to the bowler

10.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, van Zyl looks compact against the good length delivery outside off, defended off the back foot

10.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, angled in and defended with a closed bat face in front of mid-on

10.2 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, "catch" was the anguished cry from the Englishmen but it falls tantalisingly and temptingly short of Compton at point. Good nut from Anderson, coming close to the stumps and changing the angle, surprised van Zyl with extra bounce from a good length, van Zyl jabbed at it and the edge didn't carry to the forward-rushing fielder. A heart-in-the-mouth moment!

10.1 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, good length and around the fifth-stump line, van Zyl defends off the back foot

Over: 10	0 0 0 0 2 0	RSA 27/0
Elgar 8(35)	van Zyl 11(25)	Finn 2-0-3-0

9.6 - Finn to Elgar, no run, pitched up outside off, no real movement that time, Elgar gets forward and shoulders arms

9.5 - Finn to Elgar, 2 runs, dug in short, Elgar was rushed into the pull and got it behind square for two. Finn's extra pace hurrying the batsman

9.4 - Finn to Elgar, no run, full at 143.9kph, outside off, Elgar watches it closely and leaves

9.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, slants one across Elgar, who lets it go

The sun is peeping out

9.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, good length on the middle and leg line, Elgar defends to short leg

9.1 - Finn to Elgar, no run, down leg, Elgar gets inside the line and then shoulders arms. Bairstow takes it over his head

Over: 9	0 0 0 0 2 4L	RSA 25/0
van Zyl 11(25)	Elgar 6(29)	Anderson 5-1-8-0

8.6 - Anderson to van Zyl, leg byes, FOUR, whenever Anderson is trying the inswinger or slanting it in, he tends to drift down leg. van Zyl wanted to leave that initially, but it brushed the pad on the way and Bairstow was late in diving across. Ran away for four more

8.5 - Anderson to van Zyl, 2 runs, full outside off, van Zyl gets forward and opens the face of the bat to guide it wide of backward point for two

8.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, back of a length and van Zyl has no problems in dealing that off the back foot

8.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, angled in and then it seamed a tad, but the line was outside off, so van Zyl could leave and he did so

8.2 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, full and hooping back in, van Zyl drives off the front foot back to Anderson

8.1 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, full outside off, left alone

Anderson is now round the wicket to van Zyl. First time he is bowling to him today

Over: 8	1 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 19/0
Elgar 6(29)	van Zyl 9(19)	Finn 1-0-1-0

7.6 - Finn to Elgar, no run, full on off, Elgar drives firmly back to a tumbling Finn who palms the ball away towards cover with his right-hand

7.5 - Finn to Elgar, no run, full outside off, Elgar lets it go

Three slips, a gully and a short leg in for Finn

7.4 - Finn to Elgar, no run, low full toss outside off, Elgar drives without any timing to mid-off

Hearing on air from Athers that Cook was ok to give a sub for South Africa. That is kind of nice from Cook and England

7.3 - Finn to Elgar, no run, was there an inside edge onto the thigh pad? Even if there was one, it didn't carry to short leg. Elgar shuffling on the flick and missing?

7.2 - Finn to Elgar, no run, Elgar is beaten. To a fifth-stump ball which keeps going with the angle across him. He is stuck on the crease and his bat comes at an angle to defend, close to the edge. Nice delivery from Finn

7.1 - Finn to van Zyl, 1 run, that swung in the air for Finn, but it is too full on middle, van Zyl flicks with a closed bat face through mid-wicket, was an easy two but Elgar turned blind and had the glove in his hand. That meant only a single. Poor running

Steven Finn, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Over: 7	0 2 0 0 0 0	RSA 18/0
Elgar 6(24)	van Zyl 8(18)	Anderson 4-1-6-0

6.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, good length on middle and leg, turned to short leg

6.5 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, he tried the inswinger there, came close to the stumps near the umpire but the ball didn't swing at all. It landed full outside off and held its line, left alone

6.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, and again. Tempting stuff from Anderson outside off

6.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, lovely curving outswinger, but Elgar watches it like a hawk and leaves

6.2 - Anderson to Elgar, 2 runs, slightly short on the stumps, Elgar half-swivels on the pull and doesn't hit it hard, gets a couple to deep backward square leg

6.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, back of a length outside off, Elgar defends to the left of gully who runs across to field

Now over the wicket is Anderson

Over: 6	0 0 4 0 0 0	RSA 16/0
van Zyl 8(18)	Elgar 4(18)	Broad 3-1-8-0

5.6 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, full and outside off, van Zyl shoulders arms

5.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, short of length on off and angling back in, van Zyl gets back to defend to cover

5.4 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, another leave as Broad pings one outside off

5.3 - Broad to van Zyl, FOUR, fine stroke! Fraction short outside off, van Zyl just lapped it around the corner with a short-arm jab. No extended followthrough, no rolling of the wrists. Just tapped it on its head and the ball went away to the deep mid-wicket fence. van Zyl showing signs of putting the bad ball away, if it is there in his hitting range

5.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, outside off, left alone

Dane Vilas update: He is still on the flight from PE. Yesterday de Kock got injured and Vilas got an SOS. Was that the reason AB decided to bat first? Had he fielded first or had England opted to bat, then would've been interesting to see what Cook's decision would've been. Whether he would've allowed a sub! But that all is pure conjecture now as South Africa are batting. Gives Vilas some breathing space as well

5.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, meanwhile van Zyl is happy to leave against Broad

Over: 5	2 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 12/0
Elgar 4(18)	van Zyl 4(12)	Anderson 3-1-4-0

4.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, Anderson has a wry smile at Elgar who is stoic in reply. Delivers it well outside off, left alone and perhaps Anderson is smelling something here. A cunning plan to get Elgar out. Whether that materialises only time will tell, but the smile suggested something

4.5 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, on the stumps, defended to the left of Anderson who runs across to field

Now going round the wicket... Field doesn't change. The plan is to angle one in, then straighten/swing it away. If the ball seams then that will create more problems for the batsmen, especially the lefties

4.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, was that the attempted inswinger? If it was, then Anderson got it wrong for the second time in the match. Slung down leg and Bairstow dives to his right to glove

4.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, good length on middle, Elgar defends with a slight shuffle

4.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, on off stump and he once again takes the bottom hand off the bat handle to defend it to the right of Anderson

4.1 - Anderson to Elgar, 2 runs, full and angled across Elgar who reluctantly pushes forward and then opens the face of the bat to find the gap at cover for two. Didn't go at it full-throttle

Over: 4	0 0 0 0 0 4	RSA 10/0
van Zyl 4(12)	Elgar 2(12)	Broad 2-1-4-0

3.6 - Broad to van Zyl, FOUR, Broad overpitches and van Zyl gets off the mark with a fine off-drive. Leant slightly on the front foot and then played a flowing drive wide of mid-off. No chance for the fielder. That was sweetly timed

3.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, more of the same but the line wasn't close to off this time

3.4 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, came in with the angle from round the wicket, close to off but van Zyl planted his front foot forward and hoisted his bat over his head to leave. That can be termed as a good leave

3.3 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, and he makes him play. Goes wide of the crease and angles it in, pushed to mid-on off the front foot

Broad needs to make van Zyl play. The line is well outside off and the batsman is having no issues to get a few sighters

3.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, back of a length outside off, still not close enough to make van Zyl play

3.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, well outside off, left alone

Over: 3	0 0 0 0 4L 0	RSA 6/0
Elgar 2(12)	van Zyl 0(6)	Anderson 2-1-2-0

2.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, back to outside off lines and lengths. Taken over his head by Bairstow once again. Elgar left that alone

2.5 - Anderson to Elgar, leg byes, FOUR, the first inswinger that Anderson tried today and it has gone for four down the leg-side. Slung down leg, catches the thigh pad and beats a diving Bairstow after Elgar missed the flick

2.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, look at that carry. Angled across Elgar on a length, takes off and Bairstow takes it over his head

2.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, that is awkwardly played by Elgar. Wanted to leave that but left his bat hanging to a ball outside off, it took the edge and died to fourth slip. On the bounce

Now four slips and a gully

2.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, fullish around the fifth stump line, Elgar defends to point, shouts "yes, yes" then a loud "no, no" to send van Zyl back as he realised the fielder was getting to the ball very quickly

Now a short leg in place for Anderson too

2.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, back of a length on off stump, Elgar gets back and defends to point

Over: 2	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 2/0
van Zyl 0(6)	Elgar 2(6)	Broad 1-1-0-0

1.6 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, well-fielded by Anderson at mid-on. Moved quickly and sprawled to his right to stop the firm push off the front foot

1.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, definitely van Zyl played at that before belatedly pulling the bat out of the line of the ball. Angled in and then it seamed away from a fifth stump line, van Zyl played for the angle and did well to sharply take the bat out of the way. Still encouraging signs for Broad and England

1.4 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, brings the line closer towards off, still not enough to make van Zyl play. The length is full though

1.3 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, further wide of off, van Zyl won't play at that, so early in the innings

1.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, fullish outside off, left alone

Four slips in place. Plus a short leg

1.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, jeez! First ball from Broad from round the wicket, surprises van Zyl with a short ball, the ball angled back in and van Zyl is caught in an awkward position, does well to somehow glove-handle it, the ball drops dead. There was a short leg in place, but it died down pretty quickly

Stuart Broad, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Over: 1	0 0 2 0 0 0	RSA 2/0
Elgar 2(6)	van Zyl 0(0)	Anderson 1-0-2-0

0.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, bit of extra bounce from a good length on the stumps, Elgar is surprised by the bounce but does well to drop it with soft hands in front of him. His body jerked on impact after playing the ball, but there was nothing alarming

0.5 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, Anderson pulls the length back and Elgar defends to leg

0.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, fullish on middle and leg, Elgar defends towards short cover

0.3 - Anderson to Elgar, 2 runs, first runs of the match and it comes via a thick outside edge, again soft hands from Elgar as he took the bottom hand off and the edge rolled wide of the diving third slip. Good enough for two before it is tracked down

0.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, short of length pitched outside leg and Elgar takes the bottom hand to drop it with soft hands. No short leg and Elgar played that well

0.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, nice away swinger first up, pitches outside off and moves away. Bounced through to the keeper who took it just in front of his face

Elgar and van Zyl are at the crease. Elgar is on strike. Anderson will open the attack

Meanwhile, a heavy roller does its to-and-fro pendulums on the pitch. The England players ready-up near the boundary while the South African openers are nowhere to be seen. Perhaps pulling their socks up in the dressing room. The commentators on air are going gaga over the pitch. Special effort from the head groundsman who's on his debut. Openers walk out for the one-innings shoot-out at the Bullring. Postpone your Saturday chores if you need to. Anderson has the ball and three slips and a gully in place

Phew, that's a wrap of the English innings. Rabada bowled with heart and venom to collect a five-for while Morkel and Morris chipped in to clean the slate up. There was some swing and you can only expect it to hoop around under grey clouds, especially when Anderson's the ball-master. A lead of 10 must be about 70 short of what England must have hoped. Certainly after Root's masterclass and a set-looking Bairstow at the crease. South Africa have managed to scramble back in the match and they will now look to post something that will test England late on day 4. That'll be the plan at least. Or Finn just might have other plans. We'll see..

76.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, out Caught by van Zyl!! And Rabada collects a five-for. His first ever. A floppy-hatted de Villiers-like van Zyl grabs the catch and makes up for the last missed chance. The ball was back of a length outside off, Bairstow fetches it with a cross-batted heave and miscues it high to a deepish mid-on. van Zyl circles under it and then settles to grab that. A meagre lead of 10 runs for England and over to Anderson and Co. now. Bairstow c van Zyl b Rabada 45(84) [4s-5]

Rabada to Bairstow, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Over: 76	0 2 0 0 4 1	ENG 323/9
Bairstow 45(83)	Anderson 0(0)	M Morkel 20-1-76-3

75.6 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, and they take the single again. Shortish ball on off, Bairstow is cramped but arches back to make room and bunts it to point. A wayward throw from point but Bairstow is well in

75.5 - M Morkel to Bairstow, FOUR, length delivery sees Bairstow stand tall to let out a punchy drive through cover. Stays rivetted to the crease, lifts his bat high and canes it through the gap

75.4 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, short of length on the stumps, Bairstow defends it back

75.3 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, short of length and coming into the batsman from wide of off, Bairstow lifts his bat and lets it go

75.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 2 runs, if AB can't catch that, nobody can. Ran back from mid-on and dives back all airy to catch that with his right hand. Not to be. The ball was short and Bairstow employed a cross-bat to heave that uppishly. Not much timing but enough wood to evade a ABD stunner

75.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, had the width to slap that square. Can be deliberate from the bowler too. But gully cuts the shot off

Just one slip and a gully in place

Over: 75	0 0 0 4 0 1	ENG 316/9
Bairstow 38(77)	Anderson 0(0)	Rabada 23-5-78-4

74.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, shortish ball outside off, Bairstow stays put, fetches it with a whippy bottom-hand shot and turns the ball to mid-on for a quick single. All the drama to stop Bairstow from taking the single and he does this

74.5 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, fullish delivery outside off, Bairstow crouches low to bunt that to cover

Field comes in

74.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, FOUR, that looked pacy and England have the lead. Similar bouncer angled in. This looks like the stock ball now. Bairstow was hurried into a pull. Ball took the top-edge and hurried back to the fine leg fence

74.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, back of a length delivery, Bairstow shuffles to get behind the line and blocks it with a high-elbowed defence

74.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, length ball, Bairstow defends it towards point with a tentative front foot stride

74.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, shortish delivery, Bairstow awkwardly turns it into the leg-side

Kagiso Rabada [22.0-5-73-4] is back into the attack

James Anderson, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 74	0 1 0 0 0 W	ENG 311/9
Finn 0(9)	Bairstow 33(71)	M Morkel 19-1-69-3

73.6 - M Morkel to Finn, out Caught by Dane Vilas!! This was another short ball like the previous one but this one's armoured with an angle in. Finn couldn't sway out of the line and didn't have enough time to drop his wrists as it sped into him. The ball flicked the thumb there and settled into the keeper's gloves. Vilas had his hand nice and stuck out to grab that. Denied by Aleem Dar, South Africa reviewed immediately and the UltraEdge was too convincing. Decision reversed and South Africa need one more to bat again. Finn c Dane Vilas b M Morkel 0(9)

M Morkel to Finn, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

South African review: Given not out on the field for a caught behind call but the Proteas are convinced. The reviews suggest the bottom-hand's thumb flicked the ball. Is the evidence enough? There's a noise. The UltraEdge is convincing with a big spike and Dar has to change his decision. OUT

Only 2 slips for Morkel too

73.5 - M Morkel to Finn, no run, this one takes off. Banged short, Finn arches his back and drops his bat to let that go

73.4 - M Morkel to Finn, no run, full and straight, Finn comes forward to blunt it

73.3 - M Morkel to Finn, no run, there's a short leg but he's deep. Finn goes deep in his crease to high-elbow the defence to this short of length delivery. The ball lobs off the splice but is well short of Bavuma to pull off some magic

73.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, fuller length and the angle in allows Bairstow to clip it to deep square leg

73.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery first up, 137kmph, Bairstow stays put in his crease and punches it defensively. On the up and to mid-off

Morne Morkel [18.0-1-68-2] is back into the attack

And the warm-up last over means Morkel is back

Over: 73	0 1 0 0 0 0	ENG 310/8
Finn 0(5)	Bairstow 32(69)	van Zyl 3-0-4-0

72.6 - van Zyl to Finn, no run, pitched up delivery around sixth stump, Dane Vilas had to crouch low to take that. Like he'd have at the Eden Gardens. Finn sanely lifts his bat and lets it go

Morkel loosening up with wild swings of his limbs

72.5 - van Zyl to Finn, no run, goes deep in his crease and blocks the ball to cover

72.4 - van Zyl to Finn, no run, the modest pace and the fuller length but the skies oblige. Some away swing on this invites a Finn flashy drive. Beaten

72.3 - van Zyl to Finn, no run, on a length, Finn taps it back in defence

Extra slip comes in. So, two slips and a gully in place now

72.2 - van Zyl to Bairstow, 1 run, another one on a length, Bairstow goes deep in his crease and has all the time in the world to late-cut it to third man

72.1 - van Zyl to Bairstow, no run, good length outside off, Bairstow lifts his bat and lets it go

Most of Rabada's wickets have been off the fuller length deliveries. A pat on the back from me. And Michael Holding. He's one away from collecting a five-for. Meanwhile Rabada is at long-off and the crowd find their voice to cheer him.

Over: 72	0 0 5Wd 4 1 W 0	ENG 309/8
Finn 0(1)	Bairstow 31(67)	Rabada 22-5-73-4

71.6 - Rabada to Finn, no run, emulates the rewarding fuller length but it's wide of off, Finn bends down and bunts it into the off-side

Steven Finn, right handed bat, comes to the crease

71.5 - Rabada to Broad, out Bowled!! There was not enough pace from the other end for Broad to be that back in his crease but he was for some reason. Rabada bowled it full and straight, the ball nipped off a touch and took the off-stump down. Broad was deep and crouching looking to tamely pat it back but the ball was just too classy for him. Absolute ripper to a lower-order batsman. South Africa holding on to the lead by a thread. 4 runs to go. Broad b Rabada 12(28)

Rabada to Broad, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

Broad has been bowled and it's the customary no ball check. Fine. OUT

71.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, this one's guided to third man for a single

71.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, FOUR, short and wide with some extra bounce. Like cream in coffee. Bairstow extends his hands, cuts it uppishly over the cordon and gets a boundary

71.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, 5 wides, and Rabada helps England past the 300 mark. Bends his back too much, the ball scrambles off the pitch and zooms over Bairstow and the leaping keeper to the fine leg fence

71.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery, Bairstow skips forward and defends it on the up

There were some sightscreen issues before the first ball. Looks sorted now

71.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, seams in a touch from back of a length, Bairstow stays back and defends it

Over: 71	0 0 0 0 2 0	ENG 299/7
Broad 12(27)	Bairstow 26(63)	van Zyl 2-0-3-0

70.6 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, pitched up delivery and hurled across the batsman from over the wicket, Broad shoulders arms

70.5 - van Zyl to Broad, 2 runs, with the pace off the ball, Broad is well onto his front foot to drive. Creams this full ball to deep extra cover for a brace

70.4 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, stays back and looks to punch it towards mid-on. The ball takes the inner half and drags into the leg-side

70.3 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, on a length and it bounds off the pitch a touch. Broad lifts his bat and lets it go

70.2 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, on the stumps this time, Broad opts to turn it towards mid-wicket

70.1 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, this Jo'burg pitch has gone to sleep. Gentler going across, the ball stays low as Broad lets it go

Over: 70	0 0 0 0 3 0	ENG 297/7
Bairstow 26(63)	Broad 10(21)	Rabada 21-5-63-3

69.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, back of a length delivery on off, Bairstow goes back to defend

69.5 - Rabada to Broad, 3 runs, length going across the batsman again, Broad punched this time. Threads the cover and extra-cover gap to perfection. Too far out of Faf's reach to pull off another stunner and it's three runs

69.4 - Rabada to Broad, no run, there's the Faf dive that we have been waiting for! Goes full stretch to his right at cover and cuts the run off. Just a forward push from Broad it was but a lot of agility there to stop the run

69.3 - Rabada to Broad, no run, and this one cuts him into two halves. Length delivery seams back in. Broad was looking to flog it to the leg side but the ball ducked in, sneaked in through the bat-pad gap and then zoomed over the leg-stump

69.2 - Rabada to Broad, no run, angles one across from back of a length, Broad stands tall and plays a punchy defence towards extra-cover

69.1 - Rabada to Broad, no run, hurls one on a fuller length, Broad push-drives it and mid-off ran and dived to his right to cut that off

Kagiso Rabada [20.0-5-60-3] is back into the attack

Over: 69	0 0 0 1 0 0	ENG 294/7
Bairstow 26(62)	Broad 7(16)	van Zyl 1-0-1-0

68.6 - van Zyl to Bairstow, no run, length again and with a slight inward angle, invites Bairstow forward who defends with one hand. Took his bottom hand off for some reason. Not the extra bounce, I can tell you

68.5 - van Zyl to Bairstow, no run, line and length at military medium pace, Bairstow shoulders arms

68.4 - van Zyl to Broad, 1 run, gentle swing away from the batsman, Broad drove uppishly off the front foot for a single. Wide of cover and it's a single to sweeper cover

68.3 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, fuller length delivery again, Broad is hit high on the bat as he looks to defend

68.2 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, on the pads, Broad half-turns and tucks it to the vacant FSL

68.1 - van Zyl to Broad, no run, gentle fullish ball first up, Broad comes forward and pushes it to deepish mid-off

Stiaan van Zyl, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

Drinks are on the field now. England continued to whittle away at the lead in the first hour. However, they lost a couple of wickets in the process. Bairstow though, has played with a calm head on his shoulders and kept the scorecard ticking. Can England gain a sizeable lead? One has to wait and watch for that

Over: 68	1 1 0 0 1 0	ENG 293/7
Bairstow 26(60)	Broad 6(12)	Viljoen 15-0-79-1

67.6 - Viljoen to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery and outside off, Bairstow comes forward and offers the bat-maker's label to it

67.5 - Viljoen to Broad, 1 run, short and wide delivery, Broad slaps it to third man and picks up a single

67.4 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, short of length delivery and on the stumps, Broad pushes it towards mid-on

67.3 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, now, that was a nasty bouncer from Viljoen. In fact, he was creating that awkward angle from wide of the crease. Coming back to the ball, it followed the left-hander all the way. Broad though, kept his eyes on the ball, stayed in line and right at the last moment swayed away from the line. Viljoen glares at him after bowling that delivery as Broad lay flat on the turf

67.2 - Viljoen to Bairstow, 1 run, from wide of the crease, Viljoen flings in a back of a length delivery and attacks the stumps, Bairstow neatly clips it to deep square leg by rolling his wrists

67.1 - Viljoen to Broad, 1 run, just behind a good length and this one is angled into the left-hander from wide of the crease, Broad stays leg-side of the ball and pushes it to cover for a quick single

Over: 67	4 1 1 1 1 0	ENG 290/7
Bairstow 25(58)	Broad 4(8)	C Morris 15-1-71-1

66.6 - C Morris to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery and zeroing in on the stumps, Bairstow offers the full face of the blade to keep it out back down the pitch

66.5 - C Morris to Broad, 1 run, back of a length delivery and Morris extracts awkward bounce, Broad gets on top of the bounce, jumps in the air and defends it to cover to steal a single

66.4 - C Morris to Bairstow, 1 run, this time, Bairstow comes forward and drives this fullish delivery to mid-off and picks up a single

66.3 - C Morris to Broad, 1 run, good length delivery and on the stumps, Broad aims to drive and sneaks an inside edge to deep mid-wicket

66.2 - C Morris to Bairstow, 1 run, this one nips back in a touch and is bowled on the stumps, Bairstow looks to clip it towards backward square leg. However, in the process of playing that stroke, his bottom hand comes off the bat handle. Vilas, the keeper, gets to the ball quickly and keeps the pair to a single

66.1 - C Morris to Bairstow, FOUR, plenty of width on offer. The Yorkshireman is very good at playing the cut stroke. This time, he flays the cut past backward point for a boundary

Over: 66	0 0 0 1 1 0	ENG 282/7
Broad 2(6)	Bairstow 19(54)	Viljoen 14-0-76-1

65.6 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, short and wide, Broad tries to essay the upper-cut, but misses. In fact, it was a cross-seamer from Viljoen. Maybe RSA are trying to get Broad caught at third man

65.5 - Viljoen to Bairstow, 1 run, short delivery and on the stumps, Bairstow aims to pull. However, his bottom hand comes off the bat handle there. It gives an inkling that Bairstow didn't time it well

65.4 - Viljoen to Broad, 1 run, very full from Viljoen, Broad squeezes it out to cover and steals a single. He hurtled down to the other end in a hurry

65.3 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, Viljoen hurls in a short delivery, but it is too high for Broad to attempt a pull. He leaves it alone

65.2 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, Broad defends

65.1 - Viljoen to Broad, no run, back of a length delivery and angling into the right-hander, Broad jumps in the air and the works it to mid-wicket

Over: 65	2L 0 W 1 0 0	ENG 280/7
Bairstow 18(53)	Broad 1(1)	C Morris 14-1-63-1

64.6 - C Morris to Bairstow, no run, this one snakes back in from a length, Bairstow is beaten by the movement. He hurriedly looks to defend, but closes the bat face a wee bit. In the end, he gets an inside edge onto his front pad. Hands on head moment for the South African unit

64.5 - C Morris to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery with a hint of inward-nip, Bairstow does not contemplate in playing at it

64.4 - C Morris to Broad, 1 run, drifting down leg, Broad clips it to mid-wicket and picks up a single

Stuart Broad, left handed bat, comes to the crease

64.3 - C Morris to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Dane Vilas!! Vilas has snaffled a wonderful catch and the South African camp is delighted. It was a short of length delivery that nipped back in a touch, Ali tried what can be called as a half-hearted punch. He eked out an inside edge, Vilas had to go the wrong way there. However, he moved swiftly towards his right and put in a superman-like dive to clasp it with one hand. Morris has reaped the reward for bowling a fine delivery, but the credit also has to go to Vilas for taking a splendid catch. Moeen Ali c Dane Vilas b C Morris 19(28) [4s-3]

C Morris to Moeen Ali, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

64.2 - C Morris to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length delivery and on the stumps, defended into the on-side

64.1 - C Morris to Moeen Ali, leg byes, 2 runs, from over the wicket, Morris spears it down leg, Ali looks to turn it around the corner, but fails to connect. It hits his thigh pad and Vilas, despite putting in the dive can't collect it. The pair steal a couple of leg-byes

Chris Morris [13.0-1-62-0] is back into the attack

Over: 64	0 0 4 0 1 0	ENG 277/6
Bairstow 18(51)	Moeen Ali 19(25)	Viljoen 13-0-74-1

63.6 - Viljoen to Bairstow, no run, fullish and zooming in on the stumps, Bairstow punches it straight down the ground. The ball flies over a leaping Viljoen on one bounce. The big man, Morkel, from mid-off runs around and puts in the dive to stop the pair from stealing a single

63.5 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, 1 run, Viljoen bowls it too straight, Ali clips it to deep mid-wicket

63.4 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, no run, Viljoen goes for the bouncer but it is bowled well wide of off-stump, Ali looks for the upper-cut and misses

63.3 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, FOUR, short and wide delivery, Ali rides on the bounce and cuts it to the sweeper cover fence. Viljoen just is lumbering to the crease and Ali took a heavy toll of a poor delivery

63.2 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, Ali looks to punch and ekes out an inside edge onto the pitch

63.1 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, no run, from round the wicket, Viljoen hurls in a back of a length delivery and keeps it in that channel outside off, left alone

Over: 63	0 0 0 2 2 0	ENG 272/6
Bairstow 18(50)	Moeen Ali 14(20)	Rabada 20-5-60-3

62.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery and on the stumps, defended

62.5 - Rabada to Bairstow, 2 runs, the umpire has gone to the the TV umpire for a run-out decision. It looks like Moeen has got just in. Just in the nick of time, Moeen has slided his bat in. On expected lines, he has been given not out. Well, for a moment or two, Moeen seemed to be in a bit of trouble, but he escapes. Bairstow clipped a good length delivery to Bavuma at deep mid-wicket, who got to the ball quickly and flung in a sharp throw. de Villiers took the bails off in a flash after moving from mid-off. However, Moeen had just about got back in by sliding his bat inside the crease at the non-striker's end

62.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, 2 runs, fullish and on the stumps, Bairstow offers the full face of the blade to drive it straight down the ground. Rabada looks to stop it in his followthrough. However, to no avail. de Villiers hunts it down from mid-off and keeps Bairstow to two runs

62.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, this one straightens after pitching, Bairstow gets into two minds of whether to shoulder arms or not. In the end, it takes the outside edge and rolls to gully

62.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery that nips back in a wee bit, Bairstow leaves it alone

62.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery that seams away a touch after pitching, Bairstow covers his sticks and doesn't nibble at it

Over: 62	2 0 4 2 0 4	ENG 268/6
Moeen Ali 14(20)	Bairstow 14(44)	Viljoen 12-0-69-1

61.6 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, FOUR, poor stuff from Viljoen. Short and wide delivery, Ali stands up tall and cuts it past the backward point fielder. No need to run for those. Ali played that stroke with a concotion of timing and placement

Well, Ali has broken the bat there. The willow has been broken into two. The 12th man has come out to the middle with a slew of bats. It shows that Viljoen does hit the bat hard. He has a new willow in his hand and we are ready to go again

61.5 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, no run, zooming in on the stumps, Ali tucks it to mid-wicket

61.4 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, from round the wicket, Viljoen bowls it too straight, Ali clips it to deep backward square leg and adds two more runs to the bag

61.3 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, FOUR, now that was asking to be smacked. Viljoen laboured to the crease and bowled a half-tracker, Ali pulls it in front of square on the on-side. It rockets to the fence in a hurry

61.2 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, left alone

61.1 - Viljoen to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, Viljoen uses the bouncer first up, Ali looks to pull. However, he doesn't get it right off the screws. Ali though, collects a brace. On occasions, Ali's wrists takes over

Hardus Viljoen [11.0-0-57-1] is back into the attack

Over: 61	0 0 0 0 0 Nb 2	ENG 256/6
Bairstow 14(44)	Moeen Ali 2(14)	Rabada 19-5-56-3

60.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, 2 runs, too straight from Rabada, Bairstow with a crisp downward angling of the bat works it to fine leg. Good running between the wickets help Bairstow to collect two more runs. He straightaway called for the second as the fielder in the deep was Morkel and he is not known to be a swift mover

60.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, no ball, good length delivery and just outside off, Bairstow firmly punches it to cover, but can't bisect the gap. Rabada oversteps and it turns out to be a no-ball

60.5 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, a smidgen fuller and zooming in on the stumps, Bairstow punches it towards mid-off

60.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, a touch of width on offer, Bairstow looks to slap it through the off-side and the ball brazes past the outside edge

60.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, Rabada continues to keep it in that zone outside off, Bairstow punches it into the off-side

60.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, probing stuff from Rabada. He landed it on a back of a length and this one nipped away from the right-hander. Bairstow was drawn into a tentative poke outside off and was beaten

60.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short and wide, Bairstow looks to cut and the ball whistles past the outside edge. It was there to be hit, but Bairstow failed to connect

Over: 60	0 0 0 0 1 0	ENG 253/6
Moeen Ali 2(14)	Bairstow 12(37)	M Morkel 18-1-68-2

59.6 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, from round the wicket, Morkel hurls in a back of a length delivery and it is bowled just outside off, Ali rides on the bounce and defends it towards cover. He looks to sneak in a single. However, the fielder at mid-off gets to the ball quickly and the pair don't take the risk of sneaking in a single

59.5 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, excellent running between the wickets by the pair there. Short of a length delivery from Morkel, Bairstow comes forward and pushes it towards short cover. He straightaway sets off for a quick single. In the end, the pair pinch a single. England continue to whittle away at the lead. It is down to 60 now

59.4 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, Morkel uses another back of a length delivery, Bairstow just defends it out

59.3 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery that angles back into the right-hander, Bairstow is compact in his defence

59.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, from mid-crease, Morkel hurls in a back of a length delivery and bowls it in that channel outside off, Bairstow doesn't fiddle at it. Since Bairstow has made a comeback one can see that he has worked on his bottom hand and also leaves deliveries outside off well

59.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery and zeroing in on the stumps, Bairstow pushes it to mid-on

Over: 59	0 0 1 0 0 0	ENG 252/6
Moeen Ali 2(13)	Bairstow 11(32)	Rabada 18-5-53-3

58.6 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, no run, closer to the off-pole, Ali covers his sticks and then lets it go by

58.5 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Ali leaves it untouched

58.4 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, no run, another inside edge there. However, Ali continues to escape. Short of a length delivery and just outside off, Ali looks to drive and ekes out an inside edge onto his pad. His feet was stationed in clay there

58.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, Rabada loses his radar this time around and splays it down leg, Bairstow clips it to fine leg and leisurely jogs to the other end for a single

58.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, Rabada continues to test every nook and cranny of the batsman's defence outside off, Bairstow pushes it towards gully, who makes a fine diving stop

58.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, Bairstow is steadfast in his defence

Over: 58	0 0 1 0 0 0	ENG 251/6
Moeen Ali 2(10)	Bairstow 10(29)	M Morkel 17-1-67-2

57.6 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, well, that was not far away from the timber. Morkel flings it on a back of a length and it hits Ali high up on the willow. He ekes out an inside edge onto the thigh pad and it dribbles past the stumps. Ali would have had his heart in his mouth for a moment there. Hands on head moment for the South African camp

57.5 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery from Morkel, Ali gets on top of the bounce and guards it out

57.4 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, from round the wicket, the towering giant, Morkel, hurls in the short delivery, Ali though, keeps his eyes on the ball and sways away from the line

57.3 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, inward-nip for Morkel there. Bairstow works it towards fine leg. Rabada runs around the circumference and keeps the duo to just a single

57.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, Morkel again hurls it on a short of length and keeps it in that zone outside off, Bairstow doesn't contemplate in playing at it

57.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, from mid-crease, Morkel uses the patented back of a length delivery and bowls it in that threatening zone outside off, Bairstow rides on the bounce and defends it towards gully

Over: 57	0 0 4 1L 0 0	ENG 250/6
Moeen Ali 2(7)	Bairstow 9(26)	Rabada 17-5-52-3

56.6 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, no run, back of a length delivery that is bowled in the one square foot window outside off, Ali greets it with a lifted bat

56.5 - Rabada to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery that nips back in a wee bit, Ali aims to nurdle it around the corner and ekes out an inside edge onto the thigh pad

56.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, leg byes, 1 run, this one is speared down leg, Bairstow aims to tuck it around the corner, but fails to connect. The pair steal a leg-bye

56.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, FOUR, back of a length delivery and angled into the right-hander, Bairstow picks the length quickly and uses the short-arm jab and places it in front of square on the on-side. It scurries to the boundary boards in a jiffy

56.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery that is angled into the right-hander, Bairstow with tippy-toes, clips it to mid-wicket, but can't breach the gap

56.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery and it straightens after pitching, Bairstow covers his sticks and hoists his bat above his shoulder to leave it alone

Over: 56	1 2 0 0 0 0	ENG 245/6
Moeen Ali 2(5)	Bairstow 5(22)	M Morkel 16-1-66-2

55.6 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, Ali camps on the back foot and defends

55.5 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, Morkel goes for the throat seeking bouncer. Ali though, hunkers under it. Morkel followed the batsman there

55.4 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, again Morkel ushers in a back of a length delivery, Ali guards it out

55.3 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, defended

55.2 - M Morkel to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, Ali could have found his way back to the pavilion straightaway. However, he escapes. Ali stayed leg-side of the ball, Morkel from round the wicket, followed him with a back of a length delivery. It hit high up on Ali's bat and went towards Morris at gully who dived to his right, but it was out of reach and the pair sneak in two runs. Why was there no third slip to a new man, only AB will know. Would've been a straightforward catch for that man

55.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, 1 run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Bairstow cuts it towards backward point, who half stops it and the duo sneak in a single

Moeen Ali, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 55	0 0 2 2 0 W	ENG 242/6
Root 110(139)	Bairstow 4(21)	Rabada 16-5-48-3

54.6 - Rabada to Root, out Caught by Dane Vilas!! Well, Root's masterclass has come to an end. It is Rabada who has chugged down Root and lifted the sagging spirits in the South African camp. This one pitched on a short of length and nipped back in sharply, Root aimed for a firm footed drive. However, he eked out an inside edge. Vilas dived to his left and pouched a sharp catch. Root immediately went up for the review. On review, it was confirmed on the UltraEdge that he has indeed inside-edged that delivery and the TV umpire upheld the decision. Root c Dane Vilas b Rabada 110(139) [4s-17]

Rabada to Root, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Root has gone up for a review. He was given out caught behind. The front foot is fine. There is a woody sound there. It feels as if, he has eked out an inside edge. The UltraEdge confirms the same and the TV umpire has upheld the decision. Root has to take the walk back to the hut.

54.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, just behind a good length and this one keeps a wee bit low. Root though, defends

54.4 - Rabada to Root, 2 runs, Rabada again loses his radar by drifting down leg, Root neatly tucks it to deep backward square leg for a brace

54.3 - Rabada to Root, 2 runs, Rabada bowls this one too straight, Root, with a crisp downward angling of the willow, clips it to Morkel at fine leg. He adds two more runs to his tally

54.2 - Rabada to Root, no run, Rabada continues to test Root's defence with back of a length deliveries. Root though, is equal to the task with his back foot defence

54.1 - Rabada to Root, no run, just behind a good length and outside off, Root covers his off-pole and defends

Over: 54	0 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 238/5
Bairstow 4(21)	Root 106(133)	M Morkel 15-1-63-2

53.6 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, Morkel agains extracts disconcerting bounce on this back of a length delivery. Bairstow defends it out. It hit the bat hard

53.5 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, this one nips back into the right-hander from back of a length, Bairstow is compact in his back foot defence

53.4 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery from Morkel, Bairstow is a touch hurried in his back foot defence. However, he keeps it out

53.3 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, Morkel tests the middle of the pitch with a short delivery. However, Bairstow watches the ball all the way through and sways his head away from the line. The ball thuds into the keeper's gloves

53.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, Bairstow camps on the back foot and guards it out

53.1 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, just behind a good length and outside off, Bairstow hoists his bat above his shoulder and lets it go by. Morkel extracted good bounce on that delivery

Over: 53	1 0 1 4L 0 0	ENG 238/5
Root 106(133)	Bairstow 4(15)	Rabada 15-5-44-2

52.6 - Rabada to Root, no run, short of length delivery and on off-stump, Root is steadfast in his back foot defence

52.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, back of a length delivery that angles into the right-hander, Root greets it with the bat-maker's label to it

Rabada will start the proceedings for South Africa.

The players are out in the centre. It promises to be an enthralling first session, with England 75 runs behind and having five wickets in the bag. It is overcast at the moment and at Wanderers, it always tends to assist swing bowlers.

Today promises potential too. England, needing to bat last here, will eye a lead while South Africa will need to throw in everything to avoid staring at a home series loss. Expect the pitch to be as quick as yesterday and Morkel-led pace attack will look to compensate for the old ball with continual back-benders. The weather forecast lists "light rain showers" as a possibility but we fans have to just make peace with the fact that the rain stalks cricket and follows it around the globe. So, let's just focus on the Test match and hope for the wind to blow the cricket-killing clouds away..

Day 3: Welcome to the third day at Wanderers! Yesterday was about Anderson's reassuring scalp, Rabada's continued ascendancy, Viljoen's dream debut, Stokes' sparkling fifty and Root's stunning unbeaten Test ton. The game moved through its crests and troughs, with South Africa having their moments on a roaring pitch but England sneaked ahead, courtesy a stroke-laden Root-Stokes partnership. South Africa, sans Steyn and Philander, expectedly looked raw despite clocking speeds up to 150kmph and found it difficult to arrest the run-fest until Morkel struck. Root though then took over to keep South Africa at bay.

All in all a busy day. For my eyeballs trying to spot the ball in the Johannesburg sun. An early start tomorrow to compensate for early stumps. Join us at 10:00 local for the moving day of this Test match. It's a goodbye from Pratyush on behalf of Srivathsa. Take care.

Earlier in the day, Anderson and Broad wrapped things up early to bury hopes of a continued Protea resurgence. Wanderers pitch then obligingly woke up, thanks to South Africa's inexperienced but brute pace and the mid-day sun to push England back, literally. They hopped, ducked and sparingly delighted with belligerent shots until Stokes' belligerence rendered the pitch fertile. Viljoen earned a place in folklore as he strangled mighty Cook down leg with his first ball in Test cricket while Rabada struck early to make Hales' tough tour tougher. de Villiers reiterated his human descendency with a Compton-drop at second slip, something that hurt South Africa a little. Bavuma might think about digging these short leg turfs out and placing it in his living room cabinet as he stunned with another fly-back Taylor-ending effort.

Stumps, Day 2: The third session served as that analgesic that South Africa had searched all afternoon. At deep-midwicket, at deep cover and straight down the ground as Stokes bludgeoned counter-attacking shots, one after another from his Scrooge McDuck-like rich armoury. Wasn't as berserk as Newlands but was definitely a reminiscence of Gilchrist's give-it-back assaults. After been spanked in the afternoon session at over 5rpo, South Africa's makeshift spearhead Morkel finally managed to lid off Stokes's exploits with a caught-and-bowled. Root meanwhile cracked boundaries, most of them ending up as subtle with the Stokes show on, to bring up three figures for himself. A century that followed five short but close attempts after Nottingham '15.

17:19 Local Time, 15:19 GMT, 20:49 IST: Okay, with the rains making an appearance, it's stumps on the second day.

17:09 Local Time, 15:09 GMT, 20:39 IST: The latest from the ground is that the covers are coming on. Looks unlikely that we will witness any further play. But hang on to read my updates on that. They'll be worthy of it, I promise.

There's a mini-break to change the helmet. That looked like one pacy ball from Rabada. Has stored his gas in the sun-bathed hours and is letting it all breath fire late in the day. And the light meters are out. And..the players are off. Was always doubtful with the grey skies. I'd take this over rains anyday. Congratulatory handshakes for Root from the South African players as they walked back

52.4 - Rabada to Root, leg byes, FOUR, and he has the license to go after it. Pacy bouncer, Root swivels into the pull but the ball was too quick. Evaded the pull, took the helmet and popped over the first slip. Sped away off the turf to the third man fence

52.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, a tap-and-run to mid-off for a quick single

52.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short ball, Bairstow ducked under it safely

52.1 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, innocuous length delivery wide of off, Root chops it with a hop back into his crease and steals a single to third man

Over: 52	0 4 0 4 1 0	ENG 232/5
Bairstow 3(13)	Root 105(129)	C Morris 13-1-62-0

51.6 - C Morris to Bairstow, no run, full ball outside off, Bairstow lifts his bat and lets it go

51.5 - C Morris to Root, 1 run, short ball but doesn't rise up too high. Root spindles in his crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single

51.4 - C Morris to Root, FOUR, full and straight, Root has shipped his nerves to London. Leans forward and pushes it with a straight bat. Ball pings back off the middle and rushes to the long-on fence, like a man late for the Star Wars premiere

51.3 - C Morris to Root, no run, short outside off, Root swayed away from the line

51.2 - C Morris to Root, FOUR, and here's the landmark that we've all been waiting for. 16 delightful fours to get to his 9th Test century and what an occasion to do that. 12 innings between this and his last century (vs Aus. at Nottingham in 2015) and that spanning five fifties. Finally manages to edgecross the nerve-line and gives himself the opportunity to take his helmet off, raise his arms, pump his fists and smile. The century-bringing shot was a leaning drive that was catapulted through cover. Copybook extended hands, big stride forward and a J-carving shot to go with the pristine timing and placement. Top effort against a Steyn-less Protea side but he can only do so much

51.1 - C Morris to Root, no run, back of a length delivery honing on the leg stump, Root tries to fend it off one-handed. The ball hits the pad and rolls to FSL

Over: 51	0 0 1 0 1 0	ENG 223/5
Bairstow 3(12)	Root 96(124)	Rabada 14-5-42-2

50.6 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, Bairstow is definitely not comfortable with the bounce, it was a short of a good length delivery and hit the splice of Bairstow's bat before rolling away to FSL

50.5 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, Rabada does make him play but goes too full and on the stumps, Root drives it to the right of mid-on and gets to the other end

50.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, speared well outside off, Root is in the 90s and won't play at those. Rabada needs to make him play more often

50.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, hurried by the bounce again, does well to tuck this back of a length delivery behind square to get Root on strike

50.2 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, thickish outside edge but it goes along the carpet to gully, Bairstow took the bottom hand off the bat at the last moment on this length delivery to keep it down

50.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, short of a good length but well outside off to get Bairstow interested, left alone

Over: 50	0 0 2 0 0 2	ENG 221/5
Root 95(122)	Bairstow 2(8)	C Morris 12-1-53-0

49.6 - C Morris to Root, 2 runs, uses the depth of the crease once again and turns the length delivery on the stumps behind square on the on-side for an easy two

49.5 - C Morris to Root, no run, goes deep in the crease on theis length delivery and bunts it down the pitch

49.4 - C Morris to Root, no run, alarming for Root, nervous 90s perhaps, length delivery and outside off, Root was caught pushing at it, gets a thick inside edge onto the pads, it could have easily gone on to hit the stumps

49.3 - C Morris to Root, 2 runs, good running between the English duo, it was on Root's pads and he worked it away into the vacant mid-wicket region, sensed the opportunity and completed the second run

49.2 - C Morris to Root, no run, length ball and on off, Root gets a little stride forward and defends it back to the bowler

49.1 - C Morris to Root, no run, short of a good length and outside off, Root mistimes the punch into the off-side

Chris Morris [11.0-1-49-0] is back into the attack

Over: 49	1 1 0 0 1 1	ENG 217/5
Root 91(116)	Bairstow 2(8)	Rabada 13-5-40-2

48.6 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, Root did not pick it up at all, it was short and he was not sure about the bounce, tried to keep it out into the on-side, but was late and the ball hit the top of the bat before rolling away behind square on the on-side

48.5 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, fuller length again, this time on off, Bairstow goes for the drive, but does not quite time it, it is in the gap between cover and mid-off to allow him a single

48.4 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, Rabada tries to make Bairstow play but ends up pitching it a little too full than he would have wanted, Bairstow pushes it to mid-on

48.3 - Rabada to Bairstow, no run, length delivery and well outside off, Bairstow is happy to leave these early into his innings

48.2 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, length delivery and on off, Root punches it to sweeper cover, strolls to the other end

Hardus Viljoen is off the field

48.1 - Rabada to Bairstow, 1 run, back of a length angled into Bairstow from middle, he tucks it gently to the right of mid-on and takes a quick single

Over: 48	1 0 0 0 1L 4	ENG 213/5
Root 89(114)	Bairstow 0(4)	M Morkel 14-0-63-2

47.6 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, Root's in sublime touch and he displays it once again, did not try to hit it too hard, just presented a full blade on the fuller length delivery and beat a diving de Villiers at mid-off with ease

47.5 - M Morkel to Bairstow, leg byes, 1 run, a little too straight from Morkel, Bairstow looks to glance it fine, gets it off his thigh pad to fine leg

47.4 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, outside off once again, Bairstow tries to go towards the line of the delivery first but withdraws his bat as the ball passes him through to the keeper

47.3 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, the bounce catches Bairstow off guard as he looks to defend this short of a good length delivery from the crease, gets hit high on the bat and the ball rolls down the pitch

47.2 - M Morkel to Bairstow, no run, good leave from Bairstow, trusted the bounce of Morkel, it was just outside off and bowled at back of a length, Bairstow covered his stumps and left it

47.1 - M Morkel to Root, 1 run, length delivery and on off, Root looks to defend it, takes the bottom hand off the bat to compensate for the extra bounce, the ball rolls to mid-wicket and they take one

Over: 47	0 4 0 0 0 1	ENG 207/5
Root 84(112)	Bairstow 0(0)	Rabada 12-5-36-2

46.6 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, short delivery but it did not rise enough, Root pulls it waftly to fine leg, retains the strike with that run

46.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, fuller length and outside off, Root drives it crisply but cannot beat the man stationed at mid-off

46.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, short of a good length and Root waits for it to nudge it in front of mid-on

46.3 - Rabada to Root, no run, length delivery and on the stumps, Root defends it back to the bowler

46.2 - Rabada to Root, FOUR, straying on the pads of Root and he makes full use of it, shuffles across and clips it away to deep backward square leg, two fielders went for it but neither got there in time. Bavuma from FSL and fine leg tried to hunt it down

46.1 - Rabada to Root, no run, Rabada bowls it full on the off stump, Root drives it straight to the fielder at mid-on

Kagiso Rabada [11.0-5-31-2] is back into the attack

Jonny Bairstow, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 46	0 0 2 4 0 W	ENG 202/5
Stokes 58(54)	Root 79(106)	M Morkel 13-0-58-2

45.6 - M Morkel to Stokes, out Caught&Bowled!! Short delivery and into the ribs of Stokes, who looks to tuck it into the on-side, the ball is much quicker than he expected, gets a leading edge and it skies high, Morkel calls for it and takes it easily. Big, big wicket for the Proteas. Stokes has this ability to take the game away with his counter-attack and he had started doing it. Fortunately for AB, Morkel sends him back. Stokes c and b M Morkel 58(54) [4s-9 6s-1]

M Morkel to Stokes, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

45.5 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, caught in two minds was Stokes there, was trying to play at it first then decided to leave, the ball rolls to slip off the outer part of the bat

45.4 - M Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, what a shot that is from the big man, fuller length and outside off, he just lofts it through the line and gets it over the infield, it crosses the long-off fence in no time

45.3 - M Morkel to Stokes, 2 runs, solid punch down the ground and de Villiers hunts it down, it was too straight from Morkel and Stokes presented the full face of the bat to get it between the bowler and mid-on

45.2 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, good leave from Stokes, watches it till the end and lets this length delivery outside off go to the keeper

45.1 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, not enough width on offer on this one but Stokes looks to cut it, gets cramped for room and is beaten

Over: 45	4 Nb 1 0 0 4 0	ENG 196/4
Root 79(106)	Stokes 52(48)	Viljoen 11-0-57-1

44.6 - Viljoen to Root, no run, edged but it does not carry, fuller length and outside off, Root poked at it and got a thick outside edge, fortunately for Root it fell just short of Elgar who dived to his right at second slip

44.5 - Viljoen to Root, FOUR, short and a little width on offer, Root flashes at it and gets it over gully, there is no third man and it races away

44.4 - Viljoen to Root, no run, better from Viljoen, keeps it right on the stumps, Root is well on his toes and defends it back to the bowler

44.3 - Viljoen to Root, no run, length delivery and on the stumps, Root nudges it in front of mid-wicket, wants to steal a single but changes his mind

44.2 - Viljoen to Stokes, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Stokes drives it crisply to mid-off, Rabada puts in a dive and saves 3 runs for his team

44.2 - Viljoen to Stokes, no ball, short delivery and outside off, Stokes leaves it. Viljoen has overstepped and it's called a no-ball

44.1 - Viljoen to Stokes, FOUR, hammered and that will be fifty for Stokes . Short delivery and Stokes just clobbered the pull through mid-wicket, no one moved

Amla and de Villiers are having a discussion. Maybe about a bowling change. du Plessis joins in. Root was taking medical attention and the Proteas utillised the time...

Over: 44	0 0 1 4 0 0	ENG 186/4
Root 75(102)	Stokes 47(45)	M Morkel 12-0-52-1

43.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, good bounce from Morkel but it is well outside off, Root leaves it through to the keeper

43.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, not the line he should be bowling, hurled at back of a length and well outside off, Root lifts his bat and lets it go

43.4 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, did not look to be in a good position but adjusted well on this short delivery to roll his wrists, the fielder at fine leg did not bother giving a chase and it raced away

43.3 - M Morkel to Stokes, 1 run, short delivery and on the shoulders of Stokes, he swivels across and pulls it to fine leg

43.2 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, back of a length and outside off, Stokes is happy to leave it

43.1 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, that might have straightened a bit because Stokes' bat turned in his hand as he tried to push at this length delivery hurled at the stumps from round the wicket

Over: 43	0 4 1 0 4 0	ENG 181/4
Root 71(99)	Stokes 46(42)	Viljoen 10-0-47-1

42.6 - Viljoen to Root, no run, fuller length and on off, Root drives but ekes out an inside edge onto the pad, the ball trickles away into the off-side

42.5 - Viljoen to Root, FOUR, it was in the air for a while but away from the man at fine leg, short delivery and Root did not try to keep the pull down. It went away from Morkel and into the fence

42.4 - Viljoen to Root, no run, nicely behind that one, on a length and on off, Root defends it back to the bowler

42.3 - Viljoen to Stokes, 1 run, length delivery and Stokes taps it gently to mid-off for a quick single, the fielder has a shy at the stumps at the bowler's end but misses

42.2 - Viljoen to Stokes, FOUR, cries of catch it but it goes between the slips and gully. Not quite short enough outside off but Stokes flashed hard at it, luckily got it in the gap and it raced away to the third man fence

42.1 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, wayward from Viljoen, banged it short and well down the leg side, keeper had to leap in the air to pouch it

Over: 42	1 0 0 0 1 0	ENG 172/4
Root 67(96)	Stokes 41(39)	M Morkel 11-0-47-1

41.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, back of a length and well outside off, Root was thinking of going after it, but changed his mind at the last moment perhaps and let it go through to the keeper

41.5 - M Morkel to Stokes, 1 run, short delivery and Stokes swivels across nicely to pull it to deep mid-wicket, there is protection in the deep and he is content with one

41.4 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, on a length and outside off, Stokes does not bother playing at it

41.3 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, length delivery and just outside off, Stokes lifts his bat and lets it go

41.2 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, the famous Morkel-bounce was on display there, Stokes was completely taken aback by the steep bounce. It pitched on a back of a length and rose to square up Stokes, who was hit on the gloves, fortunately it did not go to any one of the close-in fielders

41.1 - M Morkel to Root, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off, Root pushes it into the vacant cover-point region for a single

Over: 41	0 1 1 0 0 1	ENG 170/4
Root 66(94)	Stokes 40(35)	Viljoen 9-0-38-1

40.6 - Viljoen to Root, 1 run, a direct hit at the bowler's end would have been curtains for Root, this one came in in the air and Root drove it to mid-off and set off, de Villiers was onto it quickly with a terrific slide and pickup, fired a throw at the non-striker's end. Lucky for Root that he missed. Stunning athleticism from AB and so nearly produced a run-out when there was scope for none

40.5 - Viljoen to Root, no run, dangled this one miles outside off and Root does not budge

40.4 - Viljoen to Root, no run, almost got the better off Root, was not short enough but Root went for the pull, was beaten by the pace of it and it pootled through to the keeper

40.3 - Viljoen to Stokes, 1 run, too straight from Viljoen, Stokes shuffles across and tucks it to deep mid-wicket

40.2 - Viljoen to Root, 1 run, length delivery and outside off, Root pushes it to the right of backward point and takes an easy single

40.1 - Viljoen to Root, no run, fuller length and right on the money on the stumps, Root presents a nice riposte and pushes it to mid-on

Floodlights are on. There are some dark clouds hovering over...

Over: 40	0 3 1 1 0 0	ENG 167/4
Stokes 39(34)	Root 64(89)	M Morkel 10-0-45-1

39.6 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, Morkel comes much closer to the stumps this time, Stokes presents the full face of the blade and the ball rolls down to mid-on

39.5 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, length delivery and on 4th/5th stump, Stokes gets a little stride forward and defends it to cover

39.4 - M Morkel to Root, 1 run, on a length and outside off, Root drives it on the up to sweeper cover

39.3 - M Morkel to Stokes, 1 run, back of a length delivery angled into Stokes from round the wicket, he tucks it to backward square leg for a single

39.2 - M Morkel to Root, 3 runs, full and straight, Root presents the full face of the bat and drives it through mid-off, de Villiers misfields and allows three runs

39.1 - M Morkel to Root, no run, length delivery and on off, Root defends it into the off-side from the crease

Welcome back for the final session of the day...

Oh, that was one hell of a session. If you expected the ball to talk, you'd better be warned to not purchase a lottery ticket today. Early in the session, de Villiers surprised everyone by depicting his human-like flaws - shelled Compton at second slip. The batsman piled the misery with some crunchy Kohli-rivalling pulls but handed another one to second slip, a region which was now manned by Elgar. Taylor's 13-ball misery was ended by some Bavuma magic at short leg and that brought Stokes in. A hello bumper was fended to fine leg but what followed was a volley of shots that kicked South Africa off the ladder. The field resembled a sieve with the batsman threading gaps to collect boundaries at will. More holes in the field than a Swiss cheese. Root managed another half-century and he always finds a way to score, doesn't he? More of the Stokes-stunner on the other side of tea. Join us at 15:30 local for the evening session.

Over: 39	0 0 0 0 2 2	ENG 162/4
Stokes 38(31)	Root 60(86)	Viljoen 8-0-35-1

38.6 - Viljoen to Stokes, 2 runs, another one shortish on leg stump, Stokes tucked it to backward square leg, crossed over twice and headed to the dressing room. That's tea

38.5 - Viljoen to Stokes, 2 runs, strays on the pads and Stokes clips it with all the timing in the world. van Zyl though had other plans. Dived full length to haul it back in. Top effort that he robbed Stokes of two runs there

38.4 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, and this one past the outside edge. The ball nipped away and bounced from back of a length, Stokes jabs at it hoping for it to come in. But the ball moved away to flirt with the outside edge

38.3 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, if de Villiers had hit, Stokes would have had an early tea. Clips it tamely to mid-wicket and hurries through. Saw ABD rushing in from mid-on to hunt the ball, turns around and skates back. The throw was just over the stumps and Stokes managed to dive back in. Vilas, unlike Bairstow yesterday, was slow to move in towards the stumps and gave Stokes the time to make it back just in time. Root hadn'trespond at all for that run and had some chastising words of wisdom for Stokes post all the mid-pitch drama

38.2 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, comes well forward and compensates for the angle by holding his bat adjacent to the pad

38.1 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, good riposte. Angles this in from round the wicket, Stokes jabs at it. Nearly searches for it after the ball had snuck between the bat-pad gap and to the keeper

Stokes backed away and Viljoen was not impressed, obviously. Just 2 slips now

Over: 38	0 0 0 4 2 0	ENG 158/4
Root 60(86)	Stokes 34(25)	C Morris 11-1-49-0

37.6 - C Morris to Root, no run, goes deep in his crease and took on this length delivery with a high-elbowed defence

37.5 - C Morris to Root, 2 runs, there are open acres on the field and South Africa will want the break to come early! Gets on the back foot and greets this shortish ball with a back foot punch

37.4 - C Morris to Root, FOUR, this one just hinted to accost the pads. On off and middle, Root gets onto it in a jiffy. Stayed back and turned his wrists to flick that between mid-wicket and long-on

37.3 - C Morris to Root, no run, hops back in his crease and defends it towards mid-off

37.2 - C Morris to Root, no run, pushes the ball firmly but Morris was in the way. Fields and attempts a shy at the wickets. Or at the batsman. Looked like the latter

37.1 - C Morris to Root, no run, hops back in his crease and middles the back foot defence

Over: 37	4 0 2 1 4 0	ENG 152/4
Stokes 34(25)	Root 54(80)	Viljoen 7-0-31-1

36.6 - Viljoen to Stokes, no run, pats the ball back to the bowler in defence

36.5 - Viljoen to Stokes, FOUR, full toss now. It's the shoulder-drooping ball that signals demotivated spirits. Arched forward and dispatched this off his pads to deep mid-wicket

36.4 - Viljoen to Root, 1 run, straighter ball, trying to deny the forward loop that Root's gotten into, the batsman clips it to mid-on

36.3 - Viljoen to Root, 2 runs, hurled fuller again, Root is nicely onto his front foot and taps the ball past extra cover this time for a brace

36.2 - Viljoen to Root, no run, gets on the front foot again and pushed the fullish ball back to the bowler

36.1 - Viljoen to Root, FOUR, and Root gets to his fifty in style. His 19th and his 3rd versus South Africa. Innings to remember. Bouncy pitch and against a four-pronged pace attack. Second string alright but South Africa seldom serve up mediocrity. Root gets on the front foot here and drove with an open bat face. The length was full and the width was there for him to do the jugglery. Creamy four runs through backward point to bring up the milestone

Hardus Viljoen [6.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack

Over: 36	0 0 0 4 4 0	ENG 141/4
Stokes 30(23)	Root 47(76)	C Morris 10-1-43-0

35.6 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, full ball, Stokes swings his arms to whack it along the ground to mid-on

35.5 - C Morris to Stokes, FOUR, luck's with the brave and all they say. Just witnessed it. Takes on the short ball which hurried onto him, Stokes is drawn into a pull, ekes out a top-edge that sails high and back over the keeper

35.4 - C Morris to Stokes, FOUR, ah, that's thumped off the back foot. The back of a length delivery sat up nicely, Stokes stood tall on his toes and punched it through covers

35.3 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, swinging away outside off from a fuller length, Stokes ignores it with a bat-hoisting

35.2 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, middles the defence to this length ball on off

35.1 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, length ball on off, Stokes skipped back in his crease and defended it back

Over: 35	2 4 4 2 0 0	ENG 133/4
Root 47(76)	Stokes 22(17)	M Morkel 9-0-40-1

34.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, is that a plan? Hurls one short and wide, Root flashes at it again. Was too backed away to reach at it and ends up missing it. And then chides himself for chasing it

34.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, this hurried at him from back of a length but Root stood tall and punched the defence back. Didn't look pretty but damn effective that

34.4 - M Morkel to Root, 2 runs, short and wide, Root backs away to create room and slapped it to sweeper cover for a brace

34.3 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, and another boundary! It's a boundary galore. After all the nosy head-rippers, South Africa are dishing it on the pads. Root flicked it, used his wrists and placed it to the deep mid-wicket fence

34.2 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, shortish outside off, the pitch is not dishing out the same venomous bounce for Morkel. Root stood tall, open-batted the punch and guided the ball between the cordon and the backward point region

34.1 - M Morkel to Root, 2 runs, Root must be puffing but he has just managed to steal two crucial runs. Opened the bat face and tapped it square. Called early for the second and hurried back in time to the danger end

Over: 34	4 2 0 4 0 0	ENG 121/4
Stokes 22(17)	Root 35(70)	C Morris 9-1-35-0

33.6 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, takes the full ball on with a large front foot stride yet again but places the drive straight to extra cover

33.5 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, full ball wide of off, Stokes lifts his bat and lets it go

33.4 - C Morris to Stokes, FOUR, Stokes is turning it on and is being well helped by the lines and lengths. Another gentler down leg, Stokes just had to bend down, half-turn and tuck it to backward square leg. Did just that and added four runs to his growing score

33.3 - C Morris to Stokes, no run, full and straight, Stokes just presents a straight bat, lets the ball ping the middle and the ball hurried back. Morris bent low and half-stopped the ball with his fingertips

33.2 - C Morris to Stokes, 2 runs, too full, Stokes squeezed it out in front of the wicket. A sliding stop at long-off but good enough for a couple of runs

33.1 - C Morris to Stokes, FOUR, overpitched on the pads, a nice breather after all the perfume balls. Stokes helps himself with a flick to deep mid-wicket

Chris Morris [8.0-1-25-0] is back into the attack

Over: 33	0 4 3 0 0 1	ENG 111/4
Stokes 12(11)	Root 35(70)	M Morkel 8-0-28-1

32.6 - M Morkel to Stokes, 1 run, helps this leg-side delivery with a clip to fine leg. Easy single

32.5 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, Morkel pumps his fist in the air to celebrate a run-out. At the non-striker's end. Not to be. The ball was pushed straight down the ground. Morkel bent low and thought that he got a fingertip to that. Root was backing too far and couldn't get back as the ball took the bails off at the bowler's end. Umpire used his walkie-talkie to confirm and all ended sanely after Morkel said he didn't get a touch, after initially appealing. Morkel having a bit of fun there

32.4 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, Stokes is on the ground. The ball was expected to go across the batsman but the ball snaked in and caught Stokes in a mess. Tried to flick but his head fell over and his body followed. Back leg slicked further back and was close enough to the leg stump

32.3 - M Morkel to Root, 3 runs, flicked wristily off his pads and collects three runs to deep mid-wicket. Root pushed hard for the third and made it in time. Well in when the thow was rifled back

32.2 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, throws his bat at the width outside off. Went hard enough at that and his bottom hand came off the bat. Placed it wide of backward point to earn a boundary to squarish third man

Some clouds now make an appearance over the grandstand at the Wanderers

32.1 - M Morkel to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root pats it back in defence to point

Over: 32	0 0 6 0 0 Wd 4	ENG 103/4
Stokes 11(8)	Root 28(67)	Rabada 11-5-31-2

31.6 - Rabada to Stokes, FOUR, and this edge brings the 100 runs for England. Fullish ball, Stokes got low to square drive it. Went hard but the ball kept going with the angle, evaded gully's air-borne one-handed leap and vroomed to the fence

31.6 - Rabada to Stokes, wide, this was well directed but too short. Takes off the pitch and flies over Stokes' head

31.5 - Rabada to Stokes, no run, wild bouncer down leg. Waste of energy and Stokes formally ducks under it. Was too wide to hurt him though

31.4 - Rabada to Stokes, no run, stays rooted to the crease, lets the fullish ball come onto him and defends it while bending forward

31.3 - Rabada to Stokes, SIX, that was a reminder who Stokes is. He might fend one to fine leg but he can also tonk a pull to deep mid-wicket. All the way for a maximum. Swiveled nicely across, had the time to do that and plonked it out of the ground

31.2 - Rabada to Stokes, no run, fullish in length and going across the batsman, Stokes lets out a front foot stride and defends it to a widish mid-off

31.1 - Rabada to Stokes, no run, full outside off, Stokes lets it go

Over: 31	W 0 1 0 0 0	ENG 92/4
Root 28(67)	Stokes 1(2)	M Morkel 7-0-20-1

30.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, another appeal but very mild because there wasn't any wood. The shortish ball cut back in at pace, surprised a crouched Root who was bending low to evade injuries than do anything else. The ball bounced off the pad and dropped just short of the cordon. Just no wood there. Umpire Rod Tucker had his hands up in the air to calm the Proteas down. Fair enough

30.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, straighter line, Root taps it in front of him and tries to sneak one. Stokes doesn't respond much

30.4 - M Morkel to Root, no run, on the pads and Root clips it round the corner

30.3 - M Morkel to Stokes, 1 run, that's a head-ripping scorcher. Banged in, Stokes was hurried for pace. What else do you expect? So well directed that Stokes ended up fending it with his glove in front of his face. Ball bounced off the glove and traveled uppishly to fine leg

30.2 - M Morkel to Stokes, no run, short ball to greet him. Stokes stood up and spliced the ball back awkwardly

Ben Stokes, left handed bat, comes to the crease

30.1 - M Morkel to James Taylor, out Caught by Bavuma!! How does he do that? Another Bavuma stunner at short leg. Makes the best use of his height by arching back and going airy fairy with a leap to one-hand the ball. Parried it back and afforded another leap to catch that. Absolute sight. Would make for a great front page photograph tomorrow. The ball was back of a length, Taylor jabbed his defence and eked out an inside edge on his thigh pad. The ball ricocheted off for Bavuma to pull off something special. Slight nip in with extra bounce and Taylor was done and dusted there. This match is well open and England under the Bullring pump. James Taylor c Bavuma b M Morkel 7(13) [4s-1]

M Morkel to James Taylor, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Morne Morkel [6.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack

Over: 30	0 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 91/3
Root 28(64)	James Taylor 7(12)	Rabada 10-5-20-2

29.6 - Rabada to Root, no run, ambitious upper cut over the cordon. And it's missed for the nth time in this innings. Short and wide and the shot is on but the same old Jo'burg bounce. Overwhelms each time. Root was too low to connect the shot there

29.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, length ball, Root shuffled in his crease and high-elbowed the pat back

29.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, Rabada sticks to the shortish length. And understandably as that fetched him the wicket. Root stayed on the bat face and punched the defence back

29.3 - Rabada to Root, no run, skids deep in his crease and pinged the ball towards cover-point

29.2 - Rabada to Root, no run, fuller length delivery zooming off for Dane Vilas to collect it in front of his face. Root didn't flirt with it

29.1 - Rabada to Root, no run, back of a length ball, Root is pushed back by the pace but manages to hop high and defend it comfortably

Over: 29	0 1 0 0 0 0	ENG 91/3
James Taylor 7(12)	Root 28(58)	Viljoen 6-0-20-1

28.6 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, length ball outside off, no shot offered from Taylor

28.5 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, fullish ball, Taylor gets on the front foot and defends it

28.4 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, that was surreal. Birds fly. Planes fly. And so does Taylor's bat. Width outside off, Taylor flashed at it hard. So hard that the bat slipped out his hand and lobbed over Bavuma at short leg. Threw everything at that ball Taylor. Literally. Bavuma fetched the bat and Taylor chuckled while patting his back. In embarrassment and gratitude

28.3 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, full and on off, Taylor straight-bats the defence into the on-side

28.2 - Viljoen to Root, 1 run, harmless length ball wide of the off-stump corridor, Root reaches out with his open bat and taps it to point

28.1 - Viljoen to Root, no run, slides back in his crease and defends this back of a length delivery off the willow's middle

Over: 28	4 0 4 0 0 1	ENG 90/3
Root 27(56)	James Taylor 7(8)	Rabada 9-4-20-2

27.6 - Rabada to Root, 1 run, sprayed into the pads again, Root stood tall and wristed it to mid-wicket for a quick single

27.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, fullish and wide of off, Root opted to hoist his bat

27.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, stays full but adjusts the line to outside off, Root lifts his bat and lets it go

27.3 - Rabada to Root, FOUR, full and straight, Root stays his ground, presents the full face of the bat and dispatches this past Rabada for a flowing boundary straight down the ground

27.2 - Rabada to Root, no run, length ball outside off, Root gets on the front foot to defend

27.1 - Rabada to Root, FOUR, Bavuma chased the leather, dives in front of him and slid on the ropes but couldn't prevent the boundary. The ball was on the pads and was gleefully flicked wristily. Full closed face of the bat and the ball sped away to the deep mid-wicket fence. Was always evading diminutive Bavuma!

That will be drinks. Compton, dropped by ABD, went into the gargantuan mode, pulling and cutting to put Proteas on the back foot. But Rabada, back into the attack, got him to nick one and threw the demotivating demons out of the ground. Root's going slow but solid. Has resisted flashy strokes like Compton and is collecting runs very subtly. Now to the second hour..Rabada with three slips and a gully in place

Over: 27	0 4 0 0 0 2	ENG 81/3
James Taylor 7(8)	Root 18(50)	Viljoen 5-0-19-1

26.6 - Viljoen to James Taylor, 2 runs, gets on the front foot and tucks this off his pads to mid-wicket

26.5 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, this is the length. Good length and just nipping away a touch, Taylor was drawn forward only to see the ball fly past the edge

26.4 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, he is trying to angle his short ball in. Not a bad ploy but he is overdoing the leg stump line. Hurled wildly wide of leg, Taylor turns in his crease and sees the ball go

26.3 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, 143kmph delivery splayed down leg, Taylor went too far across to tickle and the ball sailed dangerously close to the leg pole

26.2 - Viljoen to James Taylor, FOUR, this was full. Rather too full and Taylor had the width to get on his knees, protract his hands and squeeze the drive to sweeper cover. An attempted chase but this sun-baked outfield is just too quick

26.1 - Viljoen to James Taylor, no run, smidgen fuller outside off, Taylor bends down to blunt it

Over: 26	3Wd W 0 1 0 0 0	ENG 75/3
Root 18(50)	James Taylor 1(2)	Rabada 8-4-11-2

25.6 - Rabada to Root, no run, that was full and nipped in after pitching. Dane Vilas had to mini-leap to his left to glove that. Root though had his stumps covered with a stride and could let that go safely

25.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, width outside off but the bounce off the pitch means that Root misses the flashy cut

25.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, full outside off, Root lifts his bat and lets it go

25.3 - Rabada to James Taylor, 1 run, a ball jumping onto him from back of a length. The line was straight and Taylor undeliberately spliced it off the inner half to backward square leg

25.2 - Rabada to James Taylor, no run, back of a length outside off, Taylor forcibly tapped at it. Was nearly drawn into it as he wanted to feel ball on his bat

James Taylor, right handed bat, comes to the crease

25.1 - Rabada to Compton, out Caught by Elgar!! What goes around comes around. Not to de Villiers but to Elgar at second slip on this occasion. Shortish length and Compton wanted to pounce on it. Rocked back, opened the bat face and defended it with hard hands. Ball snaked a little off the pitch and the edge went at a nice height for Elgar to collect to his right. The ABD-downing misery-piling run making from Compton has finally been stopped. Compton c Elgar b Rabada 26(68) [4s-4]

Rabada to Compton, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

25.1 - Rabada to Compton, 3 wides, bends his back but hurls it too short in his half. The ball climbs, evades Compton's swiveling pull and bounces over the keeper's leap

Over: 25	0 1 0 0 0 0	ENG 71/2
Root 18(47)	Compton 26(67)	Viljoen 4-0-13-1

24.6 - Viljoen to Root, no run, length ball angled in from wide of the crease. Root hopped in the air and had his feet off the ground as he dug the ball into the pitch

24.5 - Viljoen to Root, no run, open-bats the tap a touch and defends this length ball to point

24.4 - Viljoen to Root, no run, goes full, Root crouched low and awkwardly jabbed it back out

24.3 - Viljoen to Root, no run, there was some pace on this length ball. Pushes Root back in his crease as he looked to defend

24.2 - Viljoen to Compton, 1 run, short ball on off, Compton straightens his torso, leans towards the off-side and roll-wrists the pull to deep square leg. Not timed and it's a single

24.1 - Viljoen to Compton, no run, away movement creating the width and Compton, the mood that he is in, flashes his horizontal willow at that. Missed it by inches. What's up with Compton today?

Over: 24	0 4L 0 0 0 0	ENG 70/2
Root 18(43)	Compton 25(65)	Rabada 7-4-7-1

23.6 - Rabada to Root, no run, keeps it full outside off to keep the cordon in play. Root covers well for any movement with a stride and taps the ball tamely into the off-side

23.5 - Rabada to Root, no run, fullish delivery invites Root forward. The batsman takes a baby front foot stride and pushes the ball to cover

23.4 - Rabada to Root, no run, floated outside off, Root was drawn forward on this length delivery. But the ball just nipped in, took the inside edge to ricochet onto the pads. Could have well gone onto the base of the stumps there

23.3 - Rabada to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root stands tall to ride the bounce and punches that into the off-side

23.2 - Rabada to Root, leg byes, FOUR, speared down the leg side, Root was late on the tickle but still managed four runs. The ball took the pads and hurried to the fences

23.1 - Rabada to Root, no run, full outside off, Root shoulders arms

Kagiso Rabada [6.0-3-7-1] is back into the attack

Over: 23	1 4 4 0 0 0	ENG 66/2
Compton 25(65)	Root 18(37)	Viljoen 3-0-12-1

22.6 - Viljoen to Compton, no run, good length outside off, swings away after Compton shoulders arms. Vilas accounts for the swing and then takes it

22.5 - Viljoen to Compton, no run, short of length outside off, Compton goes back and blocks towards cover

22.4 - Viljoen to Compton, no run, outside off, left alone

22.3 - Viljoen to Compton, FOUR, even better from Compton. Fraction short outside off, Compton rocks back and short-arm jabs the pull through mid-wicket. Got into position so quickly and put it away. Suddenly he has got consecutive boundaries after a period of blocking and more blocking. A change of gear?

22.2 - Viljoen to Compton, FOUR, nicely played. Short and wide outside off, bit of extra bounce, but Compton stayed besides the line of the ball, got on top of the bounce and cut it past point. Kept it down and that was a top shot

22.1 - Viljoen to Root, 1 run, short of length outside off, Root is on the back foot and punching through cover, wanted two, but they settle for a single

Hardus Viljoen [2.0-0-3-1] is back into the attack

Over: 22	2 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 57/2
Compton 17(60)	Root 17(36)	M Morkel 6-0-19-0

21.6 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, good length outside off, Compton shuffles across and defends to the left of du Plessis at point. Root had to hurry back as there was confusion between the two batsmen. A bit of an yes-no situation there, but all is well in the end

21.5 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, good length outside off, rising through, left alone

21.4 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, back of a length and Compton is right behind that one as well

21.3 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, good length outside off, more like it from Compton as he strides forward confidently to block

21.2 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, once in a while Compton does this. So un-Compton like. Sees the full one outside off and goes for a wild drive over cover. Never reaching that one. Seen him do that in this innings before as well. Needs to refocus. That was the tempter and normally he would leave that, not that time though

21.1 - M Morkel to Compton, 2 runs, fullish and Compton leans into an on-drive, didn't time it as well he would've liked to, but gets a couple to long-on. Rabada does the chasing

Over: 21	0 0 0 1 0 0	ENG 55/2
Root 17(36)	Compton 15(54)	C Morris 8-1-25-0

20.6 - C Morris to Root, no run, every now and then, the extra bounce is playing its part. Lifts off a good length after Root lets it go. Vilas takes it over his head

20.5 - C Morris to Root, no run, full and wide of off, Root won't play at that

20.4 - C Morris to Compton, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Compton shuffles across and defends to the right of gully, Root was a bit slow to take off but made his ground quite easily

20.3 - C Morris to Compton, no run, wide of the crease and still full outside off, Compton lets it go

20.2 - C Morris to Compton, no run, short of length outside off, left alone

20.1 - C Morris to Compton, no run, dug in short and at pace, Compton watches it fly over his head

Over: 20	0 4 0 0 0 0	ENG 54/2
Root 17(34)	Compton 14(50)	M Morkel 5-0-17-0

19.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, and again. When Morkel bowls straight and towards the thigh pad of Root, the batsman is caught in an awkward tangle. Struck on the thigh pad as Root misses the flick. He is stumbling forward and missing the line of the ball

19.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, the crowd got excited there. Morkel had his hands up in the air for a moment. But no bat as Morkel gets extra bounce from a good length and troubles Root. He is hit high on the thigh and caught in the slips. The excitement died down pretty quickly

19.4 - M Morkel to Root, no run, good length and moves away off the seam after pitching outside off, Root hoists his bat over his head to leave

19.3 - M Morkel to Root, no run, full outside off, left alone

19.2 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, that's the shot of the day so far. Morkel overpitches outside off and Root is on his back knee, bent and threads a cover drive through the vacant cover region. Superbly done as he showed the full face and a high elbow to boot. Technically perfect from Joe. Picture that and frame it!

19.1 - M Morkel to Root, no run, good length and angling in, Root is solid in his back foot block

Over: 19	0 0 0 4 0 4	ENG 50/2
Compton 14(50)	Root 13(28)	C Morris 7-1-24-0

18.6 - C Morris to Compton, FOUR, when Morris overpitches like that, Compton will take toll. Full outside off, Compton gets forward and crunches the drive through cover. Flowing stroke and that should give him confidence after a nervy period

18.5 - C Morris to Compton, no run, short of length outside off, Compton gets back and across to defend it back down the pitch

18.4 - C Morris to Compton, FOUR, another outside edge, but this time it goes to ground. Full outside off, Compton came forward to block and the edge went down, eluded a diving gully to his left and raced away. No third man and that will be a boundary. Compton is living a charmed life out there

18.3 - C Morris to Compton, no run, fullish and outside off, left alone

18.2 - C Morris to Compton, no run, down leg, Compton flicks and misses

18.1 - C Morris to Compton, no run, dropped by AB! Can you believe it? Regulation edge and grassed. Lovely delivery from Morris. In the corridor of uncertainty, around the off stump, length and squaring Compton up a little, thick edge on the defence and at a nice height to AB's left at second slip, he got both hands and out it went. No chance of grabbing the rebound too

Morkel is hitting the high 140s. He is steaming in. One delivery in the last over was clocked at 150kph

Over: 18	0 0 0 3 0 0	ENG 42/2
Root 13(28)	Compton 6(44)	M Morkel 4-0-13-0

17.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, full outside off, Root shoulders arms

17.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, good length outside off, nice carry through to the keeper after Root let it go

17.4 - M Morkel to Compton, 3 runs, back of a length outside off, Compton stays beside the line of the ball and dabs it wide of gully, the fielder tracks back and chases it down, three taken. Compton got on top of the bounce well there

17.3 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, Compton is looking a bit iffy. This was full on leg-stump, he closes the face of the bat on the flick, a bit too early and the leading edge rolls to cover. Compton was opened up by the late movement, got lucky that it didn't go in the air

17.2 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, full outside off, not close enough to make Compton play

17.1 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, full and angling in towards off, Compton falls over slightly, but manages to flick it to square leg

Over: 17	0 0 0 4 0 0	ENG 39/2
Root 13(26)	Compton 3(40)	C Morris 6-1-16-0

16.6 - C Morris to Root, no run, good length and targetting the fourth-stump line, Root is deep in his crease as he defends to backward point

16.5 - C Morris to Root, no run, good length outside off, left alone

16.4 - C Morris to Root, FOUR, superb pull from Root. He is in such a good position to play that. Dug in short outside off, he rocks back and times the pull through mid-wicket. Rolled his wrists to keep it down and it ran away for four. Picked the length so quickly and was on the back foot in a flash

16.3 - C Morris to Root, no run, good ball from Morris. This is full and shaping back in, Root cautiously pushes to mid-off

16.2 - C Morris to Root, no run, pitched up outside off, Root gets forward and shoulders arms

16.1 - C Morris to Root, no run, back of a length outside off, Root goes back to punch to point

Over: 16	0 2 0 0 4 1	ENG 35/2
Root 9(20)	Compton 3(40)	M Morkel 3-0-10-0

15.6 - M Morkel to Root, 1 run, pitched up and Root gets forward to defend wide of point for a single. Keeps the strike with that run

15.5 - M Morkel to Root, FOUR, flashed away. Short and wide outside off, Root had the time and the room to free his arms, went after that and slashed it over point, one bounce over the ropes. He tried that same shot in the last over, it didn't come off. This time he connected well

15.4 - M Morkel to Root, no run, full outside off, Root sees it and lets it go

15.3 - M Morkel to Root, no run, full and attacking off, Root gets forward to block to mid-off

15.2 - M Morkel to Root, 2 runs, much better. Full and Root gets forward to time the push past Compton, good enough for two. The feet moved nicely and the bat came down in a straight line

15.1 - M Morkel to Root, no run, nips back in and catches Root on the thigh pad, he fell over on the flick, the head bowed down and he was in no position to play that, thuds into the thigh pad. No real appeal for lbw as the height was an issue there

Over: 15	0 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 28/2
Compton 3(40)	Root 2(14)	C Morris 5-1-12-0

14.6 - C Morris to Compton, no run, full outside off, Compton lets it go

14.5 - C Morris to Compton, no run, that's the line and length. Full around the off stump line, late movement, brings Compton forward, induces the outside edge on the drive, but the ball rolls to point

14.4 - C Morris to Compton, no run, pitched up and swinging away outside off, left alone

14.3 - C Morris to Compton, no run, short of length outside off, Compton gets back and across before punching to mid-off

14.2 - C Morris to Compton, no run, pitched up outside off, Compton gets forward and defends to cover. Blunted that well

14.1 - C Morris to Compton, no run, full outside off, Compton dead-bats to mid-off

Chris Morris [4.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack

Over: 14	0 0 0 1 0 0	ENG 28/2
Root 2(14)	Compton 3(34)	M Morkel 2-0-3-0

13.6 - M Morkel to Root, no run, loose stroke from Root. But it was there to be put away I guess. Short and wide outside off, Root reached out to upper-cut and missed. Flies through to the keeper

Second time in the over that Morkel has lost his run. Has to do it all over again

13.5 - M Morkel to Root, no run, 147.9kph length delivery outside off, shapes away, Root lifts his bat and lets it go

13.4 - M Morkel to Compton, 1 run, angling in sharply towards off, Compton was hurried on the back foot defence, it runs off the closed face and behind Bavuma at a backward short leg, single taken

13.3 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, back of a length around the fourth-stump line, Compton shuffles across slightly and defends it back down the track

Three slips, a gully and a short leg in place

13.2 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, well outside off, wasted delivery. Vilas takes it sideways, almost near first slip

13.1 - M Morkel to Compton, no run, fullish outside off, leaps off that length as Compton lets it go. Vilas took it over his head

Welcome back for the post-lunch session. Still bright and sunny currently. Will be tough work for the batsmen. Compton to face Morkel. He is steaming in. Here is the first ball...

So, an eventful couple of hours comes to a close. The first hour saw South Africa collapse to the nagging attack of Anderson and Broad. Hurled it fuller and eked out the elusive edges behind the wicket. Bairstow dropped the world record here but managed to level it with six takes behind the wicket. The Rabada-Morris fightback has taken the Proteas to a comfortable position on a pitch that's spitting fire every alternate ball. Viljoen struck with his first ball on debut to take Cook out and he will proudly flaunt it on his cricket resume all his life. Rabada nicked out Hales outside off and kickstarted the trouble early for the visitors. The track looks much livelier today and England, led by Root, will have to grit it out against a four-man pace attack. And Morkel hasn't even hit his strap yet. The next session should be fun. Join us at 13:10 local to witness the anticipated ball-talking at the Bullring.

Over: 13	0 0 0 2 0 0	ENG 27/2
Root 2(12)	Compton 2(30)	Viljoen 2-0-3-1

12.6 - Viljoen to Root, no run, and another one that brazes past the edge. Kept it on a length and moved it away slightly, like he has done for the last couple of overs. Root hung his bat and was beaten yet again. And that will be lunch

12.5 - Viljoen to Root, no run, the bowler is feeling at home. The trampoline-like bounce. The ball just took off from back of a length. Root was on his toes to play that towards third man but the ball zoomed over his horizontal bat and settled into the hands of a high leaping keeper behind

12.4 - Viljoen to Root, 2 runs, veered into Root's pads and he helps himself with a flick to deep square leg

12.3 - Viljoen to Root, no run, and Viljoen gets it closer to off and gets it to talk. Hits the seam on a length and swung the ball away late. Root played the angle with the ball coming in and was beaten neck and crop. 147ks that and he has warmed up nicely

12.2 - Viljoen to Root, no run, late swing away but the line is wide of off and after that last poke from Compton minutes before lunch, Root ain't going after that

12.1 - Viljoen to Root, no run, full on off with the familiar bounce on display today, Root stands up in attention with a lifted bat and lets it go

Might be the last over before lunch

Over: 12	0 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 25/2
Compton 2(30)	Root 0(6)	Rabada 6-3-7-1

11.6 - Rabada to Compton, no run, length around off, Compton this time middles the defence back

11.5 - Rabada to Compton, no run, and Compton now flirts with a drive to help the cordon to hands-on-head moment. Fullish and swinging away outside off. Compton came on the front foot seeing the length and then committed the mistake of going full-blooded with the drive. Didn't compensate for the swing away and was beaten

11.4 - Rabada to Compton, no run, full and homing wide of off, Compton lifts his bat and lets it go

11.3 - Rabada to Compton, no run, length ball yawning around in the corridor of uncertainty, Compton shuffles a touch to get behind the line and bunts it back

11.2 - Rabada to Compton, no run, half-a-stride forward this time and defends the fuller ball towards extra cover

11.1 - Rabada to Compton, no run, bangs it on short of length, the ball flies high and into a crouching tummy-hit Compton. Very similar to the last hit and this line is troubling Compton

Over: 11	W 0 0 0 Nb 0 2L	ENG 25/2
Root 0(6)	Compton 2(24)	Viljoen 1-0-1-1

10.6 - Viljoen to Root, leg byes, 2 runs, the leg stump love continues. Closer to the poles this time but Root fails to connect the tickle. The ball rolls off the pads to fine leg

10.5 - Viljoen to Root, no run, another one veering down the leg-side. You can see the effort in the delivery but too down the leg-side to invite even a tickle

10.5 - Viljoen to Root, no ball, goes full on off and brings Root forward to defend. Crosses the front line and it's his first no-ball. There will be many firsts today

10.4 - Viljoen to Root, no run, 133kmps this was, nothing too pacy here but Root was drawn into the poke. Back of a length and around fifth stump, Root had an airy jab at it off the back foot. Beaten

10.3 - Viljoen to Root, no run, pacy zipper down the leg, Root was hurried into it and lately swayed out of it. Not very far from the gloves

10.2 - Viljoen to Root, no run, slightly wayward outside off. Bent his back on short of length but hurled it wide. Easy leave

Joe Root, right handed bat, comes to the crease

10.1 - Viljoen to Cook, out Caught by Dane Vilas!! And he's struck with his first ball in Test cricket! Beginner's luck is something that definitely exists. Innocuous delivery down the leg-side, something that Cook feeds on daily. He half-turned and tickled the ball straight to a rightward-bound keeper. Dived to his right and gloved it safely. A moment that you narrate to your grandkids - "debut at home and I got the best batsman out with my first ball". Cook c Dane Vilas b Viljoen 18(27)

Viljoen to Cook, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Hardus Viljoen, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Viljoen, the homeboy, has the cherry in his hand. On debut and what a time to bowl

Over: 10	0 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 22/1
Compton 2(24)	Cook 18(26)	Rabada 5-2-7-1

9.6 - Rabada to Compton, no run, length ball again, Compton middles the defence back

9.5 - Rabada to Compton, no run, that's a nice leave. Short of a length, Compton lets it go on length. The ball shaves the fourth stump but you have to put it down as a good leave with the good bounce on offer

9.4 - Rabada to Compton, no run, length ball that goes on straight, Compton is comfortable with the defence

9.3 - Rabada to Compton, no run, that's a dream delivery. The one that you practice in your mind again and again. Short of a length and pitching on middle, it zips away just a touch and opens up Compton. Climbed against the thin air surrounding the bat's outside edge and pootled to the keeper

9.2 - Rabada to Compton, no run, very full ball with some width outside off, Compton hops in his crease to mimic the extra bounce on that and lets it go

9.1 - Rabada to Compton, no run, fullish ball outside off, Compton pats it back in defence

Over: 9	0 0 0 0 0 2	ENG 22/1
Cook 18(26)	Compton 2(18)	M Morkel 1-0-2-0

8.6 - M Morkel to Cook, 2 runs, length ball on leg stump, Cook jumps back in his crease and gave himself room for a flick to mid-wicket. Long strides across the pitch as Compton slid in the deep to keep it to a brace

8.5 - M Morkel to Cook, no run, fullish outside off, no shot offered from Cook

8.4 - M Morkel to Cook, no run, half a shout for a strangle down leg but Morkel himself didn't look convinced. Had fallen like this at Newlands. Down the leg side, Cook turned to tickle but the ball brushed the thigh pad on its way behind

8.3 - M Morkel to Cook, no run, swings his bat behind himself and made a passage for that ball to the keeper. Short in length, widish and not the one to poke your bat at

8.2 - M Morkel to Cook, no run, this is the Morne-like bounce we know. Length ball flies high and near Cook's helmet who was looking to defend

8.1 - M Morkel to Cook, no run, starts with a full ball outside off. Swings away taking the ball further away and it's an easy leave for Cook

Morne Morkel, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Over: 8	0 1 0 0 0 0	ENG 20/1
Compton 2(18)	Cook 16(20)	Rabada 4-1-7-1

7.6 - Rabada to Compton, no run, ah, that's a ripper. Length ball and straightened just a touch to surprise Compton. He played for defending but the ball whizzed past the bat and thumped the keeper's gloves behind

7.5 - Rabada to Compton, no run, hops deep in his crease and pats the ball using the lower half of the willow. Ball didn't bounce as much as he expected and hence the awkward-looking tap to cover

7.4 - Rabada to Compton, no run, again decides to flirt with this ball outside off. Short in length and spitting fire. Belatedly hauls his bat inside the line and let it go safely

Short leg moves to square leg

7.3 - Rabada to Compton, no run, back-bender that lifts off the pitch. Compton, for some reason, was looking to take it on. Spotted the ball zoom into him and belatedly swayed away

7.2 - Rabada to Cook, 1 run, length ball within the stumps, straightened a touch to befuddle Cook. The batsman let out an inside edge on the defence and the ball scooted to fine leg

7.1 - Rabada to Cook, no run, nips in from short of length, didn't zip off and Cook had the time to hop and middle it back

Over: 7	0 0 3 0 0 0	ENG 19/1
Compton 2(14)	Cook 15(18)	C Morris 4-0-12-0

6.6 - C Morris to Compton, no run, wild bumper down leg, looked high as Compton didn't even think of ducking under it. Let that go with ease

6.5 - C Morris to Compton, no run, aiming for the base of off perhaps, swung late. Compton stayed deep in his crease and dead-batted it

6.4 - C Morris to Compton, no run, full outside off, Compton lifts his bat and lets it go

6.3 - C Morris to Cook, 3 runs, the big man on debut - Viljoen - slides at deep mid-wicket and flicked the ball inside. Looked okay with the ropes there. The ball was full and Cook obliges with a flick off his pads. You're better off bowling full tosses than this leg side offerings

6.2 - C Morris to Cook, no run, full ball that curls away from Cook from over the wicket, Cook bent down there and dug it down in front of him

6.1 - C Morris to Cook, no run, fullish outside off, Cook stayed rooted to the crease and let the ball go

Morris almost delivered the ball there but his back foot perhaps slid and he didn't let the ball go. Umpire crosses his arm to signal a dead ball

Over: 6	3 0 0 0 0 0	ENG 16/1
Compton 2(11)	Cook 12(15)	Rabada 3-1-6-1

5.6 - Rabada to Compton, no run, looked like he was looking to leave the ball, then spotted the fuller length and tapped it with a 45-degrees bat towards cover-point

5.5 - Rabada to Compton, no run, went on his toes and closed the bat face a touch to play the punchy defence to short leg

5.4 - Rabada to Compton, no run, full on off, Compton bends forward, stays on the back foot and defends it

5.3 - Rabada to Compton, no run, length delivery that flies off the pitch. Compton lifted his bat high over his head to let that go

5.2 - Rabada to Compton, no run, arrowed in from back of a length, Compton was late into his defence and the in-ducker strikes him bang on the tummy

5.1 - Rabada to Cook, 3 runs, short and sitting up pretty, Cook swiveled into a pull. Kept it down and van Zyl made a sliding stop at deep square leg to deny a boundary

Over: 5	1B 2 0 0 0 0	ENG 13/1
Compton 2(6)	Cook 9(14)	C Morris 3-0-9-0

4.6 - C Morris to Compton, no run, shaped back in, but not close enough to hit off, Compton watches it and lets it go

4.5 - C Morris to Compton, no run, good length outside off, left alone

4.4 - C Morris to Compton, no run, very full outside off, jammed out to mid-off

4.3 - C Morris to Compton, no run, full on off, Compton gets forward and is slightly in an awkward position as the bat takes the brunt of the ball. A thick outside edge rolls to point

4.2 - C Morris to Compton, 2 runs, sloppy! Very sloppy from the cover fielder. It was defended with soft hands in front of him and he flings a throw over Morne's head at mid-on. Clears the big man and gives Compton a chance to get off the mark with a couple. The fielder apologies to Morris who affords a smile. Not many would be doing that, I can vouch for that

4.1 - C Morris to Cook, byes, 1 run, woah! Where did that come from? After Cook let it go, it leapt and took off and gave Vilas no chance. He leapt as high as he could, got a glove and palmed it over. Gave the chance to take a bye. That went like how it would do on a trampoline

Over: 4	0 0 0 0 W 0	ENG 10/1
Compton 0(1)	Cook 9(13)	Rabada 2-1-3-1

3.6 - Rabada to Compton, no run, good length outside off, Compton lets it go

Nick Compton, right handed bat, comes to the crease

3.5 - Rabada to Hales, out Caught by de Villiers!! Rabada has struck. No footwork at all from Hales. That is his undoing. Pitched full and slight shape away from off, Hales drives with feet stationed in clay and the edge carries nicely to second slip where AB takes it in front of Amla at first slip. That's the breakthrough that South Africa have craved for early in the innings. Hales fails once again. Rabada is mobbed by his mates and he is all smiles. Hales c de Villiers b Rabada 1(10)

Rabada to Hales, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

3.4 - Rabada to Hales, no run, Rabada makes Hales play. On a good length and outside off, Hales gets forward to block

3.3 - Rabada to Hales, no run, good length outside off, Hales lets it go

3.2 - Rabada to Hales, no run, further outside off and left alone

3.1 - Rabada to Hales, no run, outside off, nice carry through to Vilas after Hales leaves

Over: 3	1 0 0 0 1 0	ENG 10/0
Cook 9(13)	Hales 1(5)	C Morris 2-0-7-0

2.6 - C Morris to Cook, no run, good leave? You can say so. Close to off stump but Cook is so sure as he shoulders arms. Watches it bounce through to the keeper

2.5 - C Morris to Hales, 1 run, a thick outside edge as Hales came forward to defend, slid off the edge and a half-stop from gully diving to his left, takes the pace off the ball. It didn't carry to the man, instead bounced well in front of him

2.4 - C Morris to Hales, no run, full outside off, left alone

2.3 - C Morris to Hales, no run, down leg, wasted delivery

2.2 - C Morris to Hales, no run, ooh! That's a good delivery, pitches leg and middle, slight shape away, opens Hales up who was trying to defend, hit on the back thigh and too high to warrant an lbw appeal. But Hales looked very awkward there

2.1 - C Morris to Cook, 1 run, a fumble from Morne at mid-off. Regulation stop as Cook drove off the front foot, lets Cook off the hook and off strike

Over: 2	0 0 0 0 0 3	ENG 8/0
Cook 8(11)	Hales 0(1)	Rabada 1-0-3-0

1.6 - Rabada to Cook, 3 runs, that's a good start from Rabada, good length and a good line too, draws Cook forward, opens him up slightly, the ball takes the thick outside edge on the push, races away through cover, van Zyl gives chase and pulls it back with a slide, the other man does the mopping up. Not before they take three

Three slips, a gully, a short leg and a man near the square leg umpire for Rabada against Cook

1.5 - Rabada to Cook, no run, back of a length on off, Cook hangs back and defends

1.4 - Rabada to Cook, no run, short of length on the stumps, defended to short leg

1.3 - Rabada to Cook, no run, shouts of "catch it!" but it hasn't carried to du Plessis near the square leg umpire. Angling back in, tucked in the air but falls short of the fielder. A nervy moment for Cook

1.2 - Rabada to Cook, no run, lovely delivery and beats Cook on the forward defence. Angled across Cook on a fuller length, Cook was beaten by the extra bounce and nip off the surface. Thudded into Vilas' gloves

1.1 - Rabada to Cook, no run, good length on the stumps, Cook hops and defends to the left of Morkel at mid-on who has ground to cover and does so, tumbling to make the save. Keeps Cook on strike

Kagiso Rabada, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Over: 1	2 0 0 0 3 0	ENG 5/0
Hales 0(1)	Cook 5(5)	C Morris 1-0-5-0

0.6 - C Morris to Hales, no run, good length on off stump, Hales defends from the crease to gully

0.5 - C Morris to Cook, 3 runs, swinging in but on the pads, Cook flicks and finds the gap at square leg, again aggressive running gives the batsmen three. They took on the throw and Hales used his reach to get home as the throw came on the bounce

0.4 - C Morris to Cook, no run, steep bounce for Morris, but Cook will leave them on height, jumps back and shoulders arms, allows the ball to brush the back thigh and then to the keeper

0.3 - C Morris to Cook, no run, full and a hint of shape back in for Morris, Cook though presents the full face of the bat and defends to mid-on

0.2 - C Morris to Cook, no run, outside off, left alone

0.1 - C Morris to Cook, 2 runs, and he is off the mark first ball. Tucked off the stumps past short leg, they scamper back for the second as Bavuma chases and pulls it back

Cook and Hales are at the crease. Cook is on strike. C Morris will open the attack

Welcome back. This should be fun. Morris has the new ball. Cook on strike. Three slips, a gully and a short leg in place

South Africa are in a huddle. What can AB say to inspire his troops? They just have 74 runs in the bank. The series is all but over, but the hosts will be playing for pride. They will make life difficult for the English batsmen. Morne has the new cherry. Cook on strike. Three slips and a gully in place. Here we go..

Broad leads the England team out of the field. What a performance! It is his 4th best figures in Tests. Shows the ball to all corners of the ground as he walks back to the dressing room. England needed just over 4 overs to wrap up the final two wickets. In the short period, Anderson added a wicket to his Test tally by trapping Viljoen plumb in front. But it was his partner who walked away with all the accolades by scalping a 6-fer. Faf tried hard to shepherd the innings, but got no support from the other end. England should romp home today. Join us in a short while for the chase...

33.1 - Broad to du Plessis, out Caught&Bowled!! South Africa have been bowled out. Absolutely brilliant from Broad to take that catch. Faf decides to take the bowler on, charges down and goes for the heave, ekes out an inside edge onto pad and the ball balloons down the wicket, Broad was on his way in his followthrough, but changes direction, runs forward and dives, plucks it with his right-hand inches from the ground. Dar checks with Tucker if it was a clean catch, then raises the finger. du Plessis c and b Broad 14(41) [4s-1]

Broad to du Plessis, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

Over: 33	1L 4 0 0 0 0	RSA 83/9
M Morkel 4(9)	du Plessis 14(40)	Anderson 10-1-26-1

32.6 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, the sucker delivery - full and inviting the batsman to drive, Morkel takes the bait and goes for a full-blooded drive through cover, the ball shapes away to beat the outside edge

32.5 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, slanted in but not close enough to off, Morkel lifts his bat and lets it go

Anderson switches to round the wicket...

32.4 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, fuller and on off, Morkel pushes it firmly to mid-on

32.3 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, similar length to the previous one, but the line is closer to off, Morkel looks to force it off the back foot and is beaten

32.2 - Anderson to M Morkel, FOUR, top shot! There was hint of width on offer on this short of length delivery, Morkel gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket, the timing was exquisite

32.1 - Anderson to du Plessis, leg byes, 1 run, it was a stifled appeal from Jimmy, but Cook decided to send it upstairs. Good length back that tails back in, du Plessis shuffles and misses the nudge, is struck on the pad in front of leg-stump, the angle was taking it down leg.... Review part: It is for an LBW against Faf. Umpire Tucker was not interested and moved away quickly. Anderson doesn't have any problem with the front foot. Nothing on the UltraEdge. Pitched - outside off, Impact - in-line, Wickets - Missing.

England review: It is for an LBW against Faf. Umpire Tucker was not interested and moved away quickly. Anderson doesn't have any problem with the front foot. Nothing on the UltraEdge. Pitched - outside off, Impact - in-line, Wickets - Missing.

Over: 32	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 78/9
M Morkel 0(4)	du Plessis 14(39)	Broad 12-6-17-5

31.6 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, Morkel keeps that one out as well. Pitched up on off, Morkel knocks it back to Broad, who flicks it back onto the stumps, instead hits Morkel's pad, gets a loud "boooo" from the crowd

31.5 - Broad to M Morkel, no run, fuller and around off, Morkel presents the full face and eases it to mid-off

Round the wicket. Broad is taking his time to get his field right. Three slips, a gully and short cover in place...

31.4 - Broad to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length on the fourth stump line, du Plessis forces it off the front foot, got it high on the bat and hence no timing. The ball only went as far as mid-off. Faf takes the single and leaves Morkel with two deliveries

31.3 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, drags the length back on off, du Plessis gets back and wrists it to mid-on

31.2 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, good length ball jags away outside off, du Plessis is happy to wave it through to the keeper

Faf just pulls away as Broad was about to deliver. There was something on the pitch that disturbed Faf. Broad is not happy..

31.1 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, Broad went up straightaway. The slip cordon supported him and Dar was quick to raise the dreaded finger. The indipper from Broad, du Plessis prods forward to defend, the ball beats the inside edge and misses everything. The sound was bat making contact with the front pad......... Review part: Another review from South Africa. Dar gives Faf OUT caught behind. He challenged it immediately. No problems with the front foot. Looks like the bat thudded into the front pad. Nothing on the UltraEdge either. This will be overturned and it just delays the inevitable.

Another review from South Africa. Dar gives Faf OUT caught behind. He challenged it immediately. No problems with the front foot. Looks like the bat thudded into the front pad. Nothing on the UltraEdge either. This will be overturned and it just delays the inevitable.

Over: 31	0 0 4 W 0 0	RSA 77/9
M Morkel 0(2)	du Plessis 13(35)	Anderson 9-1-22-1

30.6 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, fullish and just outside off, Morkel shoulders arms

30.5 - Anderson to M Morkel, no run, angled across the left-hander, Morkel lifts his bat and lets it go

Morne Morkel, left handed bat, comes to the crease

30.4 - Anderson to Viljoen, out Lbw!! England are one wicket away from rolling over South Africa. Anderson has his name in the wickets column. He is delighted, for once in this Test. Been all grumpy otherwise. Full and on the stumps, straightens a touch as well, Viljoen goes for an ugly flick across the line, misses it completely and is rapped right in front of middle. Umpire Tucker had no hesitation in raising his finger. Faf just wanted Viljoen to try his luck. Viljoen lbw b Anderson 6(15)

Anderson to Viljoen, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!

South Africa review: Viljoen has been adjudged LBW. He was already on his way, but Faf told him to challenge. Anderson's front foot is fine. That looks dead in front. No wood involved. That is hitting middle of middle, in cricketing terms we call it PLUMB.

30.3 - Anderson to Viljoen, 4 runs, short of length on off, Viljoen whips it through the vacant mid-wicket region. Bairstow tries to be oversmart and lets the ball through thinking it will hit the stumps, it doesn't and the pair sneak in two more

30.2 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, curls back in from a length, Viljoen is half-forward to defend, ekes out an inside edge onto pad

30.1 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, back of a length on off, Viljoen closes the bat face tad early, the leading edge is found and fortunately lands in front of the incoming point fielder, goes on the bounce to Compton

James Anderson [8.0-1-18-0] is back into the attack

Over: 30	1 0 0 0 0 1	RSA 73/8
Viljoen 2(11)	du Plessis 13(35)	Broad 11-6-16-5

29.6 - Broad to Viljoen, 1 run, surprising! Last ball of the over and Faf is happy to take the single. Fuller and just outside off, Viljoen pushes it in front of mid-off, looks up at Faf who responds. The throw comes to the bowler's end but Viljoen had made it in

29.5 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, an optimistic appeal for LBW. That is typical Broad. Any ball hitting the pad and he is up. Sliding down leg, Viljoen can't meet with the glance, brushes the pad on the way to Bairstow, who dives to his left to glove it. Was clearly going down leg

29.4 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, makes Viljoen play this time, closes the bat face and turns it to mid-wicket, Taylor is off in a flash from deepish short leg to keep the batsmen at their respective ends

29.3 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, good length ball and hint of inward movement, Viljoen doesn't bother with it as it is outside off

Four slips and a short point in place. Can Broad add to his tally?

29.2 - Broad to Viljoen, no run, on a length and nowhere close to off, Viljoen has an easy leave

29.1 - Broad to du Plessis, 1 run, outside off, du Plessis flicked it to mid-wicket and gets a single

Okay, the action's back and Broad has the ball. From the Corlett Drive end. Or the mayhem end. Three slips and a gully in place

van Zyl, more so a forced opener than a makeshift one, was snaffled early yet again but it was the uncharacteristic fend to a wide ball from Elgar that made the ball talk. Or scream at South Africa's plight. Finn and Stokes played the supporting roles to perfection as panicked South African batsman kept flirting with rip-roaring deliveries and kept following each other back to the hut. The end looks nigh though. A modest target looks quite probable, unless du Plessis Adelaides or attempts a Kotla at least. But it's set to delay the inevitable. A series loss. Join us for the evening session to witness the wrap.

Broad leads the team back as wicket-less Anderson follows him with claps and a buried-but-proud head. What a session it has been for England! With the match-dagger hanging by a thread, Broad snatched it, cut the thread into pieces with a five-for and slashed South Africa over and over again. Broad didn't take wickets today. Broad harvested them. In a bunch, like that farmer coming on the back of a drought. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. All in one spell and South Africa's dignity veil had slipped to the floor even before they realized it. Taylor chipped in with his Bavuma-borrowed brilliance at short leg and sent Amla back to perhaps signal a series loss. It's too soon but the dropped shoulders and glum faces in the dressing room told a story.

Over: 29	0 0 0 1L 0 1	RSA 71/8
du Plessis 12(34)	Viljoen 1(6)	Stokes 8-1-24-2

28.6 - Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, speared down leg, Plessis clips it with an arched back and collects a single to fine leg. And that's tea

"Takes his bottom hand off" phrase today rivals "it's still raining" updates on a rainy day in its choking repeatability

28.5 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, rips in from a good length again, du Plessis takes his bottom hand off and fends it towards vacant FSL

28.4 - Stokes to Viljoen, leg byes, 1 run, these aren't flicks from Viljoen. They are flat-batted squashes to fine leg. Missed out here though. Ball took the pad and rolled fine

Final over before tea..

28.3 - Stokes to Viljoen, no run, this zips up from a length, Viljoen stands up, takes his bottom hand off and pats it back

28.2 - Stokes to Viljoen, no run, swinging into the blockhole, Viljoen hurriedly got his bat down and inside-edged it onto his boot, thankfully

28.1 - Stokes to Viljoen, no run, bowled wide of off on a length and it sees Viljoen's lifted bat on its way to the keeper

Over: 28	0 0 0 1 0 1	RSA 69/8
Viljoen 1(2)	du Plessis 11(32)	Anderson 8-1-18-0

27.6 - Anderson to Viljoen, 1 run, incoming ball on the pads but not the pace to beat Viljoen who just belatedly shrugs it off his pads with a flick to fine leg

27.5 - Anderson to Viljoen, no run, full and straightening a touch. More swing than seam and Viljoen is forward to blunt that

The crowd atmosphere is amazing despite South Africa's plight. Four slips and a gully in place to celebrate that

27.4 - Anderson to du Plessis, 1 run, slides around in his crease and turns the ball to mid-on for a quick single

27.3 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, good length ball, du Plessis stands up in his crease and bunts the ball down

27.2 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, he was looking to leave it but he had shuffled too far outside off. Just about manages to lift his bat over the line and lets the ball through

27.1 - Anderson to du Plessis, no run, full and curling away, du Plessis gets forward and defends with soft hands towards mid-off

James Anderson [7.0-1-16-0] is back into the attack

Hardus Viljoen, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 27	0 0 1 0 0 W	RSA 67/8
Rabada 16(21)	du Plessis 10(28)	Stokes 7-1-23-2

26.6 - Stokes to Rabada, out Caught by Bairstow!! And he's gone this time. Stokes keeps it full and in the dubious channel of uncertainty. And demise. The ball smiles back with outswing. Rabada swings his bat on the drive and edges one behind to the keeper. South Africa's lowest total is 79, against India in Nagpur. Just to let you know. Rabada c Bairstow b Stokes 16(21) [4s-2]

Stokes to Rabada, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

26.5 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, another very full ball outside off, Rabada is invited to drive. And he RSVP's with an ambitious one. But the ball swings away late it ruin his plans and beats him fair and square

26.4 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, he is deep and he is offering a straight bat to these balls. This time Stokes gets his boot in the way and stops at least three runs

26.3 - Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, jumped back in his crease to adjust for the bounce and closed the bat face to deep square leg

26.2 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, 137ks with some swing in. It has been consistent, like the clouds above. du Plessis gets forward and blocks it out

26.1 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, snakes in the air and the width allows du Plessis to compensate with a forward push and a defensive protruded bat

Over: 26	0 0 3 1 Nb 4 2	RSA 66/7
Rabada 16(18)	du Plessis 9(25)	Finn 3-0-14-1

25.6 - Finn to Rabada, 2 runs, that was unreal. Rabada had his bat well close to him as he slid deep and across to evade the shortish ball. The ball came in with the angle, took the leading-edge of the bat facing his tummy and lobbed over the cordon safely to third man. The batsman gets two unintended runs in his kitty

25.5 - Finn to Rabada, FOUR, not a front foot stride or a flowy drive to back that. Just a deep-creased push that's timed well down the ground

25.5 - Finn to Rabada, no ball, opens up more and tries to play the one-legged upper-cut over the cordon. Misses and there are three men behind square on the leg-side. Is this Bodyline?

25.4 - Finn to du Plessis, 1 run, turns his wrists and drags this back of a length delivery to deep square leg with a whip

25.3 - Finn to Rabada, 3 runs, and he's letting out the stylish shots now. Flat-bats this shortish delivery uppishly over cover. Had his front leg hauled in air as he looked to slap it uppishly but tired Broad slid in the deep and kept it to three runs

25.2 - Finn to Rabada, no run, that looked stylish. Oh, the Rabada swagger! Skated across in his crease to manufacture room and sliced the ball. Straight to backward point

25.1 - Finn to Rabada, no run, slides across in his crease to make room for the cut and ends up tapping it unconvincingly with a horizontal bat to cover-point

Over: 25	0 1 4 0 3 0	RSA 55/7
du Plessis 8(24)	Rabada 7(12)	Stokes 6-1-22-1

24.6 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, down the leg, du Plessis turns to tickle but fails to connect

24.5 - Stokes to Rabada, 3 runs, and he stuns with this shot. Goes after a fuller length delivery with a delicate push through mid-off. Came forward, pinged the ball and watched Moeen put on a heartless slide to deny him a boundary

24.4 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, good length outside off, Rabada lifts his bat and lets it go

24.3 - Stokes to Rabada, FOUR, full and curling away, Rabada is late to get his bat down. The ball takes the edge and is squeezed past the cordon for a boundary to third man

24.2 - Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, clipped uppishly to square leg and Taylor just about flew towards the ball. He has wings today. du Plessis can thank his luck today

24.1 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, this wasn't straight to Taylor but he still makes his presence felt. du Plessis had dragged the heave uppishly square on the leg-side. The ball bounced well in front and Taylor let out another flying dive to half-stop the ball

Over: 24	0 1 0 0 0 0	RSA 47/7
Rabada 0(9)	du Plessis 7(21)	Finn 2-0-3-1

23.6 - Finn to Rabada, no run, short of length outside off, Rabada thinks of flirting with it but lifts his bat high and hawk-watches the ball behind to the keeper

Amla has his glasses on in the dressing room balcony. Maybe the glare is too harsh. It's not sunny..

23.5 - Finn to Rabada, no run, angled away from continued over the wicket line, Rabada lets it go with a lifted bat

23.4 - Finn to Rabada, no run, some width on this, Rabada flashes at it. But Finn's bounce beats him.

23.3 - Finn to Rabada, no run, Rabada is lifting his bat and seeing the balls shave the wood behind. Lifts his bat again to this shortish ball. Leaves it on length but the ball cuts in, gets under his arms and zooms over the leg-stump

23.2 - Finn to du Plessis, 1 run, gets one straighter and clips it gleefully to mid-wicket

23.1 - Finn to du Plessis, no run, full and swerving away, du Plessis pendulums his bat inside the line. Could be put as half-beaten

Over: 23	W 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 46/7
Rabada 0(5)	du Plessis 6(19)	Stokes 5-1-14-1

22.6 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, that one just keeps coming in with the angle. Does nothing, surprises Rabada more than ever and brazes past the outside edge. He is just too flummoxed to do anything. That was very close to the off stump. Lots of oohs and aahs

22.5 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, another outswinger that pitches on off, swerves away modestly and befuddles Rabada who attempts a forward defence

22.4 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, another one beaten outside off. Hung his bat out there to dry and the ball snaked away to beat the bat

22.3 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, angles it in from round the wicket, Rabada is drawn into it but the ball is doing all kinds of circus. Comes in, pitches and jags away late. Beats Rabada's lame poke

22.2 - Stokes to Rabada, no run, full outside off, not the exaggerated movement outside off, left alone

Kagiso Rabada, left handed bat, comes to the crease

22.1 - Stokes to C Morris, out Bowled!! That was banana-ing in. As good an inswinger you'll see. Tom Moody, the coach that he is, must have had that clip recorded somewhere Down Under. Swung in from far outside off and clatters into the poles behind. Morris was deep in his crease to greet it defensively but the ball snaked in, beat the inside edge, made way through the bat-pad gap and knocked him over. South Africa stare at a home series loss with a poor millionaire's lead of 36 runs. C Morris b Stokes 1(5)

Stokes to C Morris, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

Over: 22	1 W 0 0 0 1	RSA 46/6
C Morris 1(4)	du Plessis 6(19)	Finn 1-0-2-1

21.6 - Finn to C Morris, 1 run, taps it belatedly with a 45-degrees bat to cover and sneaks in a single. Golddust at this moment, I can tell you

21.5 - Finn to C Morris, no run, sane full ball on the pads, Morris bends to the off-side and clips it into the leg-side

21.4 - Finn to C Morris, no run, there's the ladder bounce. Just back of a length, climbs up. Morris spots it late and turns his face against it. Gets hit on the side of the helmet

21.3 - Finn to C Morris, no run, back of a length, Morris poked at it, drew out an edge that pops well short of fourth slip

Four slips and a gully in place now...rewards..

Chris Morris, right handed bat, comes to the crease

21.2 - Finn to Dane Vilas, out Caught by James Taylor!! Is it Bavuma at short leg? Taylor pulls off another stunner. Leaps off to his right, protracts his right hand and grabs it while flying horizontally in the air. Top effort. The ball was similar to the first one. Shortish, down the leg and crying to be flicked fine. But Taylor gets in the way and cuts it off..with an effort that rivals Amla's drives. Or Dravid's forward defence. South Africa in the drains that's clogged with fear. Dane Vilas c James Taylor b Finn 8(13) [4s-2]

Finn to Dane Vilas, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

21.1 - Finn to du Plessis, 1 run, veers it down the leg side. Back of a length, du Plessis got on his toes, turned and clipped it to fine leg

Steven Finn, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Talking of climbing, here's Finn. Brought in after 21 overs! The luxuries England have. Just watch out for the bounce on offer. Three slips and a gully in place and he starts over the wicket

Over: 21	0 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 44/5
Dane Vilas 8(12)	du Plessis 5(18)	Stokes 4-0-14-0

20.6 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, wild leg-side bouncer, Vilas leaves it alone with ease. Much easier to face bouncers on this pitch than back of a length balls that climb onto you

20.5 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, another ambitious drive but the ball's closer to off. Effects an inside-edge that ricochets off the pads. All safe

20.4 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, FOUR, Broad chases, huffs and puffs but the ball wins this race at least. Length ball with some width this time, Vilas opens the face of the bat and catapults the ball past extra-cover

20.3 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, Vilas was very early on the ground, kneeling to evade that bumper

20.2 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, gets on the front foot again and pushes this tamely to cover

20.1 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, pitched up further up, Vilas greets it with a front foot stride. You can do that to this length and he crunches it back. Stokes bends to stop a certain boundary. Or at least three runs

Over: 20	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 40/5
du Plessis 5(18)	Dane Vilas 4(6)	Broad 10-6-14-5

19.6 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, and here's the swing again. You do unprecedented things when you're running in on a five-for horse. With your tail up. Full and curls away this time, du Plessis lifts his bat and lets it go

19.5 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, this was in-swing. Started to curl in from a fuller length, invites du Plessis with a drive but the ball swung in a touch more, took the inside edge and just dropped in front of the keeper

19.4 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, back of a length on off, du Plessis defends it off the back foot

19.3 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, dips in from a length again. du Plessis stood there statue-like and inside-edged that bat between the pads. He picked it up and lobbed it back to Broad who wasn't happy with the batsman using his hands. Reckoned he had used his hands to stop the ball

19.2 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, back of a length outside off, du Plessis slides deep to defend it

Spattering of grey clouds above. No sun. Looks gloomy. The weather and South African fortunes

19.1 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, length outside off, a touch wide and du Plessis doesn't offer a shot to that

Over: 19	1 0 0 4 0 0	RSA 40/5
Dane Vilas 4(6)	du Plessis 5(12)	Stokes 3-0-10-0

18.6 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, viciously swinging in from a good length, Vilas looked to tickle it fine but it swung a touch more, took the inside-edge and lobbed high to the far left of the keeper. Not a soul on the ground had a chance to catch that

Short leg goes back. Short ball?

18.5 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, comes in with the angle at pace, Vilas is yet again struck high on the pad. Misses and is thudded on the front pad

18.4 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, FOUR, and finally a boundary amidst all those plays-and-misses. Stokes keeps it full and outside off, Vilas leans in and plays a punchy drive. Beats mid-off who was squarer and it scoots off to the fence

18.3 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, full outside off, looked like Vilas was intending to leave it. Was late and ended up bunting it to the slips off the lower half

18.2 - Stokes to Dane Vilas, no run, keeps the inswing going. Vilas was looking to flick it, is late and is struck high on the pad. Oohs and aahs but no appeal

18.1 - Stokes to du Plessis, 1 run, angled down the leg side, du Plessis flicks it to fine leg for a single

Over: 18	0 0 0 0 W 0	RSA 35/5
Dane Vilas 0(1)	du Plessis 4(11)	Broad 9-5-14-5

17.6 - Broad to Dane Vilas, no run, Broad keeps it in that corridor of uncertainty outside off, left alone

Dane Vilas, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Drinks are on the field now. Broad has bowled a splendid spell to put England on top. South Africa are in tatters at present.

17.5 - Broad to Bavuma, out Bowled!! Broad has taken a five-for. There is no way Cook can take the nut out of his hands now. This has been a marvellous spell from him. Broad used the short delivery on this occasion. It followed the batsman all the way through. Bavuma, initially, got into line and then looked to sway from the line. However, the more he tried, the more the ball followed him. In the end, it hit Bavuma's glove and onto the off and middle-stump. Bavuma can count himself unlucky, but that is the name of the game. At the other end of the spectrum, the England camp is jubilant. Bavuma b Broad 0(8)

Broad to Bavuma, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

17.4 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, a hint of inswing on this delivery from Broad, Bavuma drives it back towards the bowler

17.3 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, straying down leg, Bavuma misses out with the flick. Bairstow dives to his left and saves a few byes

17.2 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, back of a length delivery that straightens after pitching, Bavuma just about gets his bat inside the line of the ball. I will give the benefit of doubt for the batsman there

17.1 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, good length delivery and zeroing in on the stumps, Bavuma ekes out an inside edge towards mid-wicket

Over: 17	0 4 0 0 0 0	RSA 35/4
du Plessis 4(11)	Bavuma 0(3)	Stokes 2-0-5-0

16.6 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, another hands on head moment from the England camp. Stokes dishes out an appeal for LBW, but it seemed to be too high to the naked eye. Cook and Stokes thought of taking a review, but decided against it. It snaked back into the right-hander, du Plessis missed out with his back foot defence and it hit high up on du Plessis's pad

16.5 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, this one nipped back in by miles, du Plessis hung back in the crease and looked to keep it out, got an inside edge onto the thigh pad

16.4 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, again Stokes extracts seam movement, du Plessis covers his sticks and leaves it alone

16.3 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, this one jags back in sharply, du Plessis lets it go by

16.2 - Stokes to du Plessis, FOUR, Stokes bangs it short, du Plessis pulls it to the fine leg fence. Neither fielder in the deep seemed to have picked it up. It rockets to the boundary boards. This time around though, du Plessis rolled his wrists on the pull

16.1 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, fuller length delivery and just outside off, du Plessis prods forward and pushes it towards gully with soft hands. It went to the fielder on one bounce

Over: 16	0 0 W 0 0 0	RSA 31/4
Bavuma 0(3)	du Plessis 0(5)	Broad 8-4-14-4

15.6 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, Broad zeroes it on the stumps, defended

15.5 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, this one jags back into the right-hander sharply, Bavuma looks to defend and gets an inside edge onto his thigh pad. He took his bottom hand off the handle, on that occasion

15.4 - Broad to Bavuma, no run, Broad shifts his line to outside off, left alone

Temba Bavuma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

15.3 - Broad to Amla, out Caught by James Taylor!! Taylor has perhaps pouched the catch of the game or the series! Wait! The umpire is checking for the no-ball and also whether Taylor took a clean catch at a deepish short leg. On replays it is clear that Broad's front foot is fine and Taylor snaffled it cleanly. Amla has to take the walk back to the hut. Coming back to the ball, it was slightly drifting down leg. Amla seemed to have nailed the flick. However, Taylor had other ideas. He crouched low and took a spectacular catch inches above the ground with both hands. Wonderful reflexes from the Notts cricketer. These are the sort of catches that sometimes stick and on other occasions doesn't. Broad is ecstatic for sure. Amla c James Taylor b Broad 5(20)

Broad to Amla, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

15.2 - Broad to Amla, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, left alone

15.1 - Broad to Amla, no run, holy moly! That jagged back in miles. Broad hit the deck hard and it snaked back into the right-hander, Amla lets it go by. I would say that was a brave leave as it was close to shaving the off-stump

Over: 15	0 1 0 0 0 0	RSA 31/3
du Plessis 0(5)	Amla 5(17)	Stokes 1-0-1-0

14.6 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, very full and on the stumps, du Plessis digs it out

14.5 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, now that was a snorter from the Durham all-rounder. He landed it on a back of a length and it climbed awkwardly onto du Plessis. du Plessis jumped in the air and looked to keep it out. However, he is beaten. Even Bairstow is surprised by the steep bounce

14.4 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, another boomerang-bending inswinger and this time it is Stokes, who bowls it. du Plessis looks to hurriedly bring his bat down, but is beaten on the inside edge. It was too high though

14.3 - Stokes to du Plessis, no run, this one straightens after pitching, du Plessis stays inside the crease and defends with soft hands

14.2 - Stokes to Amla, 1 run, a touch of width on offer, Amla punches it to cover. It was not a well-timed shot though

14.1 - Stokes to Amla, no run, this one shapes away from the right-hander, left alone

Ben Stokes, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

Over: 14	0 0 0 0 W 0	RSA 30/3
du Plessis 0(1)	Amla 4(15)	Broad 7-3-14-3

13.6 - Broad to du Plessis, no run, Broad shifts his line to outside off, du Plessis waves it through to the keeper

Faf du Plessis, right handed bat, comes to the crease

13.5 - Broad to de Villiers, out Caught by Bairstow!! As I said, when Broad has a spring in his step, he takes wickets in bunches. Broad has got the prized scalp of de Villiers. It was a crackerjack delivery too from the Notts pacer. He landed it on a back of a length and it snaked back into the right-hander, de Villiers shuffled across and looked to keep it out. However, he eked out an inside edge and Bairstow pouched it gleefully. Broad is zipping through the crease quickly and as a result, his pace is up, too. de Villiers c Bairstow b Broad 0(5)

Broad to de Villiers, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

13.4 - Broad to de Villiers, no run, another nip-backer from Broad and zooming in on the stumps, de Villiers stays on the back foot and stockades it into the pitch

13.3 - Broad to de Villiers, no run, from mid-crease, Broad bends his back and hits it on a short of length. It also nips back in sharply, de Villiers camps on the back foot and keeps it out with soft hands

13.2 - Broad to de Villiers, no run, there and thereabouts outside off, de Villiers does not contemplate in playing at it

13.1 - Broad to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery that jags back into the batsman, de Villiers prods forward, covers his sticks and lets it go by

Over: 13	2 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 30/2
Amla 4(15)	de Villiers 0(0)	Anderson 7-1-16-0

12.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, this one veers back into the right-hander to sneak past the inside edge off Amla's bat and hit him high up on the pad

12.5 - Anderson to Amla, no run, Anderson extracts awkward bounce on this delivery, Amla stays inside the crease and defends by taking his bottom hand off the bat handle

12.4 - Anderson to Amla, no run, the razor-sharp outswinger from Anderson, Amla lets it go by. Anderson needs to get it closer to the off-pole to make the batsman play

12.3 - Anderson to Amla, no run, the inswinger from Anderson, Amla comes half-forward and ekes out an inside edge onto the pitch

12.2 - Anderson to Amla, no run, short of length delivery and just outside off, defended

12.1 - Anderson to Amla, 2 runs, pitched up delivery and a hint of away-swing, Amla though, shows full face of the blade and drives it down the ground. Moeen from mid-on hounds it down and keeps the duo to two runs

AB de Villiers, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 12	0 0 0 0 0 W	RSA 28/2
van Zyl 11(38)	Amla 2(9)	Broad 6-2-14-2

11.6 - Broad to van Zyl, out Caught by Stokes!! Broad is firing on all cylinders. When he is on a roll, there are few batsmen, who can play him with authority. Fullish delivery that nipped away from the left-hander. van Zyl hung his bat outside off and eked out an outside edge towards Stokes fielding at gully, who moved to his left and snaffled it with both hands by reverse cupping it at head height. van Zyl c Stokes b Broad 11(38) [4s-1]

Broad to van Zyl, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

11.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, left alone

11.4 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, now, that is what you get on a trampoline wicket - extra bounce. Short of a length delivery that straightens after pitching. van Zyl thinks of leaving it alone, before jabbing at it. The ball snakes past the outside edge and poddles through to the keeper

11.3 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, van Zyl greets it with a lifted bat

11.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, pitched up delivery and on the stumps, van Zyl pushes it back towards the bowler. Broad fields it in his followthrough and looks to hurl it back at the batsman. However, he decides not to. van Zyl is unfazed by it

11.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, fuller length delivery that angles back into the left-hander, van Zyl prods forward and defends

Over: 11	0 0 0 1 2 0	RSA 28/1
Amla 2(9)	van Zyl 11(32)	Anderson 6-1-14-0

10.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, curls back in late and on the stumps, push-driven to mid-off

10.5 - Anderson to Amla, 2 runs, the inswinger from Anderson, Amla aims to drive and gets an inside edge to deep square leg for a brace. Anderson is looking to create a gap between bat and pad

10.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, 1 run, fuller length delivery and zooming in on the stumps, Zyl bunts it down to mid-off. Broad hounds it down and keeps the pair to a single

10.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, away-swinger from Anderson, defended from inside the crease

10.2 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, another one that swings away late from the left-hander. van Zyl is opened up in his back foot defence. However, he is able to keep it out

10.1 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, this one veers away from the left-hander late, van Zyl has a flirty-poke at it and the ball whistles past the outside edge

Over: 10	0 0 0 1 0 0	RSA 25/1
Amla 0(7)	van Zyl 10(28)	Broad 5-1-14-1

9.6 - Broad to Amla, no run, Broad, this time, bowls it in that channel outside off, left alone. It stayed a bit low there

9.5 - Broad to Amla, no run, Broad shifts his line and keeps it on the stumps, defended

9.4 - Broad to van Zyl, 1 run, dropped by Anderson. However, that was a tough chance and it flew to Anderson at third slip. Good length delivery that nipped away from the left-hander, van Zyl gets caught in the crease and outside-edges it to Anderson who leapt in the air full-stretch after moving to his left and even got a hand on it, but to no avail. He is standing too close and that gave him no chance, would've been a great catch had he taken it

9.3 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, fullish and outside off, van Zyl shows measured judgment outside off and lets it go by

9.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, short of length delivery and it again nips away a wee bit after pitching, van Zyl leaves it untouched

9.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, back of a length delivery and well outside off, left alone

Over: 9	0 1 0 0 0 0	RSA 24/1
Amla 0(5)	van Zyl 9(24)	Anderson 5-1-11-0

8.6 - Anderson to Amla, no run, another inswinger from Anderson, Amla picks the swing and then waves it through to the keeper. It was only in 2007 when Anderson cleaned up Hampshire's opening batsman, Michael Brown, that he perfected the inswinger. Since then, he has used it superbly to keep the opposition's batsmen on their tenterhooks

8.5 - Anderson to Amla, no run, the boomerang-bending inswinger from Anderson, Amla though, lets it go by. A brave leave that

8.4 - Anderson to Amla, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, Amla hoists his bat above his shoulder and lets it go by. Anderson extracted good bounce there

8.3 - Anderson to Amla, no run, with a hint of in-slant, Anderson shapes it away from the right-hander, Amla guards it out

8.2 - Anderson to van Zyl, 1 run, this one shapes back into the left-hander, van Zyl looks to defend and gets an inside edge to backward square leg for a single. He played that with soft hands

8.1 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, the razor sharp away-swinger from the 'Burnley Bullet'. van Zyl nibbles at it and is beaten

Over: 8	0 4 0 0 W 0	RSA 23/1
Amla 0(1)	van Zyl 8(22)	Broad 4-1-13-1

7.6 - Broad to Amla, no run, short of length delivery and it jags away from the right-hander, Amla doesn't fiddle at it

Hashim Amla, right handed bat, comes to the crease

7.5 - Broad to Elgar, out Caught by Bairstow!! The man from Notts, Broad, has done the trick. He has bowled with good rhythm since lunch. From round the wicket and wide of the crease, the delivery angled into the left-hander and then nipped away to catch the outside edge. Elgar looked to defend it off the back foot, but it hit him high up on the bat. Easy catch for Bairstow to take. Broad also extracted disconcerting bounce on that delivery. Remember, when Broad gets into the wickets column he takes plenty of scalps. Elgar c Bairstow b Broad 15(25) [4s-3]

Broad to Elgar, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

7.4 - Broad to Elgar, no run, short of length delivery and it seams away after pitching, Elgar hoists his bat above his shoulder and lets it go by

It has gone dark at the stadium. The floodlights are switched on.

7.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, short of length delivery that nips away from the left-hander, Elgar waves it through to the keeper

7.2 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, short of length delivery from Broad. Elgar rocks back quickly and pulls it hard to the deep mid-wicket boundary. It crashed into the ad-cushions. Mind you, that was not a short ball and Elgar picked the length in a flash

7.1 - Broad to Elgar, no run, Broad hurls it in that one square foot window outside off. It seamed away a wee bit after pitching. Elgar greets it with a lifted bat

Over: 7	0 1 0 0 0 2	RSA 19/0
van Zyl 8(22)	Elgar 11(20)	Anderson 4-1-10-0

6.6 - Anderson to van Zyl, 2 runs, speared down leg, van Zyl clips it in the air. However, it flies past Taylor at FSL. Broad hounds it down from mid-wicket and keeps the pair to two runs

6.5 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, Anderson continues to join the dots by keeping it in the channel outside off, left alone

6.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, van Zyl defends

6.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, just behind a good length and outside off, van Zyl covers his off-pole and lets it go by

6.2 - Anderson to Elgar, 1 run, this one veers away from the left-hander, Elgar pushes at it with soft hands towards Compton at backward point, who dives and makes a fine save. The pair collect a single

6.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery and just outside off, Elgar stays on the back foot and defends

Over: 6	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 16/0
van Zyl 6(18)	Elgar 10(18)	Broad 3-1-9-0

5.6 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, good length delivery and outside off, van Zyl comes forward and defends it towards point

5.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, a hint of inward-nip on this delivery, van Zyl though, waves it through to the keeper

5.4 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, a tad fuller and zooming in on the stumps, van Zyl camps on the back foot and defends

5.3 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, back of a length delivery that straightens a wee bit after pitching, van Zyl gets on top of the bounce and steers it towards backward point

5.2 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, this time, Broad creates an awkward angle into the left-hander from wide of the crease, van Zyl though, guards it out

5.1 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, from wide of the crease and round the wicket, Broad tests the patience of the batsman outside off, left alone

We are ready to go again. The Notts pacer, Stuart Broad, will open the attack after lunch. He still has a relatively new nut in his hand. It is still overcast at Wanderers.

Both Anderson and Broad generated swing and extracted seam movement. However, the duo were a tad short with their lengths. Join us in another 40 minutes to find out whether van Zyl and Elgar can keep out England's opening pair of bowlers.

At the other end of the spectrum though, Bairstow twinned steadfast defence and eye-catching shots to collect useful runs. However, he didn't get much support from the lower-order. For South Africa, Morne Morkel, the experienced campaigner, also bowled a mettlesome spell and snaffled a three-for. For most part of the session, South Africa's fielding also was on the money.

Day 3 Lunch: Kagiso Rabada bowled with hostility and vigour to pick up his maiden five-for in the longest format of the game and keep the tourists' lead to a mere 10 runs. South Africa's openers then steered the home team through a tricky period just before lunch. Earlier, Rabada started the day by chugging down the key batsman in the opposition camp - Joe Root. Root, who yesterday, had cracked a sublime century, eked out an inside edge towards Dane Vilas and the keeper grabbed a sharp catch.

Over: 5	0 0 0 0 0 0	RSA 16/0
Elgar 10(18)	van Zyl 6(12)	Anderson 3-1-7-0

4.6 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, pitches outside leg and moves across Elgar again. The batsman gets behind the line with a slight shuffle but still had to take his bottom hand off while defending. The ball takes the bat's shoulder and dies down square on the off-side. And that high-bouncing ball aptly signals lunch

4.5 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, very full and curling away, Elgar widens his stance as he made room to half-kneel and hurry his bat back in

4.4 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, not the shortish ball as you'd expect. It's the fuller one and it invites a fishy poke. Just that the ball swung away a touch more to avoid the edge

Umpires look edgy with the lunch being in 2 minutes time. They are down there talking to Elgar as he receives some treatment. That magic spray to be precise. Okay, he's back up..

4.3 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, and he's hit on the glove. And then ricochets to damage the left shoulder too. Grimaces in pain after taking his gloves off. Extra bounce again. The regular delicacy at Wanderers. Takes off from short of length and hits Elgar as he looked to defend it bravely off the front foot

4.2 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, that probably hit the trampoline here. Back of a length and going across, Elgar spots the climb there and sways out of the line. That kissed his nose, almost

4.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, too much swing. Pitches on a length and hurries across from the batsman. Elgar is not flirting with that

Over: 4	0 4 0 1 0 0	RSA 16/0
van Zyl 6(12)	Elgar 10(12)	Broad 2-0-9-0

3.6 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, he's hoping for the Rabada delivery that dismissed him. Fullish again but it doesn't seam away allowing van Zyl an easy back foot defence

3.5 - Broad to van Zyl, no run, stays back in his crease and middles the defence back. Good length ball on fourth stump

3.4 - Broad to Elgar, 1 run, full ball on middle. Didn't curl in much to make it leg-stumpish. Just the angle. Elgar clips it to mid-on

3.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, full and swinging away, Elgar ignores it with a bat-hoisting over his head

3.2 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, top-edged and four! Broad flashes it at short of length, Elgar swivels and pulls. But fails to account for the width outside off. The ball takes the toe-end/top-edge and flies over the cordon

3.1 - Broad to Elgar, no run, continues from round the wicket and keeps them angling in. Just a bit of width and Elgar hauls his bat back in well in time

Over: 3	0 2 0 0 0 0	RSA 11/0
van Zyl 6(10)	Elgar 5(8)	Anderson 2-0-7-0

2.6 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, that stayed low. The ball was on a good length, kissed the turf and didn't rise up as expected. van Zyl bent down and defended it

2.5 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, pitches this one outside leg to make the batsman play. too much swing is making some balls an easy leave. van Zyl plays, comes forward and bunts it back

2.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, full and swinging away, van Zyl lifts his bat and lets it go. Curls well away further as the ball passes the batsman

2.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, fullish ball, van Zyl comes forward and taps it to cover

2.2 - Anderson to van Zyl, 2 runs, back of a length ball angled in, van Zyl defends it with a straight bat but the ball takes the inside edge and rolls to fine leg. South Africa have the lead

2.1 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, short of length ball from round the wicket, Zyl looked to tuck it fine but the ball bounds off the pitch and beats the shot. Hits van Zyl on his tummy. Looked awkward but at least he's safe

Over: 2	0 0 0 0 0 4	RSA 9/0
Elgar 5(8)	van Zyl 4(4)	Broad 1-0-4-0

1.6 - Broad to Elgar, FOUR, another one bouncing a tad higher but it's wide. Gives Elgar a chance to slide deep and open the bat face to get a punchy boundary to square third man

1.5 - Broad to Elgar, no run, that resembled Trent Bridge 2015. Angled in from wide of the crease, Elgar plays for the angle and is beaten. It nips away a touch and climbs against the edge of the bat. Thumps into the keeper's gloves

1.4 - Broad to Elgar, no run, jumps in the air, takes on the angled-in short of length ball and pats it towards mid-on

1.3 - Broad to Elgar, no run, good length delivery that cuts back in, Elgar was looking to turn it around but is late on it. Ball raps the pad. No appeal, even from Broad, as the ball was going over

1.2 - Broad to Elgar, no run, length delivery that flies off the pitch. Into Elgar and a hurried sway away from the line from Elgar to try and avoid that. Top nut and definitely Elgar played at that

1.1 - Broad to Elgar, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Elgar easily lets it go

Broad flashes a thumbs-up to signal that he's happy with the field. From round the wicket

Stuart Broad, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Over: 1	0 1 0 0 0 4	RSA 5/0
van Zyl 4(4)	Elgar 1(2)	Anderson 1-0-5-0

0.6 - Anderson to van Zyl, FOUR, full and swinging in. The attempted in-dipper with the seam pointing to the leg slip. van Zyl turns around, opens the face of the bat and pushes it square to get a boundary. Off the mark in style, as they say

Graeme Smith, on air, is standing up with the mic in his hand..

0.5 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, goes a bit fuller. The swing's there and van Zyl lifts his bat and lets it go

0.4 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, swipes his bat inside like a pendulum and lets this shortish outswinger sail away

0.3 - Anderson to van Zyl, no run, on the stumps, van Zyl stands up in his crease and defends it with a closed bat face

Four slips now with the hoopla of the first ball

0.2 - Anderson to Elgar, 1 run, similar length but the line's closer to off. Elgar has to play and jabs at it hoping the edge to roll down. It does, past the gully who one-hands to half-stop the ball

0.1 - Anderson to Elgar, no run, good length delivery that swings across the left-hander viciously. Elgar hauls his bat close to his body to avoid edging that

Elgar and van Zyl are at the crease. Elgar is on strike. Anderson will open the attack