Day two report from only Test at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein
England reached 31-1 at stumps. Scorecard
Day three coverage starts at 07:45 GMT on Tuesday
Bouchier caught behind for duck after first-innings century
South Africa collapsed from 237-3 to 281 all out
Bell took two wickets in two balls and finished with 4-49
MacDonald-Gay claimed two wickets either side of lightning delay
Kapp & Luus hit half-centuries in 99-run stand
England will hope the departure of Laura Wolvaardt opens up an end.
A leading edge from Sune Luus off the final delivery of Lauren Bell's over sees the ball spoon up into the air towards the point region, but it plops safely into the turf.
England building some pressure here.
Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer
Image source, Getty ImagesSouth Africa needed to be proactive against Sophie Ecclestone because if she just twirls away from one end, the pressure will tell eventually and it did with Laura Wolvaardt.
She looked frustrated with herself because she'd done all the hard work, she'd got through the tough passages, and let it go.
Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special
I can understand why it's been given. The question is would it have gone on with the angle of the arm? But because Wolvaardt was trapped on the crease, the umpire probably felt it was going to hit the stumps. It was a tighter one than some of the other decisions we've seen.
You could see the frustration from Wolvaardt there because she was eyeing up three figures. For England, that is the big wicket that they wanted.
Wolvaardt lbw b Ecclestone 65 (SA 138-3)
The big one!
Sophie Ecclestone beat the outside edge of Laura Wolvaardt's bat with a beauty early in the over and this time the South Africa skipper perhaps gets her footwork wrong.
Wolvaardt plants her foot but the delivery spins slightly as she plays down the wrong line and it strikes her on the pad, just on the knee roll.
However, Wolvaardt lingers momentarily at the crease as if to signify an inside edge before trudging off clearly not very happy. No DRS in this match, of course.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay is patiently chugging in, attempting to winkle out a wicket with control and persistence rather than anything more extravagant.
South Africa's batters happy to nudge her into the gaps at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. Three runs off the over.
A bit of flight offered by Sophie Ecclestone as she tempts and teases Laura Wolvaardt. However, the South Africa will be not be moved and defends stoutly.
Ecclestone finishes the over chuckling to herself. Wolvaardt has a decidedly more steely look on her face.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesLauren Filer hasn't been able to cause as many issues for South Africa after the break, looking noticeably down on pace. She has drawn a false shot with just 6% of her balls post lunch compared to 16% in the first session.
Ryana McDonald-Gay on the other hand has looked superb post lunch, drawing a false shot with 33% of her balls this session, compared to 10% pre lunch.
Laura Wolvaardt defends Ryana MacDonald-Gay's third ball and plays ever so slightly down the wrong line, which sends the ball flying through point off the edge. It's nowhere near a fielder, but England feel a sense of encouragement.
A fine piece of fielding at the end of the over from Lauren Bell denies Wolvaardt a near-certain boundary.
Right, time for some spin in the form of Sophie Ecclestone.
Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special
South Africa just need to bat and work their way up to England's total. They need to get themselves in the game by establishing a partnership.
Trail by 264 runs
Delightful shot from Sune Luus who rides the bounce and steers a short ball from Lauren Filer through backward point for four.
Filer exclaims in frustration and continues to chunter to herself as she collects her cap from the umpire.
Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special
Ryana MacDonald-Gay's super strength is her consistency. When she gets it right, she can be challenging, but because she hasn't got the pace, if she does drop it short it's easy pickings for someone like Laura Wolvaardt.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay is just a fraction short, and Laura Wolvaardt pounces. The South Africa batter swivels and clinically pulls it square for four.
MacDonald-Gay's final ball of the over slips down the leg side, Wolvaardt attempts to work off her hip but with Amy Jones up at the stumps it misses everything and races away for four byes.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's the second day of the Big Bash League in Australia with Sydney Sixers chasing 170 to beat Melbourne Renegades.
James Vince is currently 37 not out with the Sixers going well, reaching 82-2 after 10 overs.
Tim Seifert top-scored with 55 in the Renegades' innings with Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshius taking two wickets apiece for the Sixers.
You can find the scorecard and listen to live commentary here.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator
The thing about Lauren Filer is you can have three or four balls that look quite innocuous and then one will do something horrific.
Lauren Filer has some snarl and bristle with her bowling here.
Her second delivery is quick, nips off the pitch and climbs into the thigh of Laura Wolvaardt and does the South Africa batter for pace somewhat. That will have hurt.
Tammy Beaumont is under the lid at short leg, giving plenty of encouragement.
Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesWith that wicket, South Africa will have to reconsolidate slightly. We'll see much of the same from Laura Wolvaardt. She's going to be the tough wicket to get. She's in the zone at the moment.
From Heather Knight, what I'd like to see is for her to be more creative with the fields. Sometimes it can be predictable. In Test matches, it is okay to do something different that might get people questioning it. It plants seeds in the batters' minds. Something like having a leg slip for Lauren Filer.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been solid on her Test debut so far. She largely keeps it full to Laura Wolvaardt, arrowing it into her pads.
She has a lovely efficient metronomic action, not expending any more energy than is necessary.
A couple of leg-byes off the over but nowt off the bat.
Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special
England will have had a spring in their step as they made their way to the changing rooms for lunch.
Lauren Filer deserved that wicket. She had a catch dropped off her bowling not too long before the wicket of Dercksen. She deserved that one.
More short stuff from Lauren Filer, who has new South Africa batter Sune Luus rather awkwardly swaying out of the way with her second delivery after the interval.
Luus prods a little more decisively into the covers to get off the mark with a couple of runs a ball later.
Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus have just strode out to the middle.
Lauren Filer is just loosening up at the top of her mark. She has fall balls left in the over having captured the wicket of Annerie Dercksen on the stroke of lunch.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaumont,caught Luus, bowled Hlubi Beaumont, caught Luus, bowled Hlubi | 21 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 58.33 |
Bouchier,caught Luus, bowled Mlaba Bouchier, caught Luus, bowled Mlaba | 126 | 154 | 22 | 2 | 222 | 81.82 |
Knight,leg before wicket, bowled Sekhukhune Knight, leg before wicket, bowled Sekhukhune | 20 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 40.00 |
Sciver-Brunt,run out Mlaba Sciver-Brunt, run out Mlaba | 128 | 145 | 18 | 0 | 163 | 88.28 |
Wyatt-Hodge,caught Jafta, bowled Mlaba Wyatt-Hodge, caught Jafta, bowled Mlaba | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 60.00 |
Jones,caught Kapp, bowled Mlaba Jones, caught Kapp, bowled Mlaba | 39 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 45.88 |
Dean,bowled Mlaba Dean, bowled Mlaba | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 61.54 |
Ecclestone,bowled Hlubi Ecclestone, bowled Hlubi | 21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 75.00 |
MacDonald-Gay,bowled Kapp MacDonald-Gay, bowled Kapp | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11.76 |
Filer,not out Filer, not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Bell,not out Bell, not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 5, leg byes 9, total 18 Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 5, leg byes 9, total 18 | ||||||
Total,395 for 9 declared 92.0 overs Total,395 for 9 declared 92.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kapp | 7.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2.85 |
Hlubi | 12.0 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 3.33 |
Dercksen | 8.0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 5.12 |
de Klerk | 9.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 4.33 |
Sekhukhune | 7.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5.28 |
Mlaba | 20.0 | 2 | 90 | 4 | 4.50 |
Tryon | 5.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7.20 |
Luus | 24.0 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 3.25 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
53 for 1 (11.6 overs) | Beaumont |
103 for 2 (27.3 overs) | Knight |
277 for 3 (56.1 overs) | Bouchier |
299 for 4 (62.1 overs) | Wyatt-Hodge |
357 for 5 (78.4 overs) | Sciver-Brunt |
368 for 6 (82.3 overs) | Dean |
371 for 7 (84.4 overs) | Jones |
391 for 8 (90.5 overs) | MacDonald-Gay |
395 for 9 (91.3 overs) | Ecclestone |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wolvaardt,leg before wicket, bowled Ecclestone Wolvaardt, leg before wicket, bowled Ecclestone | 65 | 147 | 11 | 0 | 175 | 44.22 |
Bosch,caught Jones, bowled Bell Bosch, caught Jones, bowled Bell | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 27.27 |
Dercksen,caught Ecclestone, bowled Filer Dercksen, caught Ecclestone, bowled Filer | 41 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 109 | 53.25 |
Luus,caught Jones, bowled Filer Luus, caught Jones, bowled Filer | 56 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 37.84 |
Kapp,bowled MacDonald-Gay Kapp, bowled MacDonald-Gay | 57 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 101 | 77.03 |
de Klerk,caught Jones, bowled MacDonald-Gay de Klerk, caught Jones, bowled MacDonald-Gay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Tryon,caught Beaumont, bowled Bell Tryon, caught Beaumont, bowled Bell | 20 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 60.61 |
Jafta,bowled Bell Jafta, bowled Bell | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 50.00 |
Sekhukhune,not out Sekhukhune, not out | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 77.78 |
Mlaba,bowled Bell Mlaba, bowled Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Hlubi,leg before wicket, bowled Sciver-Brunt Hlubi, leg before wicket, bowled Sciver-Brunt | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 12, leg byes 7, total 20 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 12, leg byes 7, total 20 | ||||||
Total,281 all out 88.4 overs Total,281 all out 88.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filer | 17.0 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 3.11 |
Bell | 13.0 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 3.76 |
Ecclestone | 25.0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.60 |
Sciver-Brunt | 7.4 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3.26 |
MacDonald-Gay | 15.0 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 3.33 |
Dean | 11.0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 4.09 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
21 for 1 (7.3 overs) | Bosch |
113 for 2 (36.2 overs) | Dercksen |
138 for 3 (44.5 overs) | Wolvaardt |
237 for 4 (73.6 overs) | Kapp |
237 for 5 (75.2 overs) | de Klerk |
259 for 6 (82.1 overs) | Luus |
271 for 7 (85.2 overs) | Tryon |
278 for 8 (87.2 overs) | Jafta |
278 for 9 (87.3 overs) | Mlaba |
281 for 10 (88.4 overs) | Hlubi |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bouchier,caught Jafta, bowled Hlubi Bouchier, caught Jafta, bowled Hlubi | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.00 |
Beaumont,leg before wicket, bowled Sekhukhune Beaumont, leg before wicket, bowled Sekhukhune | 12 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 21.82 |
Knight,leg before wicket, bowled Mlaba Knight, leg before wicket, bowled Mlaba | 90 | 191 | 10 | 0 | 215 | 47.12 |
Sciver-Brunt,bowled Mlaba Sciver-Brunt, bowled Mlaba | 37 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 63.79 |
Wyatt-Hodge,caught Bosch, bowled Sekhukhune Wyatt-Hodge, caught Bosch, bowled Sekhukhune | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 100.00 |
Jones,caught Wolvaardt, bowled Mlaba Jones, caught Wolvaardt, bowled Mlaba | 24 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 75.00 |
Dean,caught Sekhukhune, bowled Mlaba Dean, caught Sekhukhune, bowled Mlaba | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.00 |
Ecclestone,leg before wicket, bowled Mlaba Ecclestone, leg before wicket, bowled Mlaba | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 69.57 |
MacDonald-Gay,bowled Mlaba MacDonald-Gay, bowled Mlaba | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 33.33 |
Filer,caught substitute, bowled de Klerk Filer, caught substitute, bowled de Klerk | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23.08 |
Bell,not out Bell, not out | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 20, leg byes 3, total 23 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 20, leg byes 3, total 23 | ||||||
Total,236 all out 74.1 overs Total,236 all out 74.1 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kapp | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |
Hlubi | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 |
Dercksen | 5.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 |
Mlaba | 26.0 | 4 | 67 | 6 | 2.57 |
Sekhukhune | 12.0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2.91 |
de Klerk | 10.1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2.36 |
Tryon | 5.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 |
Luus | 9.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
3 for 1 (5.2 overs) | Bouchier |
42 for 2 (19.4 overs) | Beaumont |
109 for 3 (36.1 overs) | Sciver-Brunt |
140 for 4 (43.4 overs) | Wyatt-Hodge |
182 for 5 (55.2 overs) | Jones |
188 for 6 (57.6 overs) | Dean |
224 for 7 (67.5 overs) | Ecclestone |
229 for 8 (69.1 overs) | Knight |
232 for 9 (71.5 overs) | MacDonald-Gay |
236 for 10 (74.1 overs) | Filer |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wolvaardt,leg before wicket, bowled Bell Wolvaardt, leg before wicket, bowled Bell | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 33.33 |
Bosch,leg before wicket, bowled Filer Bosch, leg before wicket, bowled Filer | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 28.57 |
Dercksen,caught Beaumont, bowled Bell Dercksen, caught Beaumont, bowled Bell | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 42.86 |
Luus,bowled Bell Luus, bowled Bell | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10.00 |
Kapp,caught Beaumont, bowled Ecclestone Kapp, caught Beaumont, bowled Ecclestone | 21 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 75.00 |
de Klerk,run out Wyatt-Hodge de Klerk, run out Wyatt-Hodge | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Tryon,leg before wicket, bowled Ecclestone Tryon, leg before wicket, bowled Ecclestone | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Jafta,leg before wicket, bowled Bell Jafta, leg before wicket, bowled Bell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Sekhukhune,not out Sekhukhune, not out | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 50.00 |
Mlaba,run out Bell Mlaba, run out Bell | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 155.56 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 1, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 1, total 6 | ||||||
Total,64 all out 19.4 overs Total,64 all out 19.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bell | 9.0 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 3.00 |
Filer | 5.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2.40 |
Ecclestone | 4.4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1.50 |
MacDonald-Gay | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1 (2.6 overs) | Wolvaardt |
12 for 2 (5.2 overs) | Bosch |
22 for 3 (8.5 overs) | Dercksen |
31 for 4 (10.2 overs) | Luus |
31 for 5 (11.3 overs) | de Klerk |
33 for 6 (13.4 overs) | Tryon |
44 for 7 (14.5 overs) | Jafta |
44 for 8 (17.4 overs) | Kapp |
64 for 9 (19.4 overs) | Mlaba |
